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These days I was struggling with 3 crashes (kernel panics? idk) on my void linux machine. I was using emacs that I suddenly could not do anything on the system at all. The system suddenly crashed for a long time, not letting me to interact with programs or even change into another TTY, and when I tried to save my open buffer I faced this error: Directory /home/behnam/.emacs.me write-protected. Moreover, I was unale to use any commands in my already open terminal, and I could not open another one. However I was finally able to change into another TTY screen, but I could not login; after entering my username, whether behnam or root, the TTY would get stuck, not even asking for a password. ...

Sway Window Manager sway # or swayfx, swayOS2 swayidle swaylock # swaysome # "An awesome way to manage your workspaces on sway". wlogout sway # or river Waybar # or ironbar polybar yambar eww # widgets wlsunset # night light brightnessctl # light is dead playerctl # control music grim slurp grimshot swappy # screenshots. I dont't like swappy. # wob # Unused, see swayOS wofy # or dmenu-wayland, bemenu, etc. wlroots xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-wlr # (idk), was suggested at [https://] dunst # notifications. Alternatively: SwayNotificationCenter swayimg # image viewer wdisplays # wayland display manager udiskie # automount # azote # wallpaper manager swww # better wallpaper management Terminal Tools alacritty # or foot, kitty, etc. see https://github.com/cdleon/awesome-terminals fish-shell # I like this better than zsh # nnn ranger mc # tui file manager wget curl htop # show tasks and stuff fzf # fuzzy search # skim # fzf alt. in rust # navi # tldr # command cheat sheets cava # sound visualizer fd # find alt. in rust # navi # fzf alt. in rust ripgrep # grep alt. in rust bat # cat alt. in rust cmus # C* music player # or mpd ncmpcpp fastfetch rbw # bitwarden client (unofficial) zoxide # better cd chafa # image viewer tmux Productivity micro # in golang emacs-gtk3 neovim # see NvChad # helix # in rust # kakoune syncthing syncthing-gtk python-pipx # bpython # black # similar to prettier. Clean your code. poetry # pandoc texlive # void has different packages # logseq # anytype jrnl # encrypted notes. also in pipx graphviz # create diagrams. similar to mermaid, but AVAILABLE libreoffice # or onlyoffice appimage radicale # CalDAV server in pipx. alternatively: xandikos calcurse # tui calendar # calcure # in pipx khal # cli and tui calendar khard # cli and tui contacts vdirsyncer # sync with CalDAV servers todo # in pipx. alternatively: taskwarrior, Tuffous remind tk tcllip # a better calendar backend gnome-calendar # gui calendar. alt: orage, # evolution # full fledged email calendar # thunderbird # similarly Calendar and Task manager Multimedia vlc # or mpv lollypop # or rhythmbox krita inkscape yt-dlp evince # or zathura zathura-djvu zathura-cb zathura-ps zathura-pdf-mupdf System vpm # simplify Void Package management commands. wraps around XBPS bluez libspa-bluetooth thunar # file manager ncdu # tui disk analyzer baobab # gui disk analyzer. or filelight socklog-void # system logs git git-crypt tlp # power saving. seatd stow # for dot files wireguard wireguard-tools openvpn v2ray # Of course! seahorse xtools # xbps tools # xinput # if you use X11 it's useful linux-firmware-amd mesa-dri amdvlk # AMD drivers # iwd iwdgtk # NetworkManager works okay. handler # Alternative to xdg-tools Other menulibre # or alacarte gnome # # cinnamon for X11 # xfce4 # was already installed xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/xfce4-clipman-plugin/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/xclip firefox # shame... clutter # settings of some gnome extenstion windows depended on it Desktop Environments otf-font-awesome xorg-fonts dejavu-fonts-ttf noto-fonts-ttf noto-fonts-cjk noto-fonts-emoji noto-fonts-ttf-extra # big nerd-fonts # TOO BIG Fonts Also check https://www.nerdfonts.com/ and https://indestructibletype.com/. ...

updated at [2024-08-15 Thu] I always thought voidlinux looked cool and wanted to try it, but I couldn't use the normal live images with gnome boxes on my fedora 39 machine, and I was not daring enough to go for it. However, after upgrading to fedora 40, one of my old problems resurfaced, and I pushed myself to enter the void to save myself. ███████╗███╗ ██╗████████╗███████╗██████╗ ████████╗██╗ ██╗███████╗ ██╗ ██╗ ██████╗ ██╗██████╗ ██╔════╝████╗ ██║╚══██╔══╝██╔════╝██╔══██╗ ╚══██╔══╝██║ ██║██╔════╝ ██║ ██║██╔═══██╗██║██╔══██╗ █████╗ ██╔██╗ ██║ ██║ █████╗ ██████╔╝ ██║ ███████║█████╗ ██║ ██║██║ ██║██║██║ ██║ ██╔══╝ ██║╚██╗██║ ██║ ██╔══╝ ██╔══██╗ ██║ ██╔══██║██╔══╝ ╚██╗ ██╔╝██║ ██║██║██║ ██║ ███████╗██║ ╚████║ ██║ ███████╗██║ ██║ ██║ ██║ ██║███████╗ ╚████╔╝ ╚██████╔╝██║██████╔╝ ╚══════╝╚═╝ ╚═══╝ ╚═╝ ╚══════╝╚═╝ ╚═╝ ╚═╝ ╚═╝ ╚═╝╚══════╝ ╚═══╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═╝╚═════╝ Why Voidlinux This gets back to my maind problem, but as a disclaimer, I am not a pro and I don't know basics of debugging. So don't take the stuff here as a matter of fact. I used Debian and Fedora for some time, maybe 3-4 years, alternating between the two. At first, my WIFI was not properly suppoerted on the old Debian kernel so I used the backports. I also experienced some kernel panics which I didn't properly know about. Then I finally moved to Fedora for an easier experience, the kernel panics were still present. Sometimes they would be fixed after an update and, sometimes they would get worse. ...