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DRAFT

Documentation of Linux environment as implemented on Arch Linux

Choice in Software, Preference in Applications

Software Solution

Software Stack

Custom computing environment setup

Window Manager

i3, i3-gaps

Locker

i3lock-fancy

Tray

bumblebee-status, i3bar

Shell

fish

Password Manager

pass

Bookmark Manager

buku

Contact Manager / Address Book

abook

Mail client

mutt

Text Editor / IDE

Vim rather than Emacs, Spacemacs, nano, pico, Atom, Brackets, Visual Studio, ed, NeoVim, NyaoVim etc

Multiplexer

tmux rather than screen, without byobu and Oh My Tmux *

Brightness / Contrast manager

redshift

Clipboard manager

xsel rather than xclip

Mouse pointer hiding

unclutter / xbanish

Network Manager

NetworkManager, nm-applet Learning native netcl

Keyboard Layout manager

fbxkb

Volume Mixer / Sound Manager

PNMixer

Launcher

rofi

Chat / IRC client

WeeChat

Web Browser

w3m rather than lynx, elinks

GUI Web Browser

qutebrowser

Repository / VCS

git

Cloud Storage

Dropbox

Spelling

aspell / hunspell / wiktionary

Thesaurus

mthesaur

Notification Manager

Dunst

Key grabber

xbindkeys rather than xev

Music Player

mpd / ncmpcpp (with tag editor, lyrics fetcher features) rather than cmus, mocp

Video Player

mpv rather than VLC, mplayer

Reddit client

rtv

Terminal

URxvt rather than Sakura, Termite, Hyper, xterm

Programming Language

PHP rather than Haskell, C++, Lisp, etc

Screenshot Manager

scrot / maim + slop / slip (+ video recording)

Cheatsheet Manager

cheat

Task Manager

task (Task Warrior)

Weather / Forecast

weather

Keyboard

QWERTY

Leaders

Leader keys

i3

Windows key

Vim

Space as Global Leader, and Backspace as Local Leader

Tmux

Backtick

Personal preferences

  • Semi-colon to Command ; to switch to Command Mode rather than Colon without pressing Shift

  • HJKL to navigate forgetting about Left/Right/Up/Down navigation, PageUp,PageDown,Home,End paging keys, and Keypad Dreaming of 60% mini keyboard (10KL + Paging keys)

  • Caps to Esc Swap Caps to Escape On the same home row as HJKL navigation keys Escape to enter All Caps Mode

  • Primary Selection over Clipboard Shift+Ins to Paste selection Ctrl+Ins to Copy to Clipboard forgetting about Ctrl+V

  • Ctrl+E to Auto Complete on shells / terminals

File Manager

Ranger rather than Midnight Commander (mc), vifm, Thor, SpaceFM

Bittorrent client

rtorrent rather than Transmission, uTorrent

Vim status line

Airline plugin enhanced by Git status indicator, icons, and whitespace indicator

Document Converter

pandoc

Image Converter

ImageMagick (convert)

Line Editor

ed

String Processor

sed

FTP Client

lftp

HTTP Client

curl (see URL) rather than wget

Calculator / Currency Converter / Unit Converter

qalc rather than bc and calc

Antivirus

ClamAV (clamscan)