or: rices that keep me alive somehow
lit rally this is just a repo for the rices i have seen and tried and just love. i have autism+adhd, which means i have really specific tastes yet i get bored sUper easily. this is my way to keep a nice collection of the stuff that makes me feel better when staring at my computer for hours while working on my dissertation.
i'll try to add my own screenshots next to the originals as i use the dotfiles myself. anyways: drink some water, eat a fruit, stretch a litte and watch some ani-tok. peace!
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ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭ ੈ♡‧₊˚ BSPWM
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XMONAD ₍˄·͈༝·͈˄*₎◞ ̑̑
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(꜆꜄ ˃ ³ ˂)꜆꜄꜆ I-3
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OPENBOX ༅͙̥̇⁺೨*˚·⸜(⁃͈ᴗ•͈)⸝
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(❁ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈) XFCE
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HERBSTLUFTWM (ꈍᴗꈍ)♡
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OS
🔒 lockscreen 🔒
🌀 compositor 🌀
🗨️ notify daemon 🗨️
📭 mail 📭
🖨️ office suits 🖨️
- libre office
- wps office
- google suite (cloud)
- microsoft suite (cloud)
extras
- 📖 zathura as PDF/Manga reader 📖
- 📚 zotero and callibre as library managers 📚
- 📼 mpv for playing vids 📼
- kdenlive for video editing
- 🖼️ feh and viewnior as image viewers 🖼️
- 📸 flameshot and scrot for screenshots 📸
- 🎙️ audacity for audio editing 🎙️
- 📋 parcellite/xclip/greenclip as clipboard managers 📋
- 💹 htop and gtop as system monitors and task managers 💹
- 🌿 blanket and wisdom tree for ambient sound and studying 🌿
- 🕹️ steam, of course 🕹️
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why so many desktops????
because i can and i get bored easily. also, why not take advantage of the wonderful flexibility of the most awesome operating system?
how do i make it work?
THIS was the thing that made me mess up and get really frustrated as a begginer. i tried to apply different configs for different desktop enviroments (DE) on one single user, and it
broke stuff.
the solution? having different user for each DE or rice you are using. it can be a little bit excesive to have four different users, but it's actually really easy and not hard at all.
now, this is my method, but everyone have their own tweaks and preferences, so feel free to mix and match!
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so, you installed [
something] (in my case, Manjaro) and you have a new user. This is your default user. You can rice it, of course, but in my case, i will only do a light rice in my default DE/WM.- i chose my base username as
apolito, and my default DE isXFCE, which means i have a barely customized xfce desktop that works as a startpoint - as a noob myself, when ricing and learning linux u will mess up, and it's really helpful to have an enviroment and an user you can comeback to in case something breaks. so, bare with me.
- i chose my base username as
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you have your backup, your comfort zone. however, you are a brave adventurous bean who wants to try and learn. let's say you start with something friendly: Openbox. what do you do? easy, you create a new user that is
your default username+a letter that matches the new desktop- i'll admit it: it is getting messy. let me give you an example.
so my default user isapolito, and i wanna try openbox. so what do i do? create a new user namedapolitop; that is apolito + p
- i'll admit it: it is getting messy. let me give you an example.
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why not create an alternate and more different username? easy: i'm ✨dumb✨. i will forget i was using potatopotato for openbox and try to start a session in bspwm and panic. so, by just adding 1-2 letters to my "official" username i can easily identify what DE im using with that specific user, and avoid dumb headaches.
- more examples!
apolitox ->xmonad
apolitob ->bspwm
apolitoi ->i-3 gaps,
and so on.
- more examples!
and what about the files?
i usually have two main storages: my external hardrive and different accounts on the cloud. that is, i barely have anything important in my computer hardrive, since i usually just download or open the files i need to use at the moment. the only thing i have "physically" inside the drive is my music, and when i change from one user to other, i just move the music to the current one.
how do i even start???
trial and error, curiosity, and READ THE FREAKING README'S.
jokes aside, most of the dotfiles u can find in places like /r/unixporn will also have amazing, really useful readme's and wikis that can help you set up the dotfiles and make sure everything works perfectly fine. most of the times i broke something, was because i was too lazy to read. just do it. it will save you so much time!
secondly, there are wonderful forums on reddit and hundreds of youtube channels that will guide you in order of how to use linux, install and setup software (even dotfiles), and anything you need to know. i promise, most of the time, you will find a guide or video if you google whatever you are looking for.