As a Neovim user, I genuinely don't get the appeal of Emacs.

I wanted a text editor.

Not a second operating system.

Change my mind.

https://reddit.com/link/1v1gr3j/video/7cvl6ey3uceh1/player

Still tweaking things, but I'm happy with how it turned out.

I wanted to share my Linux journey because it has been one of the most interesting things I have ever done.

THE BEGINNING...

Before I even had a computer, I discovered Linux, and I instantly fell in love with it.

I started watching videos about Linux: installation guides, terminal tutorials, desktop environment comparisons, and basically every Linux topic I could find. I watched hundreds, maybe even over 1000 videos.

The funny thing is, I didn't even own a PC yet.

I learned Bash using Termux on my phone. I learned how the terminal works, how Linux systems are structured, and how different desktop environments and window managers worked, all before I had my own computer.

I watched a lot of GNOME videos and quickly realized I hated it. Then I discovered KDE Plasma, and I loved it. The customization, the look, the flexibility... everything about it clicked with me.

I decided:

"When I finally get a laptop, I will install Kubuntu."

THE ACTION...

Then the day came. I got my laptop.

The first thing I did was install Kubuntu, just like I planned.

At first, everything was great. But then I discovered tiling window managers.

I tried using Krohnkite on KDE Plasma, but it wasn't really what I wanted. I wanted the full experience: Hyprland.

So I installed Hyprland.

And then I entered the rabbit hole.

I spent around 24 hours configuring Hyprland. I customized everything, changed settings, edited configs, and tried to make my perfect setup.

Then I made a tiny mistake.

A typo in my Hyprland configuration file.

One wrong word.

And my system refused to boot.

I reinstalled Kubuntu and installed Hyprland again.

Guess what happened?

I made the same mistake again.

My system broke again.

At that point, I decided to try something else.

I installed CachyOS.

I spent around 2 hours manually partitioning everything. I carefully set things up, waited through the installation...

And it failed at the end.

So I tried again.

This time, I successfully installed CachyOS and chose Hyprland as my desktop/window manager.

But then I discovered something.

I wanted vanilla Hyprland.

CachyOS gave me...

NOCTALIA SHELL.

It looked nice, but it was not what I wanted. I wanted to build my own setup, not use someone else's customization.

I was frustrated and gave up.

Next, I tried Omarchy.

It looked amazing, but I found out I couldn't install it on the specific partition I wanted. I also didn't want to erase my Windows 11 partition.

So that idea was gone too.

Then I had the brilliant idea:

"Why not install Arch Linux?"

Yes, I know.

I know.

I should have expected what happened next.

I tried installing Arch. I was staring at the big black terminal box, fighting through the installation process...

And eventually, I gave up.

After all of that, I finally found EndeavourOS.

I installed EndeavourOS with Hyprland, and honestly?

It was great.

Nothing major went wrong (mostly).

I spent a lot of time configuring it until my config files became basically a novel.

Then I saw a video where someone installed Arch using a command called archinstall.

I thought:

"Wait... Arch can be installed this easily?"

So I created a 50GB partition to test Arch using archinstall.

And then I made the biggest mistake of the entire journey.

I accidentally destroyed my boot/EFI partition.

My Windows and Linux boot setup were broken.

It was a disaster.

After a lot of troubleshooting, I finally fixed it.

THE CONCLUSION...

After everything I went through, I learned something:

If you have a stable Linux system that works and you have already customized it exactly how you like...

JUST KEEP IT.

Don't constantly chase the "perfect distro."

The perfect distro is often the one you already have.

My journey was chaotic, but I learned so much:

• Linux installation
• Bash and terminal usage
• Desktop environments
• Window managers
• Hyprland configuration
• Partitioning
• EFI and bootloaders
• Troubleshooting

Would I do it all again?

Probably.

Would I recommend destroying your EFI partition as a learning method?

Definitely not.

Thank you, Linux, for teaching me so much... and also for making me question my life choices multiple times.

I have been using hyprland for a decent time, but I couldn't make a good waybar. So if anyone can give me their waybar config and style.css?

I really hope that you guys can help me.

I use endeavorOS, does that mean that I officially say that I use arch btw?

CeracChat is a lightweight real-time chat app I’ve been building using JavaScript, firebase and gitHub.

I wanted something fast, minimal, and straightforward instead of the usual bloated messaging apps that consume enough RAM to simulate a small nuclear reactor core meltdown.

Some of the features:

-Real-time chat

-Clean interface

-Lightweight frontend

Still a work in progress, but I’d like to hear what people think.

GitHub/Demo: [Cerac Chat ]