r/unixporn • • 1d ago

Discussion | 2026 Weekly Workshop - Week 39

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This is a thread to get answers for all your questions about *NIX desktop configuration! Feel free to share your setups here and ask for advice. In short, you can make any on-topic comment, in any format you like. We hope this gives new users a chance to get some help with any problems they're having and more experienced users a chance to show off their knowledge by helping those in need.

Not sure how to get started? Consider reading our wiki!


r/unixporn • • Oct 19 '24

Discussion Update on Rules and Quality Control

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Hi everyone, it's been a minute since the initial discussion post about quality control issues. Let's talk about it.

The general consensus seemed to be that our ideas on what to change were good, though there could be more resources to help beginners. We actually have a subreddit wiki that anyone can contribute to, as long as you have 500+ subreddit karma and your account is 30+ days old. We also have a list of todo items for the wiki to help users find somewhere to start.

Another concern was that the stricter enforcement of the defaults rule may stop people from using existing color schemes or themes at all. This is not the case -- the intention of the rule is to remove posts which have little effort or just use premade configs, like many macOS and Windows lookalikes. It's about the spirit, not the letter of the rule.

With this in mind, we intend to go through with these rule changes. If you still have any concerns, please reply or send a modmail! We're most concerned with the quality of our community and welcome discussion.


r/unixporn • • 12h ago

Screenshot [hyprland] - rate 1/10 (nowhere close to finished but im itching to post)

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I still have to finish up my swaync config and get nvim with a bunch of cool additions to master the larp

Also matugen is awesome!!!!!


r/unixporn • • 11h ago

Screenshot [Hyprland] I don't think about you anymore

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BlackNode Dotfile... Simple AND Clean

Repo: https://github.com/zhaleff/BlackNode

walls: https://yumekiru.com

I highly recommend this place to find wallpapers.

https://github.com/0xnotkyo/walls

BlackNode uses dynamic colors, so each color depends on the wallpaper; the wallpapers need to have a good color distribution. Using Matugen


r/unixporn • • 7h ago

Screenshot [Yabai] ApolloShell – my own desktop shell for macOS

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ApolloShell is a desktop shell for macOS I'm writing myself. It replaces the default menu bar with a sidebar and a dashboard popup (calendar, media controls, system stats, weather). Everything you see is my own code. And before anybody asks: yes, this is Caelestia for macOS.

What's next
Moving to a config-based framework: a single file defines everything, with no premade panels by default. A tiling WM branch is also in the works.

Source: https://github.com/Silvertree2010/ApolloShell


r/unixporn • • 1h ago

Screenshot [Niri] Nothing special, just my regular old setup with a new wallpaper and a vibe coded window animation.

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r/unixporn • • 13h ago

Workflow [aro] It's 2010 and the snow is falling

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r/unixporn • • 1d ago

Screenshot [Niri] This shell is not written in EWW, AGS, or even Quickshell. Meet Amane

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Amane is a framework written in Rust that lets you build your own Wayland desktop shell entirely in Rust, without relying on an external frontend framework/runtime. It's still experimental, but already usable. Check it out here.
https://github.com/MystiaFin/amane
and the docs: https://mystiafin.github.io/amane/

for my config:
https://github.com/MystiaFin/suzuha


r/unixporn • • 2h ago

Screenshot [OC] RediWM - Wayland compositor in Zig

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RediWM is a Wayland compositor written in Zig (OpenGL ES) that includes everything in one process - no waybar, swaylock, mako, or any of the usual stack needed.

What's built in:

  • Compositor + shell (with themes)
  • Notifications
  • Lock screen
  • Night light
  • File manager
  • Image/PDF viewer (sandboxed)
  • Terminal tabs (any app gets tabs)
  • 100 IPC commands
  • Material design with spring physics
  • PipeWire integration (including bass/treble boost)

Performance on my hardware vs labwc + Dank Shell (previous daily driver):

RediWM: 1 process, 192MB, 4.6% CPU
labwc + DMS: 3 processes, 595MB, 14.4% CPU

$ ps aux | grep rediwm
alex 4247 4.6% 192MB rediwm ← everything

vs labwc + DMS:

alex labwc 4.4% 146MB
alex dms 1.8% 91MB
alex qs 8.1% 358MB

Total: 14.4% 595MB

GitHub: https://github.com/oxydizer/rediwm/

Happy to answer questions about the architecture or otherwise


r/unixporn • • 10h ago

Screenshot [blackbox] Virtual Corporation concept

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A late 90s copycat theme, corporate interface merging aqua pinstripes on a windows theme.

DE: none

WM: blackbox

GTK theme: System 0.1 RC

Icons: Tango

Wallpaper: none


r/unixporn • • 23h ago

Material [Hyprland] Added Jolt physics and some other stuff to my plugin

169 Upvotes

r/unixporn • • 11h ago

Screenshot [GNOME] Keeping it sleek and glassy

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r/unixporn • • 19h ago

Screenshot [niri] practicality

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I've been using niri for a while, thought it'll be fun to share my setup to you guys

SETUP:

  • OS: Void Linux
  • WM: niri
  • Bar/dock: eww
  • Notification Center: swaync
  • Terminal: Alacritty
  • Fonts: Adwaita Sans, Dejavu Sans Mono, MesloLGS NF, JetBrains Mono
  • GTK theme: Modified from Orchis theme
  • Icon theme: MacTahoe Dark

r/unixporn • • 19h ago

Screenshot [labwc] wayland+waybar

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Native apps Notes, Write and start menu.

GTK Theme: Arc Dark

Icon: Numix


r/unixporn • • 13h ago

Screenshot [dmw] 🪼 🐟

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r/unixporn • • 1d ago

Workflow [Hyprland] Aquarium (literally)

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My new way of window management. It is, errr.. fishy.

Patched the Imgborders plugin to randomize the border based on the window's address, as well as display an image on each side of the border. Which correspond to the head, tail, etc.
As for the movement, used a noise function to float the windows seamlessly via hyprctl with a bash script. It also assigns a tag to indicate which direction the fish I mean the windows is heading towards, which the patch reads and mirrors the sprites accordingly.

Wallpaper:
- Seafloor Live Wallpaper

Sprites are all taken from Marinewise, so credit goes to them.

Dots, along with the patch, will be posted soon.
EDIT: Here are the dots


r/unixporn • • 16h ago

Material [OC] Whisp v1.6.0 - Universal launch shortcut and many bug fixes

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r/unixporn • • 20h ago

Screenshot [Plasma] Pers Linux (Freminet-themed Pear Linux because Freminet is so babygirl)

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This is my first time posting anything uhhhhh hi-

I thought it was funny to dualboot PearOS and turn it into PersOS. Icons are by me, made on Inkscape using some of the iPhone ones I found on Pinterest as ref. I couldn't figure out how to skin Pinder and Launcher icons, as well as trash and the folder thing, sorry. I'm new to Linux.

Plasma Style: Blue Sora

Application Style: Oxygen

Sounds: Ocean

Icons: GoldyDark Icons (for System)

Window Decorations: FairyWren Aqua

Colors: Whitesur

OS: PearOS Nicec0re (Arch-based I think)

Specs: 9060XT 16 gig, MSI Wifi PRO B760 DDR4 Mother+board (I think), 64 lady gagas (gigabytes) of RAM, 14700KF CPU, Be Quiet! budget AIO I forgot the model of. Ironically, my Qube 500 case is white so it matches this perfectly lmao.

In case you haven't noticed, I really like Freminet.

If I didn't screw up this post's formatting too bad (I hope I didn't), I will post my Windows one too.


r/unixporn • • 1d ago

Screenshot [Sway] My daily for university

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My end goal here was to make a setup where 1. GUI apps that weren't already riced won't look atrocious (which was a consistent issue I faced when I tried to make it Everforest themed) and 2. there is a balance between practicality and aesthetic.

Advice is welcome!


r/unixporn • • 23h ago

Workflow [Kde] My CachyOS rice

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i use fuzzel with my config, kde control hub with bind on meta, knome workspace widget.


r/unixporn • • 19h ago

Workflow [gluewc] I made macros for my own wc

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I had showed only the autoclicker but you can make more complex macros. You can aces them very easy if you get the wc with the bar. Here if you want to check out my wc https://github.com/vladbiber/gluewc


r/unixporn • • 12h ago

Workflow [OC] Macos-like input caps pill

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WM: Solium

Toolkit: Qt


r/unixporn • • 1d ago

Screenshot [mango] minimal, functional, cozy arch

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wm: mango

notifications: mako

launcher: rofi

bar: waybar

shell: fish

terminal: kitty

font: jetbrains nerd

lockscreen: ly (void theme)

idle screen: swayidle (void theme)


r/unixporn • • 1d ago

Screenshot [OC]Just some cats hanging around on my desktop

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r/unixporn • • 1d ago

Workflow [Niri] My own Bioma Shell

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My current Bioma shell setup.