Tech &mdash; Healie's Guides/Tips https://rant.li/healie-guides/tag:Tech A place to put my guides/tips that i write Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:46:42 +0000 Tips for using Chimra Linux https://rant.li/healie-guides/tips-for-using-chimra-linux <![CDATA[Follow the Tony tutorial Don't be afraid to ask for help either from the Chimera Linux irc/Matrix communities or from random linux discord servers, if its the latter case ask for those who know and use chimera Install the Nix package manager on Chimera linux Use Flatpaks if Nix configuration is too tiring or you dont want to use ot Most Appimages simply wont run due to them being compiled for Glibc and not Musl libc Use qutebrowser its really good CONFIGURE ZSWAP AS SOON AS YOU CAN (Make sure to turn on shrinking and also increase the pool if needed) Use the Resources Nix Installer For Chimera Linux Made By Elgreams Chimera Linux guide by Hiltar Chimera Linux Installation Guide By Tony Useful Apps That Are Available On APK (For Chimera Linux) Browser? qutebrowser and/or firefox Night Mode? gammastep IDE? geany Image Editing? gimp Text Editor? nano Or vim or neovim or emacs Email Client? thunderbird Managing Networks? networkmanager TUI IRC Client? weechat Terminal? Any de one or kitty TUI File Manager? yazi or nnn Video Player? vlc or mpv (optionally the latter with haruna) Trimming Videos? video-trimmer RSS Client? newsraft Windows Apps On Linux? wine Disk Management? gparted Screen Recording? obs-studio Make? gmake or bmake (The former comes with the make command) XMPP Client? dino ___ #Linux #ChimeraLinux #Tech #OS #Tips]]>
  • Follow the Tony tutorial
  • Don't be afraid to ask for help either from the Chimera Linux irc/Matrix communities or from random linux discord servers, if its the latter case ask for those who know and use chimera
  • Install the Nix package manager on Chimera linux
  • Use Flatpaks if Nix configuration is too tiring or you dont want to use ot
  • Most Appimages simply wont run due to them being compiled for Glibc and not Musl libc
  • Use qutebrowser its really good
  • CONFIGURE ZSWAP AS SOON AS YOU CAN (Make sure to turn on shrinking and also increase the pool if needed)
  • make (the command) is available with the gmake apk package, and also is available as bmake (another implementation but by freebsd)
  • Use the --prune and --available options when doing doas apk upgrade (Full command would be doas apk updgrade --prune --available)

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    Resources

    1. Nix Installer For Chimera Linux Made By Elgreams
    2. Chimera Linux guide by Hiltar
    3. Chimera Linux Installation Guide By Tony

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    Useful Apps That Are Available On APK (For Chimera Linux)

    • Browser? qutebrowser and/or firefox
    • Night Mode? gammastep
    • IDE? geany
    • Image Editing? gimp
    • Text Editor? nano Or vim or neovim or emacs
    • Email Client? thunderbird
    • Managing Networks? networkmanager
    • TUI IRC Client? weechat
    • Terminal? Any de one or kitty
    • TUI File Manager? yazi or nnn
    • Video Player? vlc or mpv (optionally the latter with haruna)
    • Trimming Videos? video-trimmer
    • RSS Client? newsraft
    • Windows Apps On Linux? wine
    • Disk Management? gparted
    • Screen Recording? obs-studio
    • Make? gmake or bmake (The former comes with the make command)
    • XMPP Client? dino

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    #Linux #ChimeraLinux #Tech #OS #Tips

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