I run Awesome on Ubuntu 19.04 with XScreenSaver. This post is a brief writeup of what I did to fix the ugly default fonts.

This post is an update of what’s happened since last I posted about my many pet projects. As usual nothing fancy. If you want to know more I suggest you find one on GitHub you’re interested in. File an issue, or better yet, post a pull request to scratch that itch you have deep down: 👉 https://github.com/troglobit

A lot has happened since my last post; I had my bike stolen, stumbled upon the guys who’d stolen it, got mugged by same guys, decided I’d had enough and then bought a house and moved to another city. That’s the long and short of it.

I’m OK, sort of.

Reminder to self: How to fix Firefox about:config when using a Dark Theme in Gnome or Awesome.

I use System76 amazing Gtk+ theme from Pop!_OS. It’s quite simple to set up on top of Ubuntu and use in Awesome:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:system76/pop
sudo apt update
sudo apt install pop-theme

I then use gnome-tweaks to select the Pop-dark-slim theme. Now, the problem is that certain text box inputs in Firefox is either completely dark or white and the text cannot be seen until you mark it. This isn’t specific to the Pop!_OS theme, Adwaita-dark is exactly as bad.

Having just received a new (used) ThinkPad X250 I felt somewhat lost when I realized the display brightness keys didn’t do anything in my Awesome WM setup.