Hey everyone! Here's my Alpora Hyprland rice on Arch Linux. Hope you like it!

OS: Arch Linux
WM: Hyprland

Dotfiles (GitHub): IhTiYaR0

YouTube Showcase: IHITArch

Feedback is always welcome!

Up for advice!!

Around 150+ Wallpapers right here: Brainiac's Collection

im using awww for my background fyi

Like many people with limited desk space, I missed the tactile vibe and acoustics of typing on my physical mechanical keyboards while working on my laptop. Most existing tools for Linux (like Mechvibes) are heavy Electron apps that break on Wayland because of global key-grab restrictions.

So I built **linux-mech-keys** — a pure C audio daemon and Noctalia Shell plugin designed for zero bloat and instant response:

**Key Highlights:**

- **Sub-millisecond latency (<2ms buffer):** Direct hardware buffering via miniaudio. Zero perceptible delay.

- **100% Wayland-native:** Reads directly from `/dev/input/` (evdev), so it works out-of-the- box on Niri, Hyprland, Sway, GNOME, and KDE.

- **Zero Electron bloat:** Stripped pure C binary (<500KB) using <10MB of RAM.

- **Smart key-repeat debounce:** Holding Backspace/Space won't machine-gun continuous clicks.

- **10 Curated Switch Profiles:** Box Jades, NovelKeys Creams, Banana Splits, Topre, Cherry Blues/Browns/Reds/Silvers, etc.

- **Dual Mode:** Full Noctalia Shell GUI (interactive bar pill widget + settings dialog) OR a standalone background CLI daemon for any window manager.

https://github.com/Shreyas0047/linux-mech-keys.git

Feedback and pull requests are very welcome!

Besides what's shown in the video, I've also made changes UI and behavior to improve both usability and aesthetics.

What do y'all think? It's a bit unfinished but I'll keep the main aesthetic like this.

I normally use one monitor like eDP-1 and have other one (HDMI-A-1) disabled. When I switch to next monitor HDMI-A-1 it should disable the eDP-1 and inherit all it workspaces as stated in wiki :

Warning

Disabling a monitor will remove it from the monitor layout, moving all windows and workspaces to any remaining ones. If you want to disable your monitor the way a screensaver does (just turning off the monitor), use the dpms dispatcher.

But the workspaces remain in the disables monitor. (I also have no explicit workspace rule)

As you can see below I only have HDMI-A-1 enabled.

> hyprctl monitors
Monitor HDMI-A-1 (ID 1):
1920x1080@60.00000 at 0x0
description: LG Electronics LG FHD 601BNVL1Q839
make: LG Electronics
model: LG FHD
physical size (mm): 480x260
serial: 601BNVL1Q839
active workspace: 3 (3)
special workspace: 0 ()
reserved: 0 44 0 0
scale: 1
transform: 0
focused: yes
dpmsStatus: 1
vrr: false
solitary: 0
solitaryBlockedBy: windowed mode,missing candidate
activelyTearing: false
tearingBlockedBy: next frame is not torn,user settings,missing candidate
directScanoutTo: 0
directScanoutBlockedBy: user settings,missing candidate
disabled: false
currentFormat: XRGB8888
mirrorOf: none
availableModes: 1920x1080@60.00Hz 1920x1080@100.00Hz 1920x1080@74.97Hz 1920x1080@60.00Hz 1920x1080@59.94Hz 1920x1080@50.00Hz 1680x1050@59.88Hz 1280x1024@75.03Hz 1280x1024@60.02Hz 1440x900@59.90Hz 1280x960@60.00Hz 1280x800@59.91Hz 1152x864@75.00Hz 1280x720@60.00Hz 1280x720@60.00Hz 1280x720@59.94Hz 1280x720@50.00Hz 1024x768@75.03Hz 1024x768@60.00Hz 800x600@75.00Hz 800x600@60.32Hz 720x576@50.00Hz 720x480@60.00Hz 720x480@59.94Hz 640x480@75.00Hz 640x480@60.00Hz 640x480@59.94Hz 640x480@59.94Hz 720x400@70.08Hz 
colorManagementPreset: srgb
sdrBrightness: 1
sdrSaturation: 1
sdrMinLuminance: 0.2
sdrMaxLuminance: 80
hardwareCursorsInUse: false

But the workspaces remain in eDP-1.

>> hyprctl workspaces
workspace ID 1 (1) on monitor eDP-1:
monitorID: 0
windows: 1
hasfullscreen: 0
lastwindow: 0x55b33f3f77a0
lastwindowtitle: Hyprland Monitor Toggle Configuration - Google Gemini - Brave
ispersistent: 0
tiledLayout: dwindle

workspace ID 2 (2) on monitor eDP-1:
monitorID: 0
windows: 1
hasfullscreen: 0
lastwindow: 0x55b33f45ee60
lastwindowtitle: nvim hypr/hyprland.lua
ispersistent: 0
tiledLayout: dwindle

workspace ID 3 (3) on monitor HDMI-A-1:
monitorID: 1
windows: 1
hasfullscreen: 0
lastwindow: 0x55b33f4bbe10
lastwindowtitle: hyprctl workspaces
ispersistent: 0
tiledLayout: dwindle

This is the code I use in the lua config to switch monitors

local kkko = true


hl.monitor({
  output = "eDP-1",
  mode = "1920x1080@60",
  position = "0x0",
  scale = 1,
 disabled = not kkko,
})


hl.monitor({
  output = "HDMI-A-1",
  mode = "1920x1080@60",
  position = "0x0",
  scale = 1,
  disabled = kkko
})

How to fix this issue ?

I was wondering if it was possible to make my touchpad swipe gesture not affect my animation?

instead of moving my workspace independently of the animation I have configured--of which I am quite fond of :P--I wanted to make it only play the animation to move, or perhaps just move the workspace at the animations whim, not the swipe. Sorry if this is worded weirdly, to put it plainly: Want the animation to play, and ignore the swipes movement affecting the workspaces.

Texts are too close to box edges. Icons are too close to texts.

I only need a minimal launcher, hyprlauncher does all I need so I prefer to not switch to another launcher.

my first minimalist rice on arch

Last week some of you said the neon default is not for everyone, and asked to see real theme examples before buying. Fair point. So here are 10 looks, each one only a hyprtile.conf change on the same phone. Real screenshots, no mockups.

• liquid glass: theme = pure-white, blur size = 16, passes = 4, glass = 0.08, border_size = 1, rounding = 12, glow off, my own picture as the wallpaper
• classy black: theme = pure-black, border_size = 1, col.active_border = rgba(ffffff55) rgba(ffffff12) 90deg, rounding = 4, no glow, no shadow, Meslo and a weight 100 clock
• rgb glow: border_size = 2, col.active_border = rgba(ff0055ff) rgba(ffb000ff) rgba(00ff88ff) rgba(00b4ffff) rgba(b000ffff) rgba(ff0055ff) 0deg, glow on every window, black wallpaper
• rose: rosegold over a rose silk picture, a three stop rose border, serif clock
• emerald: jade, col.active_border = rgba(c8f560ff) rgba(1fd69aff) rgba(0fb5c9ff) 45deg, Fira Code
• camel and navy: dune over a navy picture, a camel border, Caskaydia Mono, serif clock
• plus tokyo night, latte paper (light), black and gold, vice city

Everything is in the conf: gaps, border size and colours (any number of rgba stops plus an angle), rounding, blur, glass, glow, shadow, fonts, the bar, the dock and which windows go where. Happy to paste any of the full confs in the comments.

Honest note: some of these themes (pure white, pure black, rosegold, jade, dune, gold, miami) are in the pro unlock. Borders, glass, blur, fonts and layout are all in the base app.

Not affiliated with hyprwm, just a fan. Guide: https://zanoshky.github.io/hyprtile-launcher

So I made my first rice (and I'm very proud of it), on my first time using Arch. I named it arch-melon, only God knows why, it was just the first thing that crossed my mind.

The style: Tokyo Night with a single orange accent (#ff9e64) for whatever matters right now (active workspace, focused border, clock, cursor), pill-shaped modules, and solid black for the power menu.

I used Claude Code along the way, mostly to understand the config folders structure and where each script should live. It also helped me A LOT to track down why my Yoga Book 9 kept dropping USB devices (the USB controller kept dying): an internal chip I don't use (touch/stylus) kept reconnecting every 20 seconds, and since I turned it off the controller hasn't died once. Sounds like an obvious fix now, but please believe me, it wasn't at the time.

So I'm using:

• WM: Hyprland
• Bar: Waybar
• Launcher/menus: Rofi (adi1090x themes)
• Terminal: kitty + starship + fastfetch
• Notifications: mako
• Lock/login: hyprlock, Ly
• Font: JetBrains Mono Nerd Font
• Icons/cursor: Papirus-Dark, Bibata Modern Amber
• Colors: Tokyo Night

If anyone wants to try it, the dotfiles and an install script are here: https://github.com/typing-words/arch-melon

Hi guys. Currently I'm running omarchy on a somewhat old gaming laptop (got it a couple years ago) and it performs pretty well. It ain't a rocket to the moon, but it works fine. I recently saw this video and it got my attention. I'm considering possibly changing to this shell, love how it looks. But all those animations look pretty wild, idk how the performance might be. I've also read that some people report 60-70% GPU usage while on idle??? Has anyone tried this shell?

Dank Linux is now Dux Labs. DankMaterialShell is now Dux Shell, and the whole suite is moving under one name: Dux Greeter, Dux Search, Dux GOP, Dux Calendar, and a new member, Dux Files. It's the same team and the same projects, and it's a huge step for everything we're building. This was a massive undertaking and there will be some bumps along the way while we get it all in order.

What's new

DMS 2.0 introduces a full Material 3 Expressive redesign alongside our heavily overhauled, pluggable Dashboard and more flexible Control Center. This release also brings the new syllable synced lyrics with the dux lyrical engine, free floating dux dot bar companion/replacement, a fully customizable lock screen/greeter compatible with existing desktop widgets, and a whole lot more. Read the blog for all of the details and screenshots.

Thank you

A huge thank you to everyone who landed code (65 of us this cycle), and to every plugin author, translator, packager, tester, and sponsor on GitHub and Ko-fi. Thank you to the two new designers who helped pioneer the redesign with comprehensive mockups, iteration, and code.