Hacker News: mateioo7https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mateioo7Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sun, 24 May 2026 19:28:53 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by mateioo7 in "Time to talk about my writerdeck"]]>This article reminded me of something I've been thinking a lot these past few months, that is having my computer split in 2 modes:

1. work, having everything available in a desktop OS

2. personal, a console-only mode with a few basic functionalities I consider not time wasting: ebook reader, weather forecast, next sport events, 1 TV show episode per day, calculator, calendar, timer, etc

Since I use the extremely configurable awesomewm window manager, this switch would not be hard to implement and have me locked (somehow) based on day of the week or time on work days.

LE: actually, the console-only mode would be more of a menu-only one with something like rofi desktop [1]. Something very minimal and easy to use.

[1] https://github.com/giomatfois62/rofi-desktop

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[0] https://github.com/rickgram/NoBrowser

[1] https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/layout/webapp...

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