Author: Divy Pathak(pathakdivy03@gmail.com)

Why I switched

I was getting frustrated by windows continuous usage of so much memory after only opening few browser tabs and 1 or 2 VS Code windows. Windows started to lag after 90% of RAM usage but my [[Hyprland]] only use about 70% of RAM after using more windows than that of windows.

How I installed

I remember that in my 2nd year my roommate was using mint so, first I tried installing Linux mint distro. I was following a youtube tutorial step by step, but ended up maybe corrupting my USB drive which I was using to boot into Linux Mint. I booted once into Mint but without installing it first I switched to Windows once and then was never able to boot into Mint again. So the Mint story ends here.

Published on 2025-09-14 at My New Hugo Site, last modified on 2025-10-01

Author: Divy Pathak(pathakdivy03@gmail.com)

Hyprland is not just a windows manager, which controls how windows are arranged and behave but it is a compositor. It actually renders the window onto the screen.

It manages shadows, visual effects, transparency rounded corners, shortcuts and all. It is lightweight than other window managers as it doesn’t have any bloatware or unnecessary daemon services running in background. It is usually faster than others as it has WM and compositor integrated unlike others which uses different services for both.

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Published on 2025-09-14 at My New Hugo Site, last modified on 2025-10-01

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