your blueprint
The Suckless Monk
You count RAM megabytes the way others count calories.
- base
- Void Linux (or Arch, muttering)
- desktop
- sway: one config file, zero decoration
- gaming
- roguelikes, in the terminal, as intended
- escape plan
- you escaped software itself
- terminal
- foot
- bonus
- a status bar with exactly the four numbers you need
second opinion · Alpine, if even glibc feels indulgent.
What will still annoy you: You will spend a weekend removing things that were not hurting you.
your setup prompt
Paste this into the LLM of your choice. It contains your hardware, your skill level and your blueprint. The AI walks you through the switch, one step at a time, and debugs with you when something breaks.
This is the generic The Suckless Monk blueprint. Take the quiz to personalize it with your hardware, your Windows anchors, your terminal comfort, and to get a copy-paste setup prompt that makes an AI install it with you.