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Day 45: Using Linux as My Primary Development Environment: A Technical Review After 45 Days

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 09:04:00 +0000

It has now been 45 days since I started my “100 Days of Linux” journey on November 24th. The goal was simple but radical: replace macOS and Windows entirely and verify whether Linux could cover everything—development, gaming, productivity, graphics, and daily use—without compromise.

The conclusion so far is clear: Linux has become my main system, and it works flawlessly.
Below is my technical review as of January 7th, 2026.

100 Days Linux Challenge: Progress Update

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 09:26:00 +0000

It’s been 23 days since I started my 100 Days of Linux challenge, and I wanted to share a short recap.

Daily Use & Gaming

I feel great using Linux. I’ve been on Linux for years, but I had never really committed to a full migration including gaming.

Now I have.
At home I run a PC with an RTX 5080, and thanks to Proton + Steam, game compatibility is basically perfect for my needs.
So… goodbye Windows between bloatware and Copilot, I don’t miss it at all.

16 days of Linux: Intel integrated camera

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:22:00 +0000

Good news for my Dell XPS 13 (9350): kernel version 6.18 officially supports integrated Intel cameras! In fact, they have modified the setup in the Arch Linux wiki.

10 of 100 Days of Linux

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:42:00 +0000

I had a problem that didn’t occur with Windows and OSX. When I was on a call and didn’t move the mouse for 10 minutes, the screen would freeze. I discovered that you need to make a change to Hyperland idle:

# Lock screen timeout (300s) and DPMS off (600s)
general {
 lock_cmd = $HOME/dotfiles/bin/bin/slock.sh
 before_sleep_cmd = $HOME/dotfiles/bin/bin/slock.sh
 after_sleep_cmd = hyprctl dispatch dpms on

 # Respect idle-inhibit requests from applications (default: false)
 # Browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Brave) automatically prevent idle during audio/video playback
 ignore_dbus_inhibit = false # Respect DBus requests from applications
 ignore_systemd_inhibit = false # Respect systemd-inhibit --what=idle
}

In return, I installed it on my home PC (as well as on the Dell XPS 13) and imported all my games onto Steam.

3 of 100 of Arch linux

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:19:00 +0000

Third day of Linux (Arch), I still have the camera problem (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dell_XPS_13_(9350)_2024). I have another bug, where if my computer goes to sleep, 1 time out of 10 I have to restart sddm!

2 day of Linux

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:38:00 +0000

Second day of Arch Linux XPS 13 (2024). I can’t get the camera to work even though I followed the Arch wiki. There’s no way to make it work, but I’m not giving up.

100 of Linux - First Day

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:48:00 +0000

I’ve always been a hardcore Linux user. I remember when I was little, I went out to buy a Linux distribution that existed back then — it was called Caldera Linux. It doesn’t exist anymore, of course. If I’m not mistaken, it was somehow related to SUSE… I’m not totally sure, I’d need to double-check. I remember my dad taking me to the local computer store, Essedi Shop (but that’s a story for another post).

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