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

…overall desktop screenshot

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

Maybe he hasn’t found his face yet? , or all of his donors?

…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

…That’s OK dad…I think you misunderstood too. I was just trying to learn more about this cool game on Steam…
https://steamdb.info/app/1274450/info/

No, son…ya got it all wrong! I was wanted to repaint the stucco walls in the basement and wanted to be sure the latex paint would work…that’s why I Googled “Latex Bondage”…

Can we compromise and sacrifice Nazis?

No…find your tribe…be you

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.
.
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.