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<p><b>New page</b></p><div># DWM by Lucas!<br />
## What is a Window Manager?<br />
### Just determines where windows go on your desktop<br />
### Many are workspace-based<br />
### However, DWM is tag-based<br />
## Features of DWM<br />
### Entirely configured through source code<br />
### Tag system subverts more traditional workspace workflow<br />
#### Can tag one window with multiple tags, allows one window to appear on multiple workspaces<br />
## Why use DWM?<br />
### Streamlined, no bloat<br />
### Keyboard-centric<br />
### Much greater customization than most Desktop Environments<br />
## How do you install it?<br />
### Download from dwm.suckless.org<br />
#### Recommend making your own git repo for dwm to make customization easier<br />
### Install X11 dependencies<br />
## Configuring DWM<br />
### "Infamous" <code>dwm.c</code> file<br />
### Basic configurations possible by editing <code>config.h</code><br />
#### Allows for some basic customization without needing to know C<br />
## Patching DWM<br />
### dwm.suckless.org/patches/ has some<br />
### Recommend patching in separate git branch<br />
### Diff files work based on line numbers, the more patches you add the higher likelihood they may start to fail or break functionality<br />
## What I use<br />
### taglabels<br />
### autostart<br />
#### autostarts scripts right after dwm starts <br />
### statuscmd<br />
### uselessgap<br />
### dwmblocks<br />
#### get nice infobar with battery percentage, network connectivity, etc<br />
## Live demo!<br />
### Lucas's setup<br />
### config.h<br />
#### keybindings<br />
##### Shortcuts for common scripts<br />
#### colorscheme<br />
### Live recompiling of font and background change<br />
# LUG server status update!<br />
## Mirrors<br />
### New homepage ideas!<br />
### Upgraded capacity from ~19TB to ~70TB<br />
## Server news<br />
### Server re-arranging<br />
### Zero-downtime Mirrors swap<br />
#### Ran mirrors midair while being held<br />
### Perpendicular<br />
#### We're out of rack space, but need one final 2U server<br />
#### ....server is being ""stored"" behind the rack<br />
#### just so happens to also have a power and ethernet cable running to it<br />
#### and has some blinky lights that flash on and off<br />
## Mirrors was much more popular when we mirrored CentOS<br />
### Still is, just now all our packages return 404's since the upstream removed everything<br />
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