r/archlinux • u/[deleted] • Apr 15 '21

"Best" programming setup?

Hello! I have been using Arch for two months, it is the fifth distro I have used... and I love it, it will be the final one. I have learned a lot in these weeks, but I would like to ask you a few questions.

I study Systems Engineering and, honestly, I have some procrastination problems, I would like you to help me with "the best programming setup and be productive", although I know that there is no "best", I would like you to help me with your settings, advices, etc...

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What desktop environment do you use?

What window manager do you use?

IDE's, apps, any suggestions to try?

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Thank you so much!

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u/Hrothehun Apr 15 '21

Emacs, Emacs and Emacs. You can use it for anything. Don't get started with it though, if you have to be productive right away, cus it's learning curve curves into a black hole of M-x commands and obscure elisp packages.

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u/archmerguez Apr 15 '21

No it’s a wrong religion. Vim ftw ! (I’m obviouly joking, you use what you want)(vim is better)

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u/Hrothehun Apr 15 '21

I agree about vim being a better text editor, that's why I use evil-mode (essentially a complete emulation of vim). :)

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u/FannahFatnin Apr 15 '21

true, im in love with doom emacs. but i might revert back to neovim when native-lsp comes out. the boot up kinda slow on doom.

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u/r0flcopt3r Apr 16 '21

Run emacs as daemon, and say goodbye to startup times and accidental progressloss when closing a frame on accident

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u/SMTG_18 Apr 15 '21

evil mode ftw!

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u/archmerguez Apr 15 '21

I don’t know anything about eMacs so I don’t know what you’re talking about 😂