Don't use Hyprland without these AMAZING tools | Hyprland for Newbs EP 2

[@typecraft_dev]

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[@ReptilianLaserbeam]

I think this is the best approach to hyprland, starting customizing it little by little and getting familiar with the basics. I've seen dozens of posts lately in reddit of new comers that have used someone else's dotfiles or conf scripts and have zero idea of how anything works, then get frustrated. Kudos for making it look realistic and explaining the basics so everyone can take it from there and customize it to their needs.

[@typecraft_dev]

thank you! that is exactly the point of the video I'm glad it came through

[@GooogleGoglee]

The only way a real nerd ​@@typecraft_dev would approach it ❤ Thank you

[@Align_SD]

As someone who just made the swtich from windows to linux about a month ago, this is exactly how I approached it. Started as barebones as you can and when I ran into a situation where I needed something specific I'd do some research and decide what tool I wanted to use to handle the task at hand. I'm loving not only the freedom to decide what I want but also the knowledge I'm gaining of how things work under the hood.

[@rekciuq]

That's how I broke my arch last time, haha

[@firestormjupiter]

I made the switch to sway a few weeks ago and slowly felt my way around my first ever window manager. I now have it well-configured, and today I installed hyprland and set it up from scratch in just a few hours. It’s really not hard, you just have to be patient and read the documentation.

[@sanketgupta1991]

This approach to setting things up and customizing the system is great. For someone who always uses default things and just started dipping their toes in Riceing, this sets up realistic expectations and shows a good paradigm of how one can make their system something unique to themselves, and create a cohesive experience that minimizes resistance and assists the user. Thanks Nerd!

[@blessed_by_agni]

Your videos were a major reason i switched over to Arch and hyprland , love all this quality content

[@eobardthawnemcoc]

Now can't wait for ep 3 hopefully we'll customize the waybar too

[@sher1x165]

yeah, it looks kinda off to me

[@typecraft_dev]

yup!!!

[@syedrizwan7722]

@@typecraft_dev please include tab grouping with h3 plugin if possible.

[@keanencorning5094]

I was used to Kali and Parrot with the default UIs, but I've switched over to the dark side. Thanks to you, I'm feeling better about customizations.

[@ewhac]

Personal Peeve: _Gyah!_ Dude! Learn `!$` in the shell! `!$` expands to the last argument in the immediately previous command. So rather than watching you typing your arguments over and over and over and over again: mkdir very/long/path/name cd very/long/path/name You can instead do: mkdir very/long/path/name cd !$ Similarly, `!*` expands to _all_ arguments in the previous command except the zeroth (the command name itself). Both really darned useful.

[@SimpleSubash]

Thanks! I recently learnt '!!' to reuse the last command or just to sudo !! and wanted to know how to only reuse the argument but not badly enough to do a search.

[@samgould8567]

Isn’t !$ a bashism? I use $_ instead and it works everywhere.

[@ewhac]

@@samgould8567 `!$` also worked in csh, where I first learned it. I've never before heard of `$_`.

[@Dalsy97]

I genuinely love your videos, your way to explain is just unique and drives me to do more research every time to expand my knowledge rather than just copy/pasting what you're doing. You got me into neovim, you got me into Linux and i3wm and know I can't wait to put my hands on a new ssd to do a fresh Arch install. Way to go man, please keep doing these videos. Love from Italy 🇮🇹

[@saulleal235]

It's a super fun video to watch, at one point I had already watched more than half of the video. You are very good at teaching Toph.

[@Bonsouèr]

Just wanted to say that I'm new to Linux stuff, especially Arch, but with your videos (the one about how to install Arch and this series) are making my Linux rice sooo easy. Thank you

[@atomicman007]

I actually spun up a new Arch VM for this 2days ago! Thanks to you, I have new things to try. Cheers

[@tato-chip7612]

one recommendation: I think its best to keep your exec-one lines separate. Not only does it make it easier to configure and mix and match later, but it also makes it so that there is no chance of one the programs failing and bring down the other ones.

[@emmetclarke8678]

This series is so good, thank you! Please more hyprland!

[@satria3001Al]

Actually, I'm not new to Linux, been using it since 1998 (Mandrake distro), but watching you axplaining and talking about Linux, really excites me.....great explanations. Thanks, mate!

[@typecraft_dev]

Awesome!!

[@xwinglover]

This channel is so good

[@typecraft_dev]

You are

[@gabrielneviljose9170]

I INSTALLED HYPRLAND JUST YESTERDAY

[@GooogleGoglee]

Same!

[@jostasizzi818]

The community has summoned you

[@amarjitpradhan9230]

Same😂

[@SymphonicMelody]

same 😔

[@cooldudeloverboy]

EP2 is here! Thanks Nerd!

[@csharpiro]

I'm reviving my old HP G42 laptop with a first-generation Intel processor and an impressive 8GB of RAM to study Linux with window managers and Neovim. I want to force myself to work on a machine with limited resources to become a better programmer, and this series has been incredible for that purpose. Thank you!

[@Pepperpot666]

Great stuff! I am new to "Arch" btw, and new to the whole hyprland-thingy and learned a lot.

[@khorstefan4632]

I never give comments. But your content is GOLD!!!

[@TheSevenCircle]

The part 1 of this series is what made me change from Xmonad and been daily driving it since I saw that video. Since then I think I have everything that I need to live in this setup. - Configured my monitor layout, Keybindings, etc in my hyprland config file. - Riced Waybar (I had xmobar for Xmonad before). - Riced Dunst (I had it before but rericed for hyprland). - Added & Riced Fuzzel as an alternative for dmenu, since I was having problems on my main monitor in which is a different resolution than the rest of my monitors. - Added Slurp and Grim because flameshot was not working properly for me in wayland and Slurp and grim do exactly what I need flameshot for. - Added hyprpaper for wallpapers (apperantly nitrogen doesnt have a native in Wayland) - Swaylock to lock screens (the one I had before was also only in X11) Now, lets see if I you mention something that I missed or is useful for me :) Thanks for this types of videos.

[@rakso00x]

Keep these coming!

[@typecraft_dev]

@@rakso00x you got it!

[@bald_ai_dev]

i think i will start working on my hyprland config when this series is done... cant be waiting for each episode to come out little by little

[@Queeebo]

Thanks again man! Glad to hear that epic LDUR again!

[@deven_gaming]

finally! ep2

[@xorlop]

pro tip: use notify-send with the -e flag to send a transient notification that does not linger :)

[@typecraft_dev]

Good tip!

[@romanhan87]

Thank you for your videos, they are very useful and you explain many things better than the manual. I have been using Linux recently and my first distribution was Mint. Interestingly, I made it somewhat similar to Hyprland, as I like a clean and empty desktop. Therefore, I have now installed Arch (btw) and will try to install and use Hyprland. I'm looking forward to the next series and as many videos about Linux as possible.

[@GAccountMe]

I'm looking forward to at least 10 episodes! By the way, about screenshots - it would be great that on a newly made screenshot you could immediately add arrows, rectangles, etc. - it is often necessary to show someone an important part of the screenshot.

[@ReptilianLaserbeam]

you would need an additional tool for that, the screenshot one only takes the screenshot. You should modify your binding to open a image editor after taking the screenshot, but usually do this with a bash script, or use something like grimblast, and in grimblast config add an editor.

[@diogoxp]

Checkout Flameshot/Watershot. Haven’t tested in Wayland, but sounds like what you want.

[@BristlyBright]

On my machine I use flameshot for screenshots with that possibility added. Also you can select between saving and copy to clipboard.

[@spartas.5206]

Very nice video on hyprland. I am eagrly waiting your part 3. I hope you will cover waybar and rofi on part 3

[@Hellbending]

21:46 This had the same energy as when someone in my agile morning standup sprint planning meeting starts taking about the 'Crazy' weekend they had where 2 bottles of wine got downed and they walked their dog for 10 extra minutes lol. Would have been a long one to make bro, solid work and I see you playing 'round with those fancy camera angles too, keen for next parts 💪

[@Knaif]

I have set this up in x11 the last month, now this looks shinier. Thanks, nerd.

[@no-prophet]

No, you have not. You can not run Hyprland on X.

[@skillz3]

@@no-prophethes prolly talking about hypr, not hyprland

[@benisrood]

I left you some feedback on how to make the angle-switching cuts work much better on your previous video, I'm gonna copy-and paste it here too, as it still applies. Cutting to a lower and slightly-wider angle shot isn't working either. Former filmmaker, current developer - I am just going to give you two specific tips that would help it work a bit better: I don't think you should entirely give this up, it's not a bad idea. It's just badly executed. 1) get rid of the dissolves between those two angles, just use hard cuts (EDIT: You're doing this now, and it's definitely better!) 2) try to crop/zoom the side angle tighter or much wider to make the cut work better. Usually the rule of thumb for cutting between shots of the same subject you need a change of a full "size". e.g. Mid shot to Medium Close Up if going tighter, or Mid shot to Wide shot if going wider. MCU to CU isn't enough, Mid shot to Long shot isn't enough, either. One other benefit of tip #2: If you cut in tighter, you don't need to turn the full 90-degrees. You'll be able to get away with a 30-45 degree turn which will make the timing between the lines and the "beats" you want to hit MUCH easier. (EDIT: You've already started doing this, but it's not completely working because the framing isn't strong enough of a change) Okay, here's another bit of feedback for why I think it isn't working so well: The lighting on your main camera angle isn't working so well on you with camera to the side. It works okay though, in black and white/grayscale. See, part of the reason that @ficolas2 said that the "I'm on arch (btw)" gag worked is because two additional things happened: You went from inset "picture-in-picture" tiny you to full-frame you shot from the side and in black and white. That also makes the idea work much better. This brings me to bonus tip 3) Instead of doing a transition to full-frame, then transition to the side-shot, then to grayscale/b&w (which made the whole thing a bit wonky)... *imagine if it went from inset picture-in-picture then straight hard-cut of you shot from the side angle in black-and-white/grayscale. That would work really well.* Another benefit from going to grayscale is that you can grade/tweak the contrast and brightness of the picture, too, because it doesn't need to match the colour, exposure, and contrast of your primary front-on angle. Gives you more choices. P.S. I'm not against the dissolves for everything. The dissolves between you full-frame and you as an insert "picture-in-picture" when you are showing code or your screen work well. You should keep those, it's a nice touch.

[@BalduinoFernando]

Hyprland animations are gorgeous. But I'm dealing with some issues about drag and drop, some apps don't properly work, such as MegaSync (and this one is mandatory for me to sync somethings for me). But gotta find a way out. Now I'm gonna config (hyprshot, hypridle and others). Can't wait to see you ricing your desktop more on the next episode.

[@benisrood]

I wish there was a TWM that had the exact same concepts of windows and buffers as Emacs.

[@LibreFish]

Those camera cuts look better now!

[@typecraft_dev]

Good thanks!

[@5alidshammout]

the btw scene is the best

[@typecraft_dev]

@@5alidshammout haha thanks. Made me laugh

[@Klusio19]

7:03 it's not actually front-end to pacman, rather building helper for AUR . . . BTW

[@LorenzoBettini]

I started using Hyprland several months ago. Recently I also tried Sway. Though Hyprland is eye-candy, Sway is much much much more stable than Hyprland. I remember you were using i3; Sway is basically i3 on Wayland (though a few things are slightly different). On Hyprland, too many things break when updating...

[@iredoxtech7104]

Finally, time to customize my hyprland

[@megat668]

loved this - thank you!

[@kapaspeter3148]

It’s possible to edit screenshots by adding text, drawings, and more, then save them wherever you like, or send them via FTP, SCP, etc., just like with the Shutter tool.

[@ousamadh8322]

I don't believe there is a built tool that does that in the hypr eco system, you can try installing flameshot it should do the trick.

[@ReptilianLaserbeam]

you would need something like grimblast with the image editor of your choice, then edit grimblast config to add that editor.

[@satorugojo309]

I use hyprland since your first ep about, really thanks

[@craigw4644]

Did not know about hyprshot. Been looking for a good replacement for "flameshot" since it works poorly in Hyprland. Thanks for posting. Hyprshot is working nicely.

[@syedrizwan7722]

Very helpful contents for getting started with hyprland. Do one on integrating h3 plugin for tab groups in you next video. Keep up the good work :)

[@tmendoza6]

Great video

[@typecraft_dev]

Thanks!

[@Jayvil773]

Okay I see you with your editing skills

[@sheikhshakilakhtar1865]

I would suggest flameshot as the screenshooter program.

[@danielbusquets3282]

I just installed hyprland so cool

[@themobyone]

Thanks, this is just what I want. I want to learn hyprland not just install a huge config someone made that will break when I update.

[@Ghuze_]

Incredible video, makes me want to go back to hyprland right away. Hopefully they get HDR working in the not too distant future :)

[@epotnwarlock]

Appreciate these videos 👍

[@matheusantonio174]

awesome video bro! keep pushing

[@bostainc]

Hyprshot it's a great utility, but grimblast it's a great one 2 I recomend using grimblast copy area for snippet screenshot & grimblast copy screen for active window

[@ishandandekar1808]

Would love to have a video about hyprpanel

[@gustavomachado2558]

Great content as always, thanks nerd

[@Cloudisms]

What camera setup do you use? Looks fantastic! 📸

[@muslimgamerrr9479]

2:45 im tramautized

[@imagineiffcom]

This is a great video. I did almost identical stuff as this, it just took me a lot longer lol

[@RiverOTR]

I noticed It looks like you use a Framework in you thumbnails. Do you close/open the lid, and if you do, have you set it up to lock/unlock and/or sleep/wake on the lid switch?

[@OazadOMER]

Thank you for great serie, as I saw you downloaded the Hyprland with Gnome so you're using gnome notification daemon, if I want to install just a Hyprland which daemon I should download, and can you please make a video how to install arch and hyperlnad ( via TTY ) with just what needed of applications ( like swaync, wofi, waybar, dolphin , workspace etc ) to make it ready to use like Ubuntu as an example ( I'm not talking about personal applications). Best regards

[@r0dzilla]

They must have updated the HyprWiki in the last month or so, I 'm not seeing the same examples in the hyprlock section. The ones I do see are collapsed and you have to click the "example" link to expand them.

[@SomeOne-mw8zl]

thanks dude! :D

[@PyriteCode]

Thanks! Ive been on qtile for a long time but I might switch to hyprland. I think I prefer the configuration hyprland offers even though I use python every day and know it well.

[@GooogleGoglee]

What app do you use for screen recording on hyprland ? Or since you installed GNOME can we use the embedded GNOME screen recording feature?

[@dustincocking5141]

Ran into this series. I'll probably give Hyprland a second chance, hopefully it plays well now with my Nvidia card. Thanks nerd!

[@martinhyska1206]

Is still possible install hypland on i686 machines? Looks very simple.

[@StefaNoneD]

What keyboard are you using? It makes a nice sound!

[@typecraft_dev]

typecraft.dev/review/happy-hacking-keyboard-type-s-review - Here’s our review of it - it’s the HHKB Type S!

[@OzoneBhattarai-lm2es]

ty, I wasn't aware of hyprshot, I've replaced my screenshot tool with it.

[@liteflow10]

is it okay that hyprshot is 5 months without updates? I was adviced not to download aur packages with red names and no updates in a long time as it can break smth

[@nomisreual]

actually giving my mac a second chance at the moment. i am already seeing myself going back to nix with hyprland though 😂 but it gets a final chance

[@trissource1814]

I like your videos and what you do on the channel but I do think if you're going to have a video that is essentially just following the hyprland wiki you should tell people that's what it is and provide a link to the Wiki. It's awesome to digest the info and present it to others in an easier to format to process but definitely think some credit show go to the Wiki maintainers. Apologies if this was done and I missed it somehow. Cheers.

[@pbpk23]

Hi. I've just installed Hyprland (I use Arch, btw). Thanks for making this video so a noob like me can follow along and actually understand how the configs work. Would love to see a detailed Waybar setup from scratch video. I installed Waybar on my minimal Arch and half of the modules aren't working and the Waybar config file doesn't make any sense.

[@Amit-cg9le]

aren't you using mac os ? (I can see that on that laptop screen when you switch camera focus)

[@kapaspeter3148]

Is it possible to add mail and Rocket.Chat icons to the right side of the top bar that show the number of unread messages?

[@Ac3Hub]

Whats your file manager?

[@youtubs7890]

handgame on point

[@nomisreual]

do you still enjoy your benq monitor?

[@typecraft_dev]

absolutely

[@rossvold]

Been using hyprland since November 2023, and i still haven't setup notifications, lock or idle. Thanks :p

[@AnciennechainedeMatthieu]

editing setup ?

[@Diiidouzzz]

Thanks for the video ! Can someone help me with bluetooth device selection and audio device selection using waybar ? Or this gonna be on the next episode ?

[@seireitei4193]

How the hell do i change screenshot location to which hyprshot saves my screenshots? Git doesnt help much, i tried making .conf file and everything, it's not working.

[@atomicman007]

Question: Will I be fine if I follow the whole Arch related series starting from installing Arch on a 3.2 USB flash drive (32GB)?

[@SimpleSubash]

Yes

[@atomicman007]

@@SimpleSubash Thanks for the response. I'm also curious about how the temperature would be on the USB drive. Using a USB as an installation drive would definitely lead to higher temperatures which might cause reduced transfer speeds.

[@JayPacamarra-sy6kg]

installed hyprland 3 days ago and im in L O V E

[@MrTheSmoon]

sudo pacman -S hyprshot returned error: target not found: hyprshot using yay worked fine just incase someone else runs into the same issue.

[@adiancuevasmartinez717]

waiting for the third chapter

[@icsatellites]

my file manager (nautilus) will not open on hyprland for some reason. i have it changed from dolphin to nautilus in the config but whenever i hit option+e, all that appears is an empty outline of a window. someone pls help ToT

[@App_fyx]

love it

[@AhsanHabib-mj5ym]

Don't you miss the tab mode from i3. I recently moved to hyprland , the tab mode here takes away your productivity ... Sway seems much better ...

[@onu137]

2:46 No one has mentioned about this moment so here I go 🐱

[@AmanKhan-ld9tx]

Whats the gag about arch

[@clav7711]

It's going video,very very good, but is possible to see waybar config and styles.css

[@chuck-snow]

You should take a look at Bluesky..

[@taihoang5354]

how can i share screen on discord on hyprland

[@momensy2136]

LDUR 🗣️ 🔊💫

[@michaelplaczek9385]

yay is not a front-end for pacman, it is an AUR helper

[@liteflow10]

It has AUR helper functionality WITH pacman functionality. So why its not a frontend for pacman?

[@mvaldes]

So this is like i3 with extra steps and in wayland

[@typecraft_dev]

You would have to install all this stuff for i3 as well

[@mvaldes]

@@typecraft_dev yep everything is barebones. Good stuff

[@typecraft_dev]

@@mvaldes you’re good stuff

[@Kermit2k]

@@typecraft_dev behave nerd!

[@flow5718]

Thank you senpai 💕 But say btw again and 💣

[@thonycsdev]

needed to stop my netflix to watch this. thanks nerd

[@itsfkf6106]

Thanks, nerd

[@typecraft_dev]

Thanks. Nerd

[@erikreider]

I'm glad you liked my baby, swaync :D

[@typecraft_dev]

I love it!! its fantastic!

[@erikreider]

@@typecraft_devopen an issue if you have any feedback, I'd love to hear a Mac users feedback. The design of swaync was based off of the one in Mac OS :)

[@rishabharyal1195]

No ghostty?