.dotfiles

All my Linux configuration files. I use this to configure my entire system.

I started out with X server (with AwesomeWM) but recently switched to Wayland (with Hyprland) to try it out.

🐧 System setup

• Operating system: Arch Linux
• Display servers:
  • X, or Xorg, or X11 (call it what you want)
  • Wayland
• Window managers:
  • AwesomeWM (on X)
  • Hyprland (on Wayland)
• Compositors:
  • picom (on X)
  • Hyprland (Wayland window managers are also compositors)
• System/status bars:
  • AwesomeWM widgets (on X)
  • Waybar (on Wayland)
• Notification daemons:
  • naughty (built into AwesomeWM, on X)
  • SwayNotificationCenter (on Wayland)
• Shell: Zsh (with Starship for my prompt)
• Application launchers:
  • Rofi (on X):
    • rofi-emoji
    • rofi-calc
  • Wofi (on Wayland)
• Terminals:
  • Kitty
  • Alacritty
• Text/code editor: Neovim (using kickstart)
• Audio:
  • Drivers and interface: ALSA
  • Sound server: PipeWire
  • GUI apps:
    • PulseAudio Volume Control for simple audio control
    • QjackCtl for advanced audio stuff
• Theming:
  • Catpuccin Mocha for my color scheme (I also use Rigel sometimes)
  • LXAppearance to configure my GTK theme
  • Qt5ct for apps that use QT toolkit (KDE apps)

🖥️ Desktop applications

🚨	I try to limit myself to only use FLOSS software. If you are interested, I recommend you to check the following websites: Privacy Tools Privacy Guides The New Oil

Anyway, here are the desktop apps I most commonly use:

• Browser: Firefox
• Communication:
  • Messaging: Signal
  • Discord client: Webcord
• File managers:
  • yazi (terminal-based, previously used ranger)
  • Dolphin
  • Nemo
• Images
  • Drawing: Krita
  • Editing: Gimp
  • Viewing:
    • nsxiv (on X)
    • vimiv (on Wayland)
• Network:
  • Synchronization: Syncthing
  • VPN: OpenVPN
• Office:
  • ONLYOFFICE for my Office suite
  • Joplin for taking notes (uses Markdown, has Vim motions)
• Screenshots: Flameshot
• Torrent: qBittorrent
• Videos:
  • Editing: Kdenlive
  • Viewing: mpv and vlc
  • YouTube client: FreeTube
• Wallpaper setters:
  • feh (on X)
  • swww (on Wayland)

✨ Inspiration

I did not make all of this myself. A lot of stuff comes from these amazing people:

• BrodieRobertson: Automatic sourcing of aliases (Youtube: Brodie Robertson)
• Derek Taylor: Offers great advice on how to manage dotfiles (Youtube: DistroTube)
• Phantas0s: Solid Zsh setup (without omz) and overall nice directory structure (Blog: The Valuable Dev)
• ThePrimeagen: Tailored tmux/vim/fzf tools for a highly productive development workflow (Twitch, Youtube, Youtube 2)
• typecraft: Mainly stole his Hyprland setup (wofi, waybar) (Youtube: typecraft)