dotfiles

Collection of Dotfiles for the Lovely Members of r/UnixPorn

Contents

1. Details
2. Dependencies
3. Cool Things to Install
4. Recommended Applications
5. Application Theming
6. Latte Dock

Details

• OS: Arch Linux
• DE: KDE Plasma
• WM: i3-gaps
• Theme: Arc Dark Transparent
• Icons: McMojave-circle
• Shell: ZSH
• Terminal: Konsole
• Compositor: Compton (tryone)
• Wallpaper

Dependencies

Set Up KDE For i3: Best DE + best WM

• Must have splash screen set to "None" in KDE settings, otherwise feh will take a long time to set wallpaper
• Remember to remove KDE shortcuts to avoid conflict with i3 shortcuts
• KDE slows down computer, remove window effects that no longer apply with i3 / compton to speed it up
  • Settings -> Desktop Behaviour -> Desktop Effects: uncheck everything
  • Settings -> Display and Monitor -> Compositor: uncheck enable compositor on startup, set Tearing Prevention to Never

Dependency	Description	Usage
plasma	Best DE, imo	Desktop Environment
i3-gaps	Best WM of a generation	Window Manager
Compton (tryone)	Fork of the best window compositor with added blur effects	Window Compositor
rofi	Beatiful application launcher	Application Launcher
oh-my-zsh	ZSH is a better looking bash alternative	Shell
Latte Dock	Panel	Best dock / panel
Hasklig Font	Beautiful terminal / text editor / IDE font	Monospace Font with Ligature Support
San Francisco Font	Minimial, clean font used in macOS	System Font
feh	Sets Background	Background Setter

Cool Things to Install

• Conky-Cairo: Cool Desktop system monitor tool
  • Conky theme in dotfiles is set up to apear on a high DPI laptop display, may appear too large on 1920 x 1080 displays
• Flashfocus: Makes windows flash once when switched to active
• Install Unimatrix: Cool terminal matrix text flow animation
• Install pipes: Cool pipe terminal animation
• Install redshift: Changes screen tones for evening viewing
• Unclutter: auto hides cursor after set time

Recommended Applications

• Terminal: Termite
• File Manager: Dolphin
• Web Browser: Firefox with Vimium, Stylus, and Dark Reader

Application Theming:

• Install a Good Looking Custom Transparent vscode, and follow these settings guidelines
• Set up This Firefox Theme
• Install Spicetify: Make spotify sexy, guide below

Spotify

1. Ensure spicetify is installed
2. chown spotify directory: sudo chown $USER -R /opt/spotify
3. run spicetify once to generate config
4. spicetify backup apply enable-devtool to enable devtools
5. Place your color.ini and user.css in ~/.config/spicetify/Themes/<your theme name, whatever you want> and edit ~/.config/spicetify/config.ini to reflect this name
6. run spicetify update restart

OhMyZsh

• Install Powerline Fonts
  • git clone https://github.com/powerline/fonts.git
  • cd fonts
  • ./install.sh
  • set font
• Change theme to agnoster -open ~/.zshrc
  • Set ZSH_THEME="agnoster" and save the file
• Install Plugins (Note That ~/.zshrc edits are in repo)
  • Syntax Hilighting
    • git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
    • Edit ~/.zshrc, add zsh-syntax-highlighting to the plugins section
    • Reread config source ~/.zshrc
  • Autosuggestion
    • git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
    • Edit ~/.zshrc, add zsh-autosuggestions to the plugins section
    • Reread config source ~/.zshrc
• Guide

Latte Dock Setup

Top Panel:

• Mode: panel
• Widgets (in order):
  • Window Title Applet
  • Global Menu
    • GTK / Electron Global Menu Panel Support:
      • sudo pacman -S appmenu-gtk-module appmenu-gtk-module
      • sudo pacman -S appmenu-gtk-module libdbusmenu-glib
  • Spacer
  • Digital Clock
  • Spacer
  • Application Icons (Drag icons from application launcher to panel to add)
  • System Tray
  • User Switcher