Tag: Customization

• I Switched from Arch to Gentoo

  

  I’ve been away for a while now, but some of that time was spent compiling… My longtime readers know I’m normally an Arch user. I’ve used Arch Linux as a daily driver since 2020, when I first started running it from a VM during lockdown on my then-main Kubuntu system. While I did love running…

  Jack Allan Hyde

  August 25, 2026

  Linux

  Arch Linux, Artix Linux, CachyOS, Clean install, Customization, Dank Material Shell, Dank Material Shell with Hyprland, Distro Hopping, Distros, Dracula, Gentoo Linux, Hyprland, Linux, OpenRC, openSUSE, Reflection, runit, ssh, Switching from Arch to Gentoo, systemd, technology, Terminal, Tinkering, Void Linux

• Launcher 10 Relieves my Windows Phone Nostalgia

  

  NOTE: As usual, this is not paid or endorsed in any way. Rather, this is an honest review of an Android launcher after I used it for a while. Because nobody has paid me to express myself, I get to be as honest and critical as I like. I didn’t update on this during my…

  Jack Allan Hyde

  December 24, 2024

  Software

  Android, Android launchers, Before Launcher, Customization, Google Pixel 9, Home screen, Metro UI, Microsoft, Productivity, Software recommendation, SwiftKey, Switching, technology, Windows, Windows Phone 8.1, Windows Phone in the early 2010s, Windows Phone launcher for Android, Windows Phone nostalgia

• How (and Why) I Carry a Pocket Notebook WITH My Bullet Journal

  

  Ever since I start to bullet journal regularly with an A5-sized (read: the “standard” size) notebook for a bullet journal, I had switched away from pocket-sized notebooks I used to use for my to-dos and other reminders. As anyone can guess, the major difference between my pre and post-bullet journal notebooks includes how much easier…

  Jack Allan Hyde

  September 11, 2023

  Productivity

  A5 vs A6 notebooks, Bullet Journal, carrying a pocket notebook with a bullet journal, Customization, mini-index, pocket notebook, Productivity, reminders, spreads

• Get Goodies from Other Distros with the AUR and Github

  

  It’s no secret that I love Arch Linux. Despite how I run Fedora on my ThinkPad for work, I have been using Arch regularly since 2020 on my desktop. I can’t see myself ever switching, although I would be lying if I said the occasional urge to distro hop didn’t come up sometimes. Ultimately, the…

  Jack Allan Hyde

  June 20, 2023

  Linux

  Arch Linux, AUR, Backgrounds, Customization, Distros, Downloadables, Fedora, Github, Goodies, GTK-Themes, How-To, Icons, Linux, Linux Mint, Pop-Shell, Ricing, Terminal, Timeshift, Tutorial, Ubuntu, Wallpapers, Yaru

• Pretty, Powerful, Productive: My Obsidian Power User Setup

  

  Personal Knowledge Management (or PKM) is such a useful and vital skill in today’s modern world, and I’m certainly not the first person to centralize the things I do want to track in one convenient, easy-to-navigate place. Of course, I don’t happen to focus everything into the second brain I’ve created (that’s why I also…

  Jack Allan Hyde

  April 17, 2023

  Linux, PKM, Productivity

  CODE, Community Plugins, Customization, Hotkeys, How-To, Keyboard Shortcuts, Linux, Notes, Notion, Obsidian, PARA, PKM, Plugins, Productivity, Ricing, Roam Research, Second Brain, Setup, Tutorial

• My Top 3 Linux Color Schemes

  

  As a Linux user for the past three years (soon to be four), one of my absolute favorite aspects of using the OS is how much I can “rice” my system. I can tweak and customize everything to my liking down to shades and colors of applications. I can make my computing experience feel fresh…

  Jack Allan Hyde

  February 28, 2023

  Linux

  Color Schemes, Customization, GTK, Links, Linux, Ricing, Terminal, Themes, Wallpapers