A lot of change in this release, many dependencies were updated. At first, i include the server audio Pipewire, the Kew audio player, improved the launcher and search experience and many other things.
Colors palette about Ice and Blood
The “Ice and Blood” palette pairs cool, wintry tones—crisp whites, silvery grays, and deep blues—with a single, striking red accent.
Beauty of winter landscapes. One red evoke Dragon, Fire or Blood. Together, the colors balance tranquility with dramatic contrast.
New audio stack
I now use PipeWire with WirePlumber as the audio server, so there’s no need to maintain an .asoundrc file anymore. I also replaced my old stack Mpd, Ncmpcpp, mpc and Cava by a little program written in Rust [kew](https://codeberg.org/ravachol/kew/issues).
Installation is a bit more complicated, but I’ve tried to keep clear documentation — see the README: https://github.com/szorfein/dotfiles/tree/main/swayfx/.config/sway
Otter-launcher
I’ve update a bit otter-launcher and how it’s work together with [fsel](https://github.com/Mjoyufull/fsel). Previously, I used the command “find” to generate content for the fuzzer, it was very slow. Now, all list are pre-generated with the command [fd](https://github.com/sharkdp/fd) are refreshed hourly.
With theses list pre-generated, fsel run in a second. You can quickly search anything stored on your computer: books, movies, music, images, directories — no limits.
SwayFX, Eww animations and more
6 buttons on the last panel can run 6 differents action like:
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System monitoring with Glances
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Check a wallpaper for the next theme with Yazi
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See the messages on Matrix with Element-Desktop
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Open a web browser (classic)
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Open your music library with Kew
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Check the last RSS news with Buttelly
I try to regroup app which don’t need to be opened all time. You open, you close except for the Web browser. Each application run in this own workspaces.
Animations on Eww, (left and right bar) are also fixed when open/closed.
Conclusion
This release modernizes my desktop workflow: a crisp “Ice and Blood” palette for a calm-but-dramatic look, the audio stack is simplified with PipeWire and WirePlumber. pre-generated lists with fd make fsel-powered searches instantaneous,
Many dependencies were updated.
See the README for installation details and configuration notes, try it out, and feedback or contributions are very welcome.