Linux Blog

Chronological log of personal experiences, system migrations, and subjective feedback on various distributions. This space documents the evolution of the RPMN0ISE infrastructure from a user perspective.

Project Journal

[2026-01] [NEW] Migration to Omarchy: Initial Friction — First impressions regarding the steep learning curve of functional configuration.
[2025-11] [WIP] Wayland on NVIDIA: A 12-Month Retrospective — Tracking the stability improvements and remaining artifacts in my daily setup.
[2025-06] The Quest for the Perfect Terminal Emulator — Personal testing notes on latency and font rendering across Alacritty, Foot, and Kitty.

Opinions

[2025-12] [NEW] Why I am Abandoning Flatpak for System Utilities — Subjective take on the sandbox overhead and integration issues.
[2025-08] The State of Desktop Linux in 2025 — Personal reflection on the fragmentation vs. unification debate.
[2025-02] Systemd: Five Years of Internal Conflict — Retrospective opinion on the ubiquity of the init system.

Archives

[2024-03] Gentoo Installation: 48 Hours of Compilation — Journal entry documenting a weekend spent optimizing a kernel.
[2023-09] Switching from PulseAudio to PipeWire — Log of the transition period and immediate audio quality perceptions.
[2022] X11 Configuration Struggles [OBSOLETE] — Old notes on multi-monitor positioning before the transition to Wayland.