r/unixporn

[Niri] Niri + Noctalia is the best combo i've tried so far

u/NiDThePenguin — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:24:23 +0000

OS: CachyOS WM: Niri Shell: Noctalia Terminal: Kitty + zsh + starship Icons: https://store.kde.org/p/1256209

[Openbox] A super lightweight window manager using 322 MiB with FreeBSD

u/terono — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:34:29 +0000

u/terono

[GNOME] is beautiful in its simplicity.

u/kusaida — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:31:37 +0000

u/kusaida

[Niri] My new desktop

u/Stat_Indet — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:07:28 +0000

u/Stat_Indet

[TDE] Motif Style-ish Ftw

u/SargentRedditor — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:31:24 +0000

u/SargentRedditor

[OC] pokeductor – a terminal Pokédex with pixel-art sprites

u/Minute_Ambassador751 — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:39:56 +0000

Just a small side project I built for fun, a Pokédex in the terminal https://github.com/Huseynteymurzade28/pokeductor

[i3] T43 Cyberpunk-esque Rice

u/Vegetable-Fact-8483 — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:34:14 +0000

21 year old laptop revived by Linux

[Alienware] Can your keyboard do this? 🎮

u/JafarAkhondali — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 03:06:15 +0000

I wanted to control the RGB and fans on my Alienware in Linux. There’s no official app, so I made one. https://preview.redd.it/hxos8bw3qksh1.png?width=1409&format=png&auto=webp&s=1f4013fc66b3a4a7824009a72e04182b34ddd37d Then I got a bit carried away and added Snake, Zombie Defense, Minesweeper and T-Rex, with the games showing up on the keyboard LEDs. You can also add sounds while typing. Mechanical keyboard sounds, fart noises,… probably spent more time on that part than I should have. It’s called FreeAlien, it’s open source, and I built it on an m16 R2. let me know how it goes for you. https://github.com/JafarAkhondali/FreeAlien (Fully made with AI agents! I just gave it ideas )

[i3] let's all love lain

u/SituationConstant726 — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 01:20:18 +0000

a little vibe-code rice

[i3] let's all love lain

u/SituationConstant726 — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 23:18:06 +0000

dots: github.com/lamex30/dotfiles

[Niri] My first rice on NixOS x Noctalia

u/Junior_Rich_2695 — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 20:09:12 +0000

Details OS : NixOS WM / Compositor : [Niri]( https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri ) (Scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor) Bar / Shell : [Noctalia]( https://github.com/noctalia-dev/noctalia ) (with custom capsule blur patch) Terminal : [Ghostty]( https://ghostty.org/ ) Shell : Fish + Starship Font : JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Palette : Nullscapes (Author custom deep cosmic theme) Wallpaper : Live wallpaper via `linux-wallpaperengine` Music in video : ThxSoMch - SPIT IN MY FACE! Featured Apps : Spicetify, Yazi, Cava, Btop Dotfiles : Private NixOS configuration for now (maybe publish soon)

Daily driver (energy maxing) [IceWM] [Server]

u/TH3_FISH — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 18:44:34 +0000

I just installed chimera linux (using arch iso) on my new daily driver, what do you guys think? Here are the specs btw. Dell poweredge T410 2x xeon x5675 1 amd radeon C552 oem graphics card 64 Gb ddr3 ecc rdimm 1 perc 6/i raid card 3 SAS hdd drives (500 Gb each) in a raid 0 Also an idrac6 module.

[milk] been working on my own wm, because nothing else suits me

u/klezito — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:49:36 +0000

yeah. pretty much the title.

[KDE Plasma] KDE 2 theme

u/gexsay — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 16:21:34 +0000

Theme - Klassik https://github.com/neeeeow/Klassik But Plasma Style I use Besot Haiku Icons theme - KDE-Classic Cursor - KDE Classic

[WMaker] another wmaker and void rice

u/TwoFacedAce — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:38:06 +0000

peep the ram usage👀

[OC] I wanted a moving background in my terminal, so I made one that works in any terminal

u/kekolar22 — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:50:43 +0000

I've always liked the terminal setups with animated backgrounds, but my terminal (Alacritty) can't do that. So I wrote a small wrapper, backdrop-shell, that runs your shell in front of a moving scene: an aurora, a night city, a starfield, a synthwave sunset, a picture, or your own ASCII art that blinks or drifts. A terminal has no layers, so it can't just draw "behind" your shell. The wrapper runs the shell itself and draws its text over the scene. Your text stays sharp, and selecting only copies what you typed, not the stars behind it. It costs about half a percent of one CPU core and nothing when the window isn't focused. You can change the opacity or the scene live in every open terminal (backdrop-shell opacity 0.3). You can directly upload an image or design your own ASCII animation. I make a little guide for this: https://github.com/thebanri/limoni/blob/main/docs/backdrop-art.md Install (needs Go): curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thebanri/limoni/main/apps/backdrop-shell/install.sh | sh backdrop-shell disable turns it off, backdrop-shell uninstall removes it. It's built on Limoni, a terminal UI library I'm working on in Go. It's still young, so I'd really like to hear what breaks or feels off in your setup. Repo: https://github.com/thebanri/limoni I dont test in Windows!!!!!

[i3] Skyscraper

u/addy-fe — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:32:19 +0000

u/addy-fe

[Hyprland] ChillPill-Shell now with config app and more better features

u/Anonyboy26 — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:09:49 +0000

Name: ChillPill-Shell For: Hyprland Repository: https://github.com/LUCKYS1NGHH/ChillPill-Shell

[Hyprland] It can't get worse than this

u/DaVinci69_isgay — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:11:55 +0000

Plugins used: - Imgborders with a custom patch to display the goggles in the center of the top edge. - Hyprbars, under the top border to allow dragging. Bar is made with Quickshell, though do note that the bar is mostly vibe-coded. Colorscheme: - GruvboxAlt Wallpaper: - Minion Bob Sprites: - https://ibb.co/wZNkHJ4N - https://ibb.co/v48J4wD0

[OC]A little update to ScreenGuard, Try out the beta version

u/ImpressGreen7325 — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:03:32 +0000

a small update to this digital wellbeing software since my last post. This is a prerelease version which i have tagged to be stable and slated for future release and add to main branch from the beta branch. This highlight is less about asking you guys to try out the beta release but more in the honor of over 3+ months of development. What makes me happy the most is that the project which i started even without a repository just to monitor my own system and usage has now come this far with over 50+ downloads 🎉☺️ This beta release now polishes on various little things which are actually necessary for a first time set up and proper user control as Now you can: carries forward the settings screen from previous beta release replaces notifications and sounds tab with general which now includes appearance settings you can now Stop , restart or RESET the Daemon and its preferences in settings Pomodoro settings which were half baked in the first release have now been added to settings to enable a looping focus mode for people at work with CUSTOM BREAK TIME Most Importantly (i feel) FIRST time setup issues have been fixed and in an attempt the first time ScreenGuard daemon setup pop up dialog (1st image) has been made The Release v0.1.1 releases this October by second week, and I will continue testing the beta version to look for sectors that need polishing if any. This is still limited to GNOME on wayland and x11 for other environments systems and primarily developed by me on my fedora 44 system and the project ScreenGuard still has a very Long way to go; But working on it alone has given me much exposure to project sharing on platforms and most importantly a lot of invaluable experience and the true zeal of development instead of the boredom of being a 9 to 5 dev at a corporate who don't care for you. Github beta release link: https://github.com/adityakrishnan005-a11y/ScreenGuard/releases/tag/v0.1.1-beta.4 The code for this is visible on the beta branch to keep the main working tree clean for new features additions. Feedback from other desktop environments is widely appreciated, u can try the application out by switching to x11 session temporarily if you are using any DE which is not GNOME wayland or if u are on a DE which is primarily x11 based (Cinnamon, i3, etc) then u are good to go as they ARE FULLY SUPPORTED. thank you everyone for your supports, criticisms and feedbacks ever since the project came online on github.

[niri] minimalist dwm colorscheme eww + niri setting

u/dilluti0n — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 04:15:02 +0000

Mpris pause/resume and multiple player selection support Print multiple network interfaces (like wifi + lan) and highlight a current route (no dependancy from networkmanager) Print enabled wireguard interfaces Print current niri workspace's window positions and highlight currently selected one (L F F E F on title bar) Multimonitor supported with udevadm based script (bin/eww-subscribe-monitor) Dotfiles: https://github.com/dilluti0n/dotfiles

[Hyprland] looking for feedback

u/Distinct-Pie2389 — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 03:14:15 +0000

Trying to get some feedback on how it looks REPO: https://github.com/T-Crypt/aphotic-hypr DOCS: https://t-crypt.github.io/aphotic-hypr

[Hyprland] Quickshell is awesome

u/Distinct-Pie2389 — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 01:18:06 +0000

REPO: github.com/T-Crypt/aphotic-hypr

[Hyprland] impasto 0.4.0: animated wallpapers, sticker widgets and glass

u/andreumassanet — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:17:33 +0000

Fourth round of my setup. New: animated wallpapers, a sticker theme for the widgets, and a glass bar that can sit as a notch. All installed by one script. https://github.com/andreumassanet/impasto Music: Christopher Larkin – City of Tears (Hollow Knight)

[Xfce] Grok Bot's VM

u/KaKi_87 — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:48:12 +0000

u/KaKi_87

[Hyprland] My simple Gentoo rice for my Thinkpad

u/pierippoautistico — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 20:45:24 +0000

u/pierippoautistico

[Hyprland] Finally i can tell its look like mac os

u/7y6_ — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 19:38:51 +0000

its one of 20+ Shell"s in my Revo Shell in one place you can download it from my repo: https://github.com/vzbc/revo-shell os: cachyos WM: hyprland theme:Mac-tachoe file manger: custom Nautilus from src terminal: kitty, custom gnome console liqud glass: https://github.com/zaregototsukai/hyprliquid

[Cinnamon] Not sure what to call it, but i like it..

u/bonsaiiiiiiiii — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:43:54 +0000

How my main desktops rice is looking at the moment, maybe a bit incoherent with the colors though.

[mac] janky minimal ubersicht

u/nosettlers — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:05:28 +0000

ubersicht plugins: daily tarot (the purple card) and LED clock also a comment on the wallpaper - when making it, I was messing around with hues and gradient maps for ages, then tried a simple invert and it added this nice brown tint, so i stuck with it.

[OC] Rain and snow on the windows

u/abeljhinestrosa — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:03:47 +0000

Tools used: Pleamar https://github.com/k4ditano/pleamar as the desktop shell and Pleamar-wm https://github.com/k4ditano/pleamar-wm as the window manager.

[Gnome] amiArch Mizuki

u/lezzthanthree — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:50:46 +0000

u/lezzthanthree

[OC] Mochi update: Drag files onto him and he keeps them for you!

u/akimikaa — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 11:35:34 +0000

A little Mochi update since my last post! The biggest thing for me isn’t actually a feature: Mochi’s GitHub now has multiple contributors!! When I started this, it was just me making a tiny pixel creature for my Fedora desktop, so seeing other people contribute code, report issues, test things, and help shape the project has been kind of surreal. I’ve also been working on Mochi Pocket , which is what I’m showing in the video. feature suggested by @ rickandevererything 🎉 You can now drag things directly onto Mochi and he’ll “eat” them: files and folders links selected text images multiple files at once He reacts with a little animation/glow while you hover something over him, then stores it in a persistent 10-item Pocket. From there you can open the item, open its containing folder, remove individual things, or clear the Pocket. For normal files, Mochi doesn’t copy or move them, he just remembers their original path. If you move/delete the file later, the Pocket entry stays there and gets marked unavailable. Images dropped as raw image data are the exception and are stored locally by Mochi. a lot of the work lately has actually been the boring-but-important stuff too: interaction-state bugs, GTK/Wayland weirdness, persistence failure handling, performance cleanup, packaging, and regression tests. The current test suite is up to 965 passing tests . Mochi is still a Python + GTK4 desktop companion, primarily developed/tested on Fedora GNOME, and still very much an alpha project. But it’s starting to feel less like my little desktop pet experiment and more like an actual tiny open-source project, which is pretty cool. :) GitHub: github.com/miflow13/mochi-desktop As always, feedback — especially from other Linux desktop environments — is very welcome. 🐸

[i3] wip-ish daily drive setup

u/timetorekt — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:37:42 +0000

u/timetorekt