Linux

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Distributions

https://distrowatch.com/

Debian

Stable, popular for servers

Arch Linux

Fedora

openSUSE

Tumbleweed

Rolling release of openSUSE

Gentoo

Have to compile from source

Handbook

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64

NixOS

NixOps

• https://github.com/NixOS/nixops
• https://github.com/nh2/nixops-tutorial

Nix Flakes

https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes

Nix -> Dockerfile Nix Flakes -> Docker Compose

Resources

https://zero-to-nix.com/

GNU Guix

Window Managers

herbstluftwm

spectrwm

exwm

Emacs-based window manager

• System Crafters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7xB2fFk1tQ
• DistroTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MquoGuU8sHM

XMonad

• Launch terminal: Shift-Mod-Enter
• Cycle through window arrangement: Mod-Space
• Go to workspace n (1-9): Mod-n

StumpWM

Desktop Environments

Gnome

Shortcuts

Alt + Space: show window menu (to activate Picture-in-Picture for example)

KDE