Copying the plugin folders manually worked. Not many of them will be useful, but I tested SteamGridDB and ProtonDB Badges.
I also tried installing a previous version of #DeckyLoader to see if it would update, but it broke. So I’ll leave it for now. I’m thinking of writing a script for automatic installation, #runit and all, which shouldn’t be hard. However, doing everything by hand is also not that difficult. As usual, feel free to ask.
I take it back about #syncthing https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/tree/main/etc/linux-runit Mostly: it should be simply `export SYNCTHING="/usr/bin/syncthing`.
Decided to use my old #SteamController, which made it easy. The #VoidLinux `steam-udev-rules` package is useful for this. Or does it work without it? Shrug.
I made #DeckyLoader work with #runit, but it’s store is currently unavailable (just for me?) so I can’t test it. I also don’t know how it is updated.
So, now Haiku. Still JK.
Sorta todo for later:
• gamepad (I hate `udev`);
• testing a couple of games to check if I forgot anything;
• the hardest, but not impossible part – figuring out if I can install the #DeckyLoader on #VoidLinux;
• Haiku in VM. JK.
Don’t plan on playing anything on it yet. It’s amazing how many games I’m interested in can run on much less powerful machines, including my phone. I just was in the mood for tinkering, for those few games that require a more powerful PC.
I also added a repository to #VoidLinux: just a file with one line. Really easy!
https://github.com/xJayMorex/ProtonPlus-void
#ProtonPlus is just a fancier-looking #ProtonUp.
It was all for this…
I installed `gamescope`, `MangoHud` (case sensitive) and `MangoHud-mangoapp` (you need that one), as well as their 32-bit counterparts, just in case.
Then I ran the script from https://github.com/shahnawazshahin/steam-using-gamescope-guide Then I panicked because, while it was doing its thing with #gamescope, the screen went completely blank. But it works now and I have my own #SteamMachine already. SDDM logs in automatically, I can switch to the desktop and #MangoHud works.
#syncthing was a hassle. I’m not sure why, as I’m dealing with multiple unfamiliar variables here – `runit` and `chpst` – but after installing `socklog` (#VoidLinux is really minimal, y’all!), I guess setting `env` before everything else was the key. In the end, my `run` file looks like this:
#!/bin/sh
exec 2>&1
exec env HOME=/home/andrew \
chpst -u andrew:andrew \
/usr/bin/syncthing serve --no-browser --logflags=0
https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/tree/main/etc/linux-runit was not helpful.
Hey, look who’s back!
First, #VoidLinux updated without a hitch, despite being dormant for almost a year (really?! Wow!). But I didn’t – I’d completely forgotten my sway and foot shortcuts, so I installed #KDEPlasma instead (`kde-plasma` and `kde-baseapps`). It’s graphical, I know it, I like it. Then I installed `pulseaudio` to fix the sound. Enabled SDDM. And #WezTerm, why not.
The demon in Asylum was so nice that I killed it twice.
By the way, I added a #NotFullyLiveSoulsPosting hashtag, similar to #NotFullyLiveVoidPosting, so feel free to filter this nonsense out.
#Geekbench shows increase (85760 → 92829, ~8%) in Vulkan GPU performance from Windows 11. https://browser.geekbench.com/user/434938
Sure.
I don’t need anything fancy like volume control because I use physical knobs for that: https://mastodon.online/@alsorew/111781749957683644
Everyone’s favorite thing under #Linux, setting up audio!
`sudo xbps-install pipewire`
`sudo mkdir -p /etc/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d`
`ln -s /usr/share/examples/wireplumber/10-wireplumber.conf /etc/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/`
`ln -s /usr/share/examples/pipewire/20-pipewire-pulse.conf /etc/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/`
`exec pipewire` → Sway’s config, reboot.
`wpctl status`
`wpctl set-default {sink ID}`
`wpctl set-volume {sink ID} 1` (not %, it goes to 1)
😰 It works.
Screenshot! This was a bit annoying because I wanted to have a readable naming scheme. So now it is a script that gets the name of a focused window from `swaymsg` (main pain), then creates a sub-directory and then asks `grim` to take a screenshot and output it to that sub-directory.
I know you can use `grim` to take a screenshot of a specific window, but I think that would be overkill.
Oops, broke my `fstab`: simple typo and I forgot to create a directory for the mount point. #Rescuezilla to the zilla!
BTW, one of the things I want to do with #NotFullyLiveVoidPosting is not ignore mistakes and frustrations. But I don’t want to be like “and then I spend half an hour staring at very unhelpful documentation” because it’s not that interesting, we all know that documentation is bad most of the time.
Instead of installing a browser, I just downloaded an AppImage of Ungoogled Chromium. https://ungoogled-software.github.io/ungoogled-chromium-binaries/ It just needed the `nss` package (AFAIK there’s no easy way to find that out, just to look up the library it yells about).
Then I made my own KDE Connect. Well, not really: it’s just a couple of commands that save and load the clipboard (with `wl-clipboard`) into a file that is synced with Syncthing. Good enough for a minimalist setup I’m trying to achieve.
#Xfce flavor of #VoidLinux live image boots from #Ventoy fine. Peculiar.
I fell into another hole. You see, there is no #OhMyPosh in #VoidLinux, only #StarshipPrompt. So I thought about it… And now I have styled my prompt in #Nushell itself, no other stuff necessary.
It doesn’t do anything fancy, just picks colors based on hostname and also shows status of a git directory. So 100% the same as my Oh My Posh config.
Ok, I’m done for today, not sure when I’ll be in the mood to continue (it’s for fun first and foremost!). Tomorrow? Shrug. But here is a joke for you:
How minimalist is #VoidLinux? If you install a web browser, the number of packages doubles!
`sudo micro /etc/default/libc-locales`
Uncomment some stuff.
`sudo xbps-reconfigure glibc-locales --force`
`sudo micro /etc/locale.conf`
Add/Change `LC_TIME=`. Reboot.
That way I can have English language for text and everything, but not have to stare at that AM/PM nonsense.
I am also very curious about the `xbps-reconfigure`. Seems like a very good idea for fixing problems, but that’s theoretical at this point.
`wmenu` just works.
`clipman` https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Sway#Clipboard Not sure about that command, but clipboard works without it. Maybe it is for history and stuff?
Also, that’s your autostart: just `exec [command]` (`exec syncthing --no-browser`). Very simple. Pretty cool.
`sudo xbps-install wmenu clipman font-adobe-source-code-pro gdu btop micro fastfetch nushell syncthing`
`mkdir ~/.config/foot/`
`cp /etc/xdg/foot/foot.ini ~/.config/foot/foot.ini`
`micro ~/.config/foot/foot.ini`
Default shell: `shell=/usr/bin/nu`. It is possible to set #nushell as the login shell, but I would say it is unnecessary and on Void would require adding environment variables to `$nu.env-path` (https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/7941), which is annoying.
