/mg/ - minimalism general
Everyone’s welcome to ask questions about minimal GNU/Linux and share their experiences, no matter their skill level.
Bloatware slows things down, creates security issues, and makes software harder to use by piling on features most people don’t need. Minimalist software, on the other hand, keeps things simple and efficient — it respects your time and doesn’t waste your device’s resources.
>Operating Systems
nosystemd.org
>Daily driver Software
suckless.org/rocks
harmful.cat-v.org/software
>world wide web
suckless.org/sucks/web
>Great minimalist website examples
garbe.ca
bellard.org
stallman.org
“One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code.” – Ken Thompson
So, what's /mg/'s image viewer of choice?
Anonymous
6/13/2025, 7:16:41 AM
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>>105579143 (OP)
I use xfce that's minimal
Anonymous
6/13/2025, 7:17:08 AM
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>>105579238
I heard the security processor wasn't even x86 based... some random isreali company nobody ever heard of
Anonymous
6/13/2025, 7:19:24 AM
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>>105579247
img2sixel in xterm
Wayland is going to be funny. even "xeyes" doesn't work on it.
If you're running XWayland, "xeyes" only works when the mouse is going over X Windows applications (i.e. the fast, bug-free applications that don't have blurry graphics)
Anonymous
6/13/2025, 1:01:07 PM
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>>105579143 (OP)
this OP template doesn't go deep enough imo, planning on making a more comprehensive rentry
>>105579247
haven't checked but whatever works in the raw framebuffer, no display server required B)
Anonymous
6/13/2025, 1:25:44 PM
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>>105581216
>>105579247
mcomix, this is the closest thing we have to image viewers on other OSes.
Basically most image viewer and music player on linux are just very thin GUI wrapper of the same few libraries. They hardly implemented any features on top of that. And yet their performance is shit.
Anonymous
6/13/2025, 1:29:07 PM
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>>105579143 (OP)
>minimalism
>spends endless resources on achieving it
Actual minimalism is using a default environment with default configuration.
Anonymous
6/13/2025, 1:45:19 PM
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>>105581118
the comic book format, what sets it apart? I definitely agree with you on the wrapper point though, it is way more important to take into consideration a program AND its libraries when talking about minimalism. the surf browser is a great example of this. "WAOW! A suckless web browser!!" only it depends on both WebKit and GTK lmao
Anonymous
6/13/2025, 3:30:08 PM
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>>105579238
glowie botspam to keep people from using OpenBSD
Anonymous
6/13/2025, 3:32:26 PM
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Advice on being a digital minimalist?
Anonymous
6/13/2025, 3:37:12 PM
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Software is always broken and unsafe because it is created by demons. Doesn't matter how minimal.
Anonymous
6/13/2025, 3:42:06 PM
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>>105579143 (OP)
How can I avoid non-bitmap fonts in GNU/Linux? Is it possible to have a desktop environment and only have bitmap fonts?
Currently on Arch + Cinnamon, but I've only managed to get one bitmap font (Terminus) to work in Mousepad and GNOME Terminal.
