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[chiefterror]

@ward Personal preference. Limine IS really nice, but 'grub-btrfs' exists and adds a context menu item for snapshots right at the bootloader;

I should add that I chose GRUB mainly for the stability and familiarity factor. I also don't theme my bootloaders, and GRUB has a nicer default look than Limine imo. Archinstall during the live USB probably had a great time getting the nuts and bolts together between GRUB and snapper, hence the presence of grub-btrfs.

From start to boot, no graphical server starts running until after I've chosen my session at ly-greeter, meaning the boot process is shell-only from power-on to login; pretty much always a Wayland session is the end result. I don't think I've booted Linux on this PC any faster than here!

[chiefterror]

I am on the gits here and the gits there frequently enough, to know how to wing repository drafting enough like I know what I'm doing.

Lmao, https://gitlab.com/chiefterror/how-chie ... talls-arch

[Grafo]

From start to boot, no graphical server starts running until after I've chosen my session at ly-greeter, meaning the boot process is shell-only from power-on to login; pretty much always a Wayland session is the end result. I don't think I've booted Linux on this PC any faster than here!

Oh I use Ly too, it just do the job and done. For bootloader in my case I use systemd boot, why? It's the default in NixOS and it really do its job just right

[robmakesstuff]

I've been doing Weekly Beats 2026: a "challenge" where you write a song each week and upload it. Then you can check out each other's song and comment. It's a great community.

Additionally I've challenged myself to make process videos for each song. I love workflow and process discussions and my hope is to at least contribute how I work.

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I'll plan to go back through this thread and comment! I love project discussions.

[ward]

...a "challenge" where you write a song each week and upload it. Then you can check out each other's song and comment. It's a great community.

That lick is sounding good. I like watching stuff like this because I am terrible when it comes to the software... and I don't really enjoy mixing things. I'm only at home in the piano roll, so I'm only good when it comes to composition. How's the piano roll in reaper? I saw the step entry and I didn't even know that reaper could do that.

[chiefterror]

From start to boot, no graphical server starts running until after I've chosen my session at ly-greeter, meaning the boot process is shell-only from power-on to login; pretty much always a Wayland session is the end result. I don't think I've booted Linux on this PC any faster than here!

Oh I use Ly too, it just do the job and done. For bootloader in my case I use systemd boot, why? It's the default in NixOS and it really do its job just right

Sorry I missed this. Systemd-boot is honestly just fine, and one of the things that systemd haters want you to not know about, seems like. lol

There are plenty of reasons to not like/use systemd but support for other init systems is so fractured and nonstandard that it's not worth giving energy to. I'd be using something like antiX or maybe musl-based Void if I was serious about that.

[robmakesstuff]

...a "challenge" where you write a song each week and upload it. Then you can check out each other's song and comment. It's a great community.

That lick is sounding good. I like watching stuff like this because I am terrible when it comes to the software... and I don't really enjoy mixing things. I'm only at home in the piano roll, so I'm only good when it comes to composition. How's the piano roll in reaper? I saw the step entry and I didn't even know that reaper could do that.

Piano roll is solid! You get an entire separate window for it with it's own keyb shortcuts and everything.

Reaper is intentionally bare bones, so initial set up is the hardest part. All windows look like default Windows dialog boxes, sliders, radio buttons, etc. Allows it to be something like a 40 mb install :wink: But once you get used to it, it's solid. I've got a template set up, custom keyboard shortcuts and at this point I can move pretty quick.

[Grafo]

I've been doing Weekly Beats 2026: a "challenge" where you write a song each week and upload it. Then you can check out each other's song and comment. It's a great community.

oh that was really cool! makes me want to get into music making again, I had that a bit abbandoned lately.
Here is one of the last things I made, a cover of the Deus Ex theme:
https://grafo.zone/share/Grafo%20-%20De ... 0cover.mp3

[robmakesstuff]

I've been doing Weekly Beats 2026: a "challenge" where you write a song each week and upload it. Then you can check out each other's song and comment. It's a great community.

oh that was really cool! makes me want to get into music making again, I had that a bit abbandoned lately.
Here is one of the last things I made, a cover of the Deus Ex theme:
https://grafo.zone/share/Grafo%20-%20De ... 0cover.mp3

Nice! How'd you make it? Pretty full sounding!

[Grafo]

Nice! How'd you make it? Pretty full sounding!

Thank you!
I recorded it with my electric violin and used vitalium for the synths, the drumms I think are EzDrummer, then all was in Reaper. That's most of it I think (I recorded it like a year ago so I don't remember really all I used on it)