For those asking, I found the wallpaper at wallhaven.cc. After some searching, was able to find a link…
https://whvn.cc/j3vj3p

@victorz
My starting point was an old set of JaKoolit dot files. I think the latest can be had here.
https://github.com/JaKooLit/Hyprland-v3

Maybe I’ll post the style.css later if it’s not too big…

@victorz

Well, here’s the Waybar config (some things are commented out as I’m endlessly tweaking it…)

{
//
// Reminder: The last statement in a module block cannot
// be commented out or waybar won’t launch.
//
“include”: “~/.config/hypr/waybar/modules”,
“layer”: “top”,
//“mode”: “dock”,
“exclusive”: true,
“passthrough”: false,
“position”: “top”,
“spacing”: 3,
“fixed-center”: true,
“ipc”: true,
“margin-left”: 0,
“margin-right”: 0,

“modules-left”: [
“custom/menu”,
“hyprland/workspaces”,
“hyprland/window”,
],

“modules-center”: [
“clock”,
//“custom/weather”,
“custom/task-phone”,
],

“modules-right”: [
“tray”,
//“network”,
“memory”,
//“pulseaudio”,
“wireplumber”,
“pulseaudio#microphone”,
“custom/cycle_wall”,
//“custom/task-phone”,
“custom/power”,
],
}

@jol
It’s borrows from "Matrial-Black-Cherry, Kora Grey Icons, and “Derp” for the Foot Terminal theme. Also, you can use hyprpicker to sample colors as needed from the wallpaper or wherever.

@sneakyninjapants
The thing next to the clock is my own module that launches Gnome-Endeavour task manager on a click and Valent (implementation of KDE Connect) on a right click.

Some of the other custom modules I originally got from JaKoolit but, I may have tweaked some of them a bit as I just kinda used him as a “startiing point”. (I’ve also completely hacked-up the way the clock module works).
https://github.com/JaKooLit/Hyprland-v3

Seems to be working OK for me on FF with Ublock and Privacy Badger running.

I believe LMDE includes the proprietary stuff you might need and, as others have said, Debian 12 is starting to as well.

For a new user who just wants a good OS to start with, Pop_OS is a fine choice. A little surprised you had trouble with Mint identifying your WiFi card but, I see others have posted on it. Mint is typically my go-to recommendation for new Linux users.

cyberspace vs meat-space

…although, to be fair, a lot of distro’s just kinda sort it out for you.

The thing is, there’s “iwd” and “wpa_supplicant”. You use either one or the other, but not both. Sources like the Gentoo handbook will tell you that but, not all Wiki’s do as good a job of pointing that out <…looking directly at you Arch…>.

bullshit

Can we compromise and sacrifice Nazis?

No…find your tribe…be you

I looked at LBRY for a while, but it kinda looked like the “trashy tabloid” section of the internet.

I checked the wrong box on my birth certificate

Palia is brand new (still in open Beta) It’s more focused on low-key crafting/farming and community, but opportunities to socialize are there.
;
Guild Wars 2 is my favorite “no subscription required” MMORPG that could work for you (but you have that one).
.
ESO Online is my favorite “subscription” MMO and I’ve met people there.
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FFXIV is decent for socializing but, the hard-core gamers can stress you out. Works best if you join a low key guild that doesn’t want to speed-run all the duties and crap on you for not being as good as they are.
.
General rule for MMORPGs in general is, find a guild you like and hang with them.

“Plutocracy” is the term for “Financial Oligarchy” BTW. Worth knowing the term if you live in the U.S. since that’s kinda what we have here these days :/

If he’s going to dress like the, he’s just asking for it.