New Workstation
After a long absence (circa 2006) from using Linux as my daily computing environment, I decided to build a new Linux workstation. I’m extremely happy with how it turned out, so I’m writing this post with some details about the hardware and software I selected and why. The short version is that everything works, including suspend to RAM, GPU drivers, sound, hardware sensors (temperature, fan speed, etc.) and all with no weird patches and only one or two custom settings.
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Tags: linux hardware wayland archlinux
After a long absence (circa 2006) from using Linux as my daily computing environment, I decided to build a new Linux workstation. I’m extremely happy with how it turned out, so I’m writing this post with some details about the hardware and software I selected and why. The short version is that everything works, including suspend to RAM, GPU drivers, sound, hardware sensors (temperature, fan speed, etc.) and all with no weird patches and only one or two custom settings.
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Tags: linux hardware wayland archlinux
Idlewatcher
Overview Idlewatcher will execute a command after a specified idle timeout period. By default, after one hour, it will execute systemctl suspend, if all logged-in ttys and Wayland are idle. If Wayland isn’t running, or if idlewatcher could not connect to it, it will only look at logged-in ttys. It uses the atime field of each tty to determine idleness, which is updated on user input, but not output from any running programs.
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Tags: wayland idle linux systemd
Overview Idlewatcher will execute a command after a specified idle timeout period. By default, after one hour, it will execute systemctl suspend, if all logged-in ttys and Wayland are idle. If Wayland isn’t running, or if idlewatcher could not connect to it, it will only look at logged-in ttys. It uses the atime field of each tty to determine idleness, which is updated on user input, but not output from any running programs.
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Tags: wayland idle linux systemd