NOTE: If you want the ultimate Linux desktop experience, I highly recommend installing Linux as your main OS. I no longer use Windows (except in a VM) so I will not be maintaining this guide anymore.
Think Xfce looks dated? Want a conventional Ubuntu experience? This tutorial will guide you through installing Ubuntu's default desktop environment, GNOME.
GNOME is one of the more complex — and that means more difficult to run — desktop environments, so for years people couldn't figure [o
| use_xft yes | |
| xftfont 123:size=8 | |
| xftalpha 0.1 | |
| update_interval 2 | |
| total_run_times 0 | |
| # Windows definitions | |
| own_window yes | |
| own_window_type dock | |
| own_window_transparent yes |
Refer to the arch wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sway
pacman -S sway westonmkdir -p ~/.config/sway
cp ~/.i3/config ~/.config/sway/config
Configured for a Mac-like experience
Apple Magic Keyboard 2: Model A1644 (same as MLA22LL/A ?)
Mapping for Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon 64-bit
Disclaimer: Please follow this guide being aware of the fact that I'm not an expert regarding the things outlined below, however I made my best attempt. A few people in IRC confirmed it worked for them and the results looked acceptable.
Attention: After following all the steps run gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache as root, this prevents various gdk-related bugs that have been reported in the last few hours. Symptoms are varied, and for Cinnamon the DE fails to start entirely while for XFCE the icon theme seemingly can't be changed anymore etc.
Check the gist's comments for any further tips and instructions, especially if you are running into problems!
Results after following the guide as of 11.01.2017 13:08:
| <?xml version="1.0"?><!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd"> | |
| <fontconfig> | |
| <match target="font" > | |
| <edit mode="assign" name="autohint" > | |
| <bool>false</bool> | |
| </edit> | |
| </match> | |
| <match target="font" > | |
| <edit mode="assign" name="rgba" > | |
| <const>none</const> |