The Perfect System

Building the Perfect Desktop

In this section, the speaker talks about his pursuit of building the perfect desktop and how he is changing his approach to achieve it. He discusses his thought process and shows how he is building his desktop to have all the best things without as many downsides.

Base System

• The speaker uses a long-term service release like Rocky Linux for his base system.

• He prefers using Nix packages instead of relying on the base package manager for installing GUI programs.

• The speaker also uses Flatpak for certain games and applications that don't work well with Nix.

• Using this methodology, he can separate the base layer from everything else, making it easier to roll back generations if needed.

Look and Feel

• The speaker explains how he achieves a hybrid between an immutable file system and one that still changes by using Rocky Linux as a base system and adding packages through Nix.

• He likes this approach because it makes his system very stable, but admits that there aren't many packages available.

Conclusion

• The speaker walks through some of his previous projects where he made repos for Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, etc., before concluding that he enjoys tinkering with new desktop ideas.

Building a Minimal Linux Rice

In this section, the speaker discusses their experience with building a minimal Linux rice and highlights some of the key features of a good Linux rice.

Key Features of a Good Linux Rice

• A good Linux rice should have a minimal approach to design, flow, and function.

• The window management should be done with as few dependencies as possible. Hyperlane is recommended for Arch users.

• The system should have very few dependencies that can be easily replicated on other systems.

Minimal Approach to Building the Perfect System

• A more minimal approach to building the perfect system is recommended using Awesome Window Manager and Rofi.

• Dependencies should be kept to a minimum with Nerd Fonts, Pipe Wire's priority installed, Network Manager, Picom's compositor being some of the few required packages.

Future Desktop Plans

• The speaker plans on experimenting with two future desktop plans: one based on DWM suckless philosophy and another based on Hyperland system.

• The DWM-based desktop will focus on simplicity while the Hyperland-based desktop will focus on functionality.

Building the Perfect System

In this section, the speaker talks about his thought process on building the perfect system and why it might look different for everyone.

What is the Perfect System?

• The perfect system looks different for everyone.

• Staying minimal and doing one thing well is important.

Building the Perfect System

• The speaker wants to build his perfect system by installing it through NYX.

• He believes that updating everybody on his thought process will help him achieve his goal.

• The speaker acknowledges that he may appear "all over the place" to viewers who are looking at his desktop.