Hello, hello!

At the behest of a friend, I tried out Omarchy (bear with me) and found it to be a perfectly serviceable custom arch install with hyprland (bear with me) and others configured relatively sanely out of the box. What really sold me on it was how easy it was to “custom brand” my laptop with our business name & logo – I’m a sucker for that kind of thing.

After recent, uh… Revelations, I no longer wish to be a bump in Omarchy & hyprland’s user numbers. I have plans on where to go next and what WM(s) I’ll be trying (OpenSUSE Tumbleweed + Sway), but will gladly accept recommendations on other projects I may or may not have thought about. What I’m really looking for, though, is how to do the branding. My personal brand and logo were on login, lock screen, and the screensaver, all of which I greatly enjoyed.

So how might I best accomplish that? Thanks in advance.

  • cujo@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
    4·
    13 hours ago

    A fair point! You’d be surprised where some people’s deficits lie. I’ve used Linux for many years, but never bothered messing with the theming for greeters or the like before – I never really cared. 🤷‍♂️

    So while I would definitely say I’m technically savvy enough to accomplish the task, it’s also something I’ve never poked before. Figured it couldn’t hurt to pick the collective brain of the Internet for knowledge and recommendations. Maybe someone out there knows a trick I wouldn’t find elsewhere, or a lovely piece of software I should look into.

    • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
      35·
      12 hours ago

      ai REALLY excels at filling in small gaps in knowledge like this since it’s literally modifying configuration files and runtimes.

      • cujo@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
        61·
        11 hours ago

        True. I was hoping for an element of human experience, more general guidance and personal preferences than a step-by-step.

        I’m sure the Arch Wiki probably has a page in it somewhere that covers the basics, and I definitely plan on looking for neutral resources like that. I’d also love to hear from the community, likes or dislikes, different software solutions. I always find it interesting and enlightening to learn how other people are doing things. 🙂

        • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
          2·
          6 hours ago

          Either arch or gentoo would probably have the entire walkthrough. I learned how w gentoo back in 2005 so I’m sure it’s changed a lot since then.