When you switch to Linux (desktop), you should seek something that Windows cannot offer.

I'm my case, it was possibility of having desktop where change for the sake of change is completely absent. My desktop is fully up to date, yet it hasn't changed visually since 2006. Every control and menu item is where it was 15 years ago, colors are the same, fonts are the same. I'm not using OS, I'm using apps. The best thing good OS can do for me, is not to get in my way when I run apps. I'm using jwm set up to resemble early gnome.

Funny, my primary work is UI and front-end, I was Apple user for 20 years and now I am in Linux Desktop land without any problem what so ever.

Finally after long years of fiddling with chaos of markdown files I invested the time and switched to Emacs and org-mode. Affinity Designer is running fine under VM, Figma-linux is delight to work with, KDE with middle gray color palette ( as all professional software must be, not dark-themed /check the pinnacle of professional UI design - Soundtrack Pro for reference/) and ARCH.

Gnome is to childish for my taste, Sway is to minimal. Running old version of Plasma without KUserFeedback and for the first time in many years feeling in full control of my desktop. I got tired from configuring Little Snitch and recent Apple move towards scanning macOS was the tipping point.

Sadly there is no replacement for Capture One, RawTherapee is very good, but lacks some essential tools. For this case I will build a monster air-gaped Hackintosh and call it a day.

Fascinating as the desktop computer and running Linux on it are, I find the blog's domain name (in Japanese, is it Katakana?) and HN's rendering of the URL even more riveting.

I really don’t understand the appeal of this “gamer“ aesthetic.

Colorful LEDs, huge liquid coolers… definitively not for me.

Insanely clean build. I’m going to build a system around this case as well.

Nice to see Gentoo getting some love. Curious why a custom 5.12 kernel though.

I've just started maining LInux on the desktop (Mint, specifically) and am enjoying it.

Bluetooth drops out from my headphones once in a while, I can't find decent open software to control the fans in the machine, and getting sound passthrough to work from an audi o input had to be done via the commandline, but apart from that it's been an ok experience.

I'll note that I'd previously given the latest Ubuntu a go, but the UI/WM is a complete and utter mess. Mint is much cleaner.

My next build will be completely noiseless, in a passively cooled enclosure like this (TDP: 105W CPU + 65W GPU possible): https://www.fabiensanglard.net/the_beautiful_machine/index.h...

With those specs, I am almost scared of asking - how much did it cost?

These builds always look really cool, but I wonder how long it takes before the dust starts to settle in, how do you even clean something like this?

I was looking at mITX boards, but microATX just seems better overall. Cheaper, better VRMs (can even overclock), 4 RAM slots, more onboard drive slots, extra PCIe slots (more SSDs, ports, or a fiber link to your NAS or Wifi, but that's easier with a LAN-to-OpenWRT router).

I didn't know a mITX board could handle a Ryzen 9 though.

I like the idea behind this, and the small footprint, but I think I'd rather have a proper enclosure to protect it from dust or at least minimise internal dust. And I'd rather not have the LED lights.

First time I haven’t jumped for the ‘Reader View’ for a while. Nice job on the site. I need to give my Dan A4 build some attention after reading this.

It must be nice to live in a place where you don't get enough dust to cover your parts in a day.

What an amazing domain name.

NEVER click on a link that looks like that