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Decided to add scroll velocity to #Alacritty as a nice QoL improvement for #linuxmobile :

https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/pull/9008

Hopefully this should help scrolling through big terminal backlogs without access to a mouse.

#rust #linux

Decided to add scroll velocity to #Alacritty as a nice QoL improvement for #linuxmobile :

https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/pull/9008

Hopefully this should help scrolling through big terminal backlogs without access to a mouse.

#rust #linux

Support in other applications is spotty: The #alacritty terminal emulator accepts input from multiple seats, #kitty doesn't.

You can kinda browse the web together using #firefox, but only if you start it after the seats have been set up. #chromium doesn't seem to support multiple seats at all.

I think writing end-user applications with great multi-seat support (or patching existing ones) is currently the lowest-hanging fruit!

Support in other applications is spotty: The #alacritty terminal emulator accepts input from multiple seats, #kitty doesn't.

You can kinda browse the web together using #firefox, but only if you start it after the seats have been set up. #chromium doesn't seem to support multiple seats at all.

I think writing end-user applications with great multi-seat support (or patching existing ones) is currently the lowest-hanging fruit!

I’m going back to #Yakuake as my main #terminal app. For a longish while it had problems with global shortcut keys under #Wayland meaning it could only be activated if it already had the focus, but now everything seems to be all right again. Farewell #Alacritty, you are an excellent terminal emulator, but Yakuake is just always “there” at my fingertip. #KDEPlasma #KDE #FLOSS #Linux

I’m going back to #Yakuake as my main #terminal app. For a longish while it had problems with global shortcut keys under #Wayland meaning it could only be activated if it already had the focus, but now everything seems to be all right again. Farewell #Alacritty, you are an excellent terminal emulator, but Yakuake is just always “there” at my fingertip. #KDEPlasma #KDE #FLOSS #Linux

I've always been too afraid of tiling window managers and also too lazy to learn new behaviors. I've tried it many times but I failed again and again because of my laziness.

Yesterday I've installed #herbstluftwm on #Xubuntu on a low end Fujitsu U727 notebook and played around for while with the configuration. Well, I think I fell in love this time. 😍 Very smooth! And I think replacing xterm with #alacritty was also a good idea.

Is there anything I should definitely try?

#windowmanager #tilingwindowmanager #linux

I've always been too afraid of tiling window managers and also too lazy to learn new behaviors. I've tried it many times but I failed again and again because of my laziness.

Yesterday I've installed #herbstluftwm on #Xubuntu on a low end Fujitsu U727 notebook and played around for while with the configuration. Well, I think I fell in love this time. 😍 Very smooth! And I think replacing xterm with #alacritty was also a good idea.

Is there anything I should definitely try?

#windowmanager #tilingwindowmanager #linux

is there someone on here who uses #pkgsrc with #macos ?

i can download #alacritty with pkgsrc now, but the version it installs for macos doesn't seem to be the version i can download from github -- it isn't installed to /Applications and has to be bootstrapped via Terminal.app to run.

are there any clever/simple ways to rig this up? am i missing something obvious?

is there someone on here who uses #pkgsrc with #macos ?

i can download #alacritty with pkgsrc now, but the version it installs for macos doesn't seem to be the version i can download from github -- it isn't installed to /Applications and has to be bootstrapped via Terminal.app to run.

are there any clever/simple ways to rig this up? am i missing something obvious?

【Alacritty】ターミナルエミュレータ、みなさんは何度ご引っ越しされましたか？
https://qiita.com/umekikazuya/items/e682bcd92be5a17ed71d?utm_campaign=popular_items&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=popular_items

#qiita #Terminal #tmux #alacritty #Wezterm #ghostty

Found this TODO list for #Alacritty on an old drive today:

- reduce cell storage size (zerowidth)
- Fix box drawing
- Synchronized updates
- Fix keybindings/VirtualKeyCodes
- Use proc_pidinfo for SpawnNewInstance on macOS
- Blinking cursor
- Rework configuration
- New VSync / Frame scheduling on macOS/Windows/X11
- website
- Tmux margins?
- Regex URLs?
-> Different launchers for different regexes?

Nice to see that all of them (other than tmux margins) have been implemented.

Found this TODO list for #Alacritty on an old drive today:

- reduce cell storage size (zerowidth)
- Fix box drawing
- Synchronized updates
- Fix keybindings/VirtualKeyCodes
- Use proc_pidinfo for SpawnNewInstance on macOS
- Blinking cursor
- Rework configuration
- New VSync / Frame scheduling on macOS/Windows/X11
- website
- Tmux margins?
- Regex URLs?
-> Different launchers for different regexes?

Nice to see that all of them (other than tmux margins) have been implemented.

Normally I prefer using dark themes. When working on the terrace indeed light themes show better contrast. I've created a script that toggles dark/light mode in #alacritty and #kde / #plasma : https://gist.github.com/sarmbruster/41ecce95e96568c2a26105d93333a746

Just in case you might find that useful. #linux

【Nerd Font】はじめまして、フォントパッチャー
https://qiita.com/umekikazuya/items/c1455f56455d86f0c7fc?utm_campaign=popular_items&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=popular_items

#qiita #fontpatcher #alacritty #nerdfonts

One of my favorite featues of #Alacritty is how it allows you to shrink its windows to any size, which allows you to use an Alacritty window as a ruler...

One of my favorite featues of #Alacritty is how it allows you to shrink its windows to any size, which allows you to use an Alacritty window as a ruler...

наконец-то нормальные картинки в нормальном терминале, как же хорошо когда есть #guix

=> https://git.phreedom.club/taxuswc/tyaguch/src/branch/master/tgch/terminals.scm#L78

#alacritty #sixel

наконец-то нормальные картинки в нормальном терминале, как же хорошо когда есть #guix

=> https://git.phreedom.club/taxuswc/tyaguch/src/branch/master/tgch/terminals.scm#L78

#alacritty #sixel

Just saw that they open sourced warp (the terminal that turned into LLM slop) and decided to look at some of the remaining terminal emulation pieces.

There's some *interesting* similarities in the terminal code I've looked at so far:

Warp:
https://github.com/warpdotdev/warp/blob/master/crates/warp_terminal/src/model/ansi/control_sequence_parameters.rs#L15

Alacritty:
https://github.com/alacritty/vte/blob/master/src/ansi.rs#L819

Interesting how quickly an Apache (and in parts MIT) license can turn into AGPL.

#rust #warp #alacritty

Just saw that they open sourced warp (the terminal that turned into LLM slop) and decided to look at some of the remaining terminal emulation pieces.

There's some *interesting* similarities in the terminal code I've looked at so far:

Warp:
https://github.com/warpdotdev/warp/blob/master/crates/warp_terminal/src/model/ansi/control_sequence_parameters.rs#L15

Alacritty:
https://github.com/alacritty/vte/blob/master/src/ansi.rs#L819

Interesting how quickly an Apache (and in parts MIT) license can turn into AGPL.

#rust #warp #alacritty

Alacritty 0.17: aggiornamenti TOML 1.1 e nuove opzioni per Wayland

https://yoota.it/alacritty-0-17-aggiornamenti-toml-1-1-e-nuove-opzioni-per-wayland/

Just released version 0.17.0 of Alacritty:
https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/releases/tag/v0.17.0

My personal highlight is the improvements to focus tracking for touch devices, which is very useful on Linux phones.

#alacritty #rust

Alacritty Contributors released #Alacritty version 0.17.0. https://alacritty.org/

Alacritty Contributors released #Alacritty version 0.17.0. https://alacritty.org/

Release Candidate 1 of Alacritty 0.17.0 is now available for testing:

https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/releases/tag/v0.17.0-rc1

#alacritty #terminal #linux #rust

Release Candidate 1 of Alacritty 0.17.0 is now available for testing:

https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/releases/tag/v0.17.0-rc1

#alacritty #terminal #linux #rust

1/2 Aproveitando que estou agitado hoje (e acho que não dormirei tão cedo), me ajudem (se puderem, claro):

Atualmente uso #Debian e considerando migrar para o #Devuan (sem o #systemd). Estou aprendendo a programar (meus horizontes são #Python e #Java (por diversos motivos) e quero usar o mínimo de interface gráfica possível ao longo do tempo. Tenho em vista utilizar o #GNUEmacs e atualmente uso o gerenciador de janelas #i3wm com o #alacritty (de emulador de terminal). #blambers

Moved from #alacritty to #kitty this week. But I really needed a better icon.
Picked the white one. 😺https://github.com/DinkDonk/kitty-icon

Moved from #alacritty to #kitty this week. But I really needed a better icon.
Picked the white one. 😺https://github.com/DinkDonk/kitty-icon

@jnunemaker I see no mention of #Alacritty here. I switched to it form iTerm2 (which I had been sponsoring and using for years and years) when iTerm2 introduced AI features.

Hmm... Might switch from #alacritty to #RioTerminal

even (Free)BSD can be stylish with Hyprland

#freebsd #hyprland #waybar #alacritty

@ruralocity @mitchellh after one week of usage I can tell I'm not going back to #alacritty, I will keep myself using #ghostty for the foreseeable future.

@ruralocity @mitchellh after one week of usage I can tell I'm not going back to #alacritty, I will keep myself using #ghostty for the foreseeable future.

I've been told your #Rails leader uses #Alacritty as his terminal emulator - part of their Linux "distribution"...

That above has accelerated my _need_ to move to something else since I had some other issues - besides being kind-of-slow in my environment...

So, starting today I'm changing to #Ghostty, by @mitchellh

https://ghostty.org

Ghostty is neat, and works perfectly with my current setup: #tmux + #ViM on both, macOS and Linux.

I've been told your #Rails leader uses #Alacritty as his terminal emulator - part of their Linux "distribution"...

That above has accelerated my _need_ to move to something else since I had some other issues - besides being kind-of-slow in my environment...

So, starting today I'm changing to #Ghostty, by @mitchellh

https://ghostty.org

Ghostty is neat, and works perfectly with my current setup: #tmux + #ViM on both, macOS and Linux.

Graphical apps like #Alacritty now works, it just needs something called #NixGL installed, and then you have to run the application from the terminal with nixGL, example:

nixGL alacritty

~/.nix-profile/share/applications/Alacritty.desktop

Graphical apps like #Alacritty now works, it just needs something called #NixGL installed, and then you have to run the application from the terminal with nixGL, example:

nixGL alacritty

~/.nix-profile/share/applications/Alacritty.desktop

Testing out #Nix on #SteamOS/#SteamDeck, and so far so good! It's been helpful in getting any of the missing non-graphical packages I need, such as to install and get my #KDE/#Dolphin service menu working (https://github.com/irfanhakim-as/kde-service-menu-reimage) - where I needed a couple of missing deps like #ImageMagick and #Exiftool.

Most of the graphical apps I need are easily found/installable on #Flatpak though, except something like #Alacritty. I previously installed it on this system using #Distrobox and it worked great, I thought to test installing a graphical app off of Nix - but it doesn't seem that worked with Alacritty. From my search it's something to do with GL/Vulkan apps outside of #NixOS or something of the like. There were also some apps that aren't available as Flatpaks, are available on #ArchLinux 's #AUR, but aren't available on Nix.

There will also be things that don't work too, I think for reasons that may be obvious to others, such as adding HEIC support to KDE apps like Dolphin (for previews) and #Gwenview (for image viewing). On a 'normal' Linux system, this is done by installing libheif and kimageformats (pretty sure u need both). Installing them on this SteamOS machine tho off of Nix, doesn't really help the system's Dolphin and Gwenview app to be able to serve/open HEIC files.

Still, I know I'm just barely scratching the surface of what I could do with Nix - even as just a 'package manager'. I understand why maybe #Valve is holding themselves back from pre-installing Nix for now tho (unlike something like #Podman or #Distrobox, which they were surprisingly - in a good way, happy to do) bcos the situation with the Nix project, atm, is a lil confusing.. but as recommended by others on here, I think I'm having a good luck/time with the #Lix project's 'flavour' of Nix.

🔗 https://lix.systems

Testing out #Nix on #SteamOS/#SteamDeck, and so far so good! It's been helpful in getting any of the missing non-graphical packages I need, such as to install and get my #KDE/#Dolphin service menu working (https://github.com/irfanhakim-as/kde-service-menu-reimage) - where I needed a couple of missing deps like #ImageMagick and #Exiftool.

Most of the graphical apps I need are easily found/installable on #Flatpak though, except something like #Alacritty. I previously installed it on this system using #Distrobox and it worked great, I thought to test installing a graphical app off of Nix - but it doesn't seem that worked with Alacritty. From my search it's something to do with GL/Vulkan apps outside of #NixOS or something of the like. There were also some apps that aren't available as Flatpaks, are available on #ArchLinux 's #AUR, but aren't available on Nix.

There will also be things that don't work too, I think for reasons that may be obvious to others, such as adding HEIC support to KDE apps like Dolphin (for previews) and #Gwenview (for image viewing). On a 'normal' Linux system, this is done by installing libheif and kimageformats (pretty sure u need both). Installing them on this SteamOS machine tho off of Nix, doesn't really help the system's Dolphin and Gwenview app to be able to serve/open HEIC files.

Still, I know I'm just barely scratching the surface of what I could do with Nix - even as just a 'package manager'. I understand why maybe #Valve is holding themselves back from pre-installing Nix for now tho (unlike something like #Podman or #Distrobox, which they were surprisingly - in a good way, happy to do) bcos the situation with the Nix project, atm, is a lil confusing.. but as recommended by others on here, I think I'm having a good luck/time with the #Lix project's 'flavour' of Nix.

🔗 https://lix.systems

(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)

Gaijin Entertainment announced EdenSpark, an open source "AI-assisted" platform for making games:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/gaijin-announced-edenspark-an-open-source-ai-assisted-platform-for-making-games/

Ruby on Rails 8.1 brings active job continuations, structured event reporting and local CI:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/ruby-on-rails-8-1-brings-active-job-continuations-structured-event-reporting-and-local-ci/

Next.js 16 launches with Turbopack, new caching model, React 19.2, and Devtools upgrades:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/next-js-16-launches-with-turbopack-new-caching-model-react-19-2-and-devtools-upgrades/

Valkey 9.0 Adds Multi-Database Clusters, Supports 1 Billion Requests Per Second:
https://news.itsfoss.com/valkey-9-release/

PyTorch unveils Monarch, a scalable and fault‑tolerant distributed programming framework:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/pytorch-unveils-monarch-a-scalable-and-fault-tolerant-distributed-programming-framework/

Jellyfin 10.11 migrates to EF Core, boosts speed, drops 32-bit ARM support:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/jellyfin-10-11-migrates-to-ef-core-boosts-speed-drops-32-bit-arm-support/

Alacritty 0.16.0 introduces Unicode 17 support, new Vi motions, and config improvements:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/alacritty-0-16-0-introduces-unicode-17-support-new-vi-motions-and-config-improvements/

Notepad++ v8.8.7 release ensures authenticity with GlobalSign signature:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/notepad--v8-8-7-release-ensures-authenticity-with-globalsign-signature/

VirtualBox 7.2.4 Released (But Won’t Install on Ubuntu 25.10):
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/virtualbox-7-2-4-release-libxml2-error-ubuntu-25-10

OpenBSD 7.8 adds Raspberry Pi 5 support, parallel TCP stack on multiple CPUs & AMD SEV-ES:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/openbsd-7-8-adds-raspberry-pi-5-support-parallel-tcp-stack-on-multiple-cpus-and-amd-sev-es/

FreeBSD 15.0 Beta 3 Brings Working Support For MediaTek MT76 WiFi:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.0-Beta-3

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #OpenSourceNews #FOSS #FreeBSD #OS #BSD #FreeBSD15 #OpenBSD #EdenSpark #GameDevelopment #ProgrammingLanguage #KeyValueStore #Ruby #RubyOnRails #RubyOnRails8 #NextJS #JavaScript #Valkey #PyTorch #Monarch #Python #Jellyfin #Alacritty #Notepadpp #VirtualBox #Terminal #TerminalEmulator #SelfHosting #VirtualMachine #Virtualization #WebDev #WebDevelopment #MediaServer #Development #Programming #Coding #FosseryTech

(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)

Gaijin Entertainment announced EdenSpark, an open source "AI-assisted" platform for making games:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/gaijin-announced-edenspark-an-open-source-ai-assisted-platform-for-making-games/

Ruby on Rails 8.1 brings active job continuations, structured event reporting and local CI:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/ruby-on-rails-8-1-brings-active-job-continuations-structured-event-reporting-and-local-ci/

Next.js 16 launches with Turbopack, new caching model, React 19.2, and Devtools upgrades:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/next-js-16-launches-with-turbopack-new-caching-model-react-19-2-and-devtools-upgrades/

Valkey 9.0 Adds Multi-Database Clusters, Supports 1 Billion Requests Per Second:
https://news.itsfoss.com/valkey-9-release/

PyTorch unveils Monarch, a scalable and fault‑tolerant distributed programming framework:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/pytorch-unveils-monarch-a-scalable-and-fault-tolerant-distributed-programming-framework/

Jellyfin 10.11 migrates to EF Core, boosts speed, drops 32-bit ARM support:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/jellyfin-10-11-migrates-to-ef-core-boosts-speed-drops-32-bit-arm-support/

Alacritty 0.16.0 introduces Unicode 17 support, new Vi motions, and config improvements:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/alacritty-0-16-0-introduces-unicode-17-support-new-vi-motions-and-config-improvements/

Notepad++ v8.8.7 release ensures authenticity with GlobalSign signature:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/notepad--v8-8-7-release-ensures-authenticity-with-globalsign-signature/

VirtualBox 7.2.4 Released (But Won’t Install on Ubuntu 25.10):
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/virtualbox-7-2-4-release-libxml2-error-ubuntu-25-10

OpenBSD 7.8 adds Raspberry Pi 5 support, parallel TCP stack on multiple CPUs & AMD SEV-ES:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/openbsd-7-8-adds-raspberry-pi-5-support-parallel-tcp-stack-on-multiple-cpus-and-amd-sev-es/

FreeBSD 15.0 Beta 3 Brings Working Support For MediaTek MT76 WiFi:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.0-Beta-3

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #OpenSourceNews #FOSS #FreeBSD #OS #BSD #FreeBSD15 #OpenBSD #EdenSpark #GameDevelopment #ProgrammingLanguage #KeyValueStore #Ruby #RubyOnRails #RubyOnRails8 #NextJS #JavaScript #Valkey #PyTorch #Monarch #Python #Jellyfin #Alacritty #Notepadpp #VirtualBox #Terminal #TerminalEmulator #SelfHosting #VirtualMachine #Virtualization #WebDev #WebDevelopment #MediaServer #Development #Programming #Coding #FosseryTech

Alacritty Contributors released #Alacritty version 0.16.1. https://alacritty.org/

Alacritty Contributors released #Alacritty version 0.16.1. https://alacritty.org/

Alacritty 0.16, a GPU-accelerated terminal emulator, adds support for Unicode 17, new Vi motions, and system-wide configuration options.
https://linuxiac.com/alacritty-0-16-terminal-emulator-released-with-unicode-17-support/

#alacritty #terminal #opensource

Alacritty 0.16, a GPU-accelerated terminal emulator, adds support for Unicode 17, new Vi motions, and system-wide configuration options.
https://linuxiac.com/alacritty-0-16-terminal-emulator-released-with-unicode-17-support/

#alacritty #terminal #opensource

Alacritty Contributors released #Alacritty version 0.16.0. https://alacritty.org/

Alacritty Contributors released #Alacritty version 0.16.0. https://alacritty.org/

@akhil Ставил, использовал котёнка:
да, гибко настраивается, много чего умеет, но никакого ускорения от gpu там я не заметил 🙄
Сменил стандартный на днях на #Alacritty. Вот он действительно быстрый и отзывчивый, потому что простой и минимальный. Из минусов — нет картинки фоном.

@akhil Ставил, использовал котёнка:
да, гибко настраивается, много чего умеет, но никакого ускорения от gpu там я не заметил 🙄
Сменил стандартный на днях на #Alacritty. Вот он действительно быстрый и отзывчивый, потому что простой и минимальный. Из минусов — нет картинки фоном.