Posts tagged #linux

• My 2026 Linux Desktop: Niri + DankMaterialShell + Kitty

  Jan 18, 2026

  Complete stack overview showing how compositor, shell, terminal, and tools integrate through consistent patterns.

  #niri #wayland #linux #desktop-shell

• Desktop Polish: DankMaterialShell and the Perfect Rofi Launcher

  Jan 4, 2026

  Unifying desktop aesthetics across shell, launcher, and compositor with shared color tokens and consistent IPC patterns.

  #wayland #rofi #desktop-shell #linux

• Niri: The Scrolling Tiling Compositor That Made Me Leave Hyprland

  Dec 7, 2025

  Why Niri scrolling paradigm works better than traditional tiling for ultrawide monitors, and how to think about window management differently.

  #niri #wayland #tiling-wm #linux

• SSH in 33 Seconds? Optimizing for India-to-Bulgaria VPN Connections

  Nov 30, 2025

  Diagnosing and fixing SSH latency over high-latency VPN links, with focus on the TCP-over-TCP problem and connection multiplexing.

  #ssh #networking #vpn #linux

• The Fork, the File Descriptor, and the Deployment

  Apr 12, 2025

  Two production bugs from subprocess isolation: shared database connections after fork, and lost working directories after deployment.

  #django #python #fork #linux