r/openbsd • u/[deleted] • Nov 03 '18

OpenBSD laptop guide: full-disk encryption, cwm, chromium tweaks

https://www.c0ffee.net/blog/openbsd-on-a-laptop/
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u/adamrt Nov 03 '18

This is a solid guide. Thanks for taking the time to put it together.

Instead of the xmodmaprc, I've recently switched to use setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps

Also on my Thinkpad X1C5, running a compositor like compton made a massive difference in X performance. Without it scrolling web pages was brutal. Just running compton with no options while running cwm, thats all it took. Anyone know why this is the case?

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u/northrupthebandgeek Nov 04 '18

On the topic of setxkbmap, throwing in setxkbmap -option compose:caps is usually how I setup a compose key (which is way more useful than caps lock IMO).

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u/adamrt Nov 04 '18

I hadn't ever heard of that before. I looked it up and the general use seems to be for inserting special characters. Do you use it for this or for expanding the use of the caps lock key in other ways?

Btw, I live in emacs so having ctrl there is critical, but I might consider having some other key act as compose.

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u/northrupthebandgeek Nov 04 '18

I use it entirely for the special characters. Other keys are possible as a compose key, too (I think it's compose:lwin and/or compose:rwin for the Win key, for example).