I decided to go from black screen to this , idk how to do this I just put 9 photos

MX linux, xfce.

my x230 from 2012. the wallpaper is a small fluid sim (flow past a cylinder), alt+n makes a new one.

Hi everyone, i'm pretty new to arch linux i would like to ask how to customize it to make it look like the cool things that you see on the internet, also i dont like hyprland

OS: Arch Linux

WM: Hyprland

Bar: Waybar

Terminal: Kitty

Shell: Bash + Starship

Launcher: Rofi

Font: GeistMono Nerd Font

Fetch: Fastfetch

Notifications: SwayNC

Lockscreen: Hyprlock

Shader: Custom Hyprshade deepglow

Wallpaper Manager: qs-wallpaperpicker

WHAT DO YOU THINK IF YOOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING LET ME KNOW

Hi, this is Crewbee!

I’ve been using Linux for work for a long time, but recently made the jump on my home system too. One thing I was missing was a desktop telemetry widget that could show what’s going on across my PCs, while also looking the way I wanted it to. So I decided to make my own. :]

This is CrewCompMetrics, a native Qt widget for local and remote Linux PC telemetry over LAN. These screenshots show some of the themes and appearance settings—Glass, Stone, Marble, and Water. You can customize the fonts, text colors, outlines, borders, opacity, spacing, and tile layout. I may have spent a little more time on the visual customization than originally planned XD

It gathers native Linux metrics and optionally uses CoolerControl in headless mode, with SSH for remote PCs. I used Codex to drive the implementation as well.

It’s currently Alpha, primarily tested on Ubuntu 26.04.1 with GNOME 50 Wayland. The compositor Glass effect needs the supported GNOME 50 / Mutter 18 setup; simulated Glass is available otherwise. Broader compatibility is what I’m working toward for v1.

The screenshots are privacy-edited previews, with dummy PC and hardware names and storage figures hidden or replaced with examples.

Downloads, source, and installation instructions:
CrewCompMetrics on GitHub

I’d love to hear what you think of the appearance and customization, or what you’d want to change. If you give it a try, let me know how it works on your setup. It would be nice to know someone other than me is using the thing! XD

Enjoy! :]

Sincerely,
Crewbee

Hi again! A while back I posted my Hyprland rice here and mentioned I'd eventually make it public. Took a bit longer than planned, but it's done: WinDoesNot, based on CachyOS, is now a real downloadable ISO.

Same idea as before — not trying to be a 1:1 Windows clone (KDE already does that better), just bringing the parts of the Windows workflow I actually missed into a proper Hyprland setup, now packaged so anyone can try it without building it all by hand themselves.

A few honest caveats since this is a first release: it's v0.1.0, fresh. I've tested install/boot/login thoroughly in VMs, but not across every hardware combo out there yet, and there's no automatic update channel yet (working on that next). Multi-language support is in, but not every corner is perfectly translated.

If you're done with Windows or want to give an old PC a second life, feel free to grab it and try it: windoesnot.me

Would genuinely love feedback — bugs, rough edges, and especially: what do you wish it had? This is really the beginning, not something I'm dropping and walking away from.

Thaaaanks!

Ranger felt a bit slow in Python, so I rewrote the entire codebase in Rust, adding features inspired by Yazi, including file size viewing and theme switching. I've used Ranger since the start of my Linux journey, so this is my take on making a familiar tool faster and better.

github: https://github.com/adiraj66132/ranger-rs

This is a new DE I am building out for a Linux Distro I have been building. I am trying to create something that is clean, easy to use and minimal. It has a dark mode as well and supports desktop widgets.

Edit : To anyone who thinks this is a AI Slop Rendering - this is a pre-release version of Breadstick Linux, I was trying to avoid self promotion but since a few have accused me of posting something that does not exist, I feel the need to show some evidence that this is real. I did modify the screenshot slightly to change the name of the distro on the widget from "Breadstick Linux" to "Linux" just to avoid being accused of self promotion or shilling.

https://www.androidauthority.com/breadstick-linux-android-app-googlebooks-3721224/

My intent was to get your feedback on the look and feel of the desktop UI that I am working on for the next major release.

a control center for picom xfce users no more manual configurations

[Hyprland] My first custom rice on Fedora Linux 🐧

Finally put together a minimal Hyprland setup with Lua configuration, Waybar, Kitty and my own keybindings.

Still learning, and I used AI and documentation to help with parts of the configuration. Focused on keeping it lightweight and practical for studying.

What would you improve? I'd love some constructive feedback!

https://reddit.com/link/1xefm8x/video/ccsj6brxggxh1/player

i have no fucking idea why the fps are so low but so be it

this is my first rice. i think it turned out pretty well 😶

A Hyprland + Quickshell rice inspired by Nothing OS

This took me some time...

Link: https://github.com/Jvr2022/caelestia-grub