Change windows manager from recovery mode? #windowmanager #recoverymode

https://askubuntu.com/q/1484769/612

If you craft your environment (#WindowManager) like me, you are very likely aware of the pain in setting up environment variables that all applications pick up reliably. Here's my take on the problem: #EnvShim - a small #Rust :rust_ferris: application to shim load other applications with a proper environment.

Repo: https://git.sr.ht/~gokuldas/envshim

#Crates.io: https://crates.io/crates/envshim

Amethyst 0.20.0 released

Automatic tiling #windowmanager for #macOS à la xmonad.

#adminlife
https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst/releases/tag/v0.20.0

@josephholsten @stu In the past I also used #Fluxbox and #Openbox, lightweight and highly configurable Window Manager and I really loved them #windowmanager #wm

Here's an interesting minimalist approach to using Emacs as a window manager inside a VM.

https://howardism.org/Technical/Emacs/new-window-manager.html

#Emacs #VM #WindowManager

@hackernews while I appreciate the intent, I can't imagine dealing with the incredibly ugly results. It needs to be considered that many people have multiple screens, and that wider screens need to be treated differently.
#UI #windowManager #Linux #GUI

SwayWM/ Wayland Tutorial.

This is a fairly lengthy tutorial, it includes relevant dotfiles, etc. and is Free.

https://eirenicon.org/sway-on-debian/

#SwayWM #Linux #Wayland #WindowManager #Technology #Debian #LiliDog

For all the #mac users out there, what's your favorite #windowmanager or #app you can't live without?

#Apple #macos #technology #computer #tech

I don't partake in the #gnome/#kde wars. I'm not a militant from the #windowmanager confederation. I appreciate that people have different likes and dislikes, and the #foss community's ability to serve that diverse audience is a great strength.

But.

I really don't enjoy the visuals of the KDE world. Everything is too ... sharp.

🇩🇪: Kann mir jemand sagen, welcher #Windowmanager im ICE verwendet wird?

🇬🇧: Can anyone tell me which window manager is used in German high speed trains?

How to make any app popup/drop-down on screen (like yakuake) #shortcutkeys #window #windowmanager #yakuake

https://askubuntu.com/q/1475469/612

@TiffyBelle @flaminghohners T/y. That was an interesting read, & ostensibly disturbing. Ostensibly.

My geeky-user-but-NO-expert familiarity with #Firefox [#Nightly, specifically] & chromium-based browsers [on my (#Linux only) pc's that's #VivaldiSnapshot & #Chromium] extends to matters of features, functions & privacy. Security, in the context of that paper & its links, is way beyond my knowledge, so it'd be silly of me to attempt any technical disparagement of that paper.

I shall note, though, that browser development is a pretty fast-paced project, such that i do wonder about the contemporary validity of any paper written several years ago. The paper was last edited March 19th, 2022, so clearly not too bad. However, & IMO most unfortunately, ALL its purportedly supportive links to external references are VERY old, ranging from newest of 2020, to oldest of 2011, with a perceived median around 2016.

For instance, the linked paper's linked paper "Exploiting and Protecting Dynamic Code Generation", says on p10, within "A. Setup", that

>The operating system is the 64-bit Ubuntu 13.04 with kernel 3.8.0-35-generic

That version was released in early 2013.

I suspect this potential "technological aging" makes many or maybe most of the underlying claims rather dubious today, unless & until a contemporary reappraisal by technically competent peeps were done, based on current #Firefox code, not on how it used to be many years ago. Maybe the conclusion would not change? Maybe it would? 🤷‍♀️

Other Thoughts, fwiw.

Even with a generous assumption that all claims in that paper remain technically valid today [tbc], for many browser users in countries / jurisdictions not overtly fascist & dictatorial, who as individuals are unlikely to be targeted by state-actors, i respectively opine that the larger more probable safety hazard to them might come from #privacy, not #security, breaches. To that extent, i note these:

- #uBlockOrigin is more powerful in Firefox than in chromium browsers, due to the latter having no support for CNAME-uncloaking

- Google is actively striving, via its Mv3 replacement for Mv2, & its egregious FLoC / Topics crap, to further weaken uBO & all other #adblockers. Otoh, Mozilla intends indefinite Firefox support for Mv2, albeit also with added Mv3 compatibility.

-- #AddOns / #Extensions like #uBO are far more than "only" adblockers. By running in "hard mode" for instance, & liberally creating a suite of global & per-site dynamic filters, AND having #Javascript globally disabled but allowed by the user on favoured sites, great privacy protection is afforded. Google's plans are to actively weaken this user privacy in Chromium.

- sadly, silly insecure-by-design MS Windows remains the world's dominant OS. Yet for those alert to the Windows hazards & willing to make a change, #Linux provides vastly more security & privacy by design.

- As well, both dominant #Linux #DesktopEnvironments & at least one #WindowManager, now provide stable everyday #Wayland capability instead of the ancient insecure #X11 / #Xorg #DisplayServer -- thus eliminating one classic security vulnerability mentioned in the paper/s.

- Linux users can avail themselves of even more privacy by #sandboxing their apps. There's several choices; i use #Firejail. Therefore browsers [& all other relevant apps] cannot access any of the user's private data beyond the sandbox's bounds.

Take a look at my latest IceWM theme called Spoof. Grab it while it's hot at https://www.box-look.org/p/1018250 or just install IceFun, my Debian GNU/Linux blend utilizing the IceWM Windowmanager: https://www.spacefun.ch/icefun #icewmgalore #windowmanager #linux #spacefun #icefun

Full screen in gnome desktop similar to i3-wm? #gnome #windowmanager #fullscreen #i3wm #presentation

https://askubuntu.com/q/1474090/612

IceFun - Ice cold, cooler than ever

Wer bei der Hitze eine Abkühlung braucht, sollte einen Blick auf IceFun, dem neuen SpaceFun Spin mit dem IceWM Windowmanager werfen.

#IceWM #Debian #SpaceFun #Windowmanager #Desktop #Linux

https://gnulinux.ch/icefun-ice-cold-cooler-than-ever

For my online peeps out there, what (if any) are your experiences with the window managers JWM and/or Ratpoison?

#linux #windowmanager #SBC

For those interested in #Linux and #WIndowManager variants like #Herbstluftwm. Here is a scrot of my latest #HLWM #Debian (LiliDog) #Sid desktop.

I'll publish the dotfiles soon for any who might want them.

#UnixPorn #Unix #Linux #Technology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpjaV7G-J-k Project Looking Glass von Sun. #unix #windowmanager #AR #3D #desktop #linux #history

Window managers on Ubuntu #desktopenvironments #windowmanager #2304 #tiling

https://askubuntu.com/q/1469196/612

Window mangers on Ubuntu #desktopenvironments #windowmanager #2304 #tiling

https://askubuntu.com/q/1469196/612