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What does your OS do that I should steal? (kbin.earth)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I use a Linux distro with kde, so I have a lot of customization available. I like trying other distros in VMs, but stuff like windows (no need to copy really kde is similar by default) and Mac is a pain in the ass to use that way. so, I want to know what your os does that you think I should copy using kde's customization. I'm looking for Mac in particular (bc I haven't used it before) but any OS or desktop environment is fair game.

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[–] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

It is gnome, but https://aylur.github.io/astal/showcases/ is pretty awesome if you've done any React development. Pretty much coded up my own desktop environment with typescript and tsx for layout stuff. Lot's of fun widgets.

Note that I use nixos so pretty much everything is hand picked instead of a prebuilt ready to go environment. Hyprland for the basic desktop, Astal for my desktop shell with widgets, toolbars, etc.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    What's performance like using a desktop with a translation layer like that? Does it feel as responsive as a native desktop?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Pretty snappy. All the gnome APIs are written in C. It doesn't run on node, it runs on gnome-javascript (gjs) which exposes all the C APIs through JavaScript. If you use the Astal wrappers its pretty painless but using the gnome APIs directly in gjs is a little weird since you have to consider things like memory management.

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