- Desktop Enviroment
- Window Managers
- Terminal Related
- Neovim 100% written in lua
This documentation is about my laptop configuration that I use day to day to code, write LaTeX documents and game with lutris and steam and how to set it up.
Am using Arch Linux btw, and my configurations are based on command line interfaces and window managers, you are free to fork, copy or use the code as however you want!
I have now changed my workflow, and I have added a desktop enviroment to my setup, being cinnamon that is a DE based on Gnome 2.0, and is really beautiful, friendly to use, low on resources, and not bloated at all!
Here is some screenshots of my available window managers, yet there's some more to configure
The best resources out there are:
Right now am using yay as an AUR helper, here's how to install it:
pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
Am using doas on my system because sudo is an overkill for my requirements, install doas by:
sudo pacman -S opendoas
Then create a doas.conf on the etc folder and permit your username for privilege escalation and persistence:
permit persist said as root
Then transition to it by adding an alias to your shell:
alias sudo='doas'
And finally remove sudo and replace it with doas:
doas pacman -R sudo
Then as root (you can do so by doing doas -s):
ln -s $(which doas) /usr/bin/sudo
Installing xorg is really simple, just do:
doas pacman -S xorg
And you are ready!
This can change depending of your preferences, but a browser, a code editor, git and a terminal are required
yay -S brave alacritty neovim git
If you followed the Arch Linux installation guide made by LearnLinuxTV, you should be on a tty, with xorg installed, but no desktop enviroment, so before installing any type of window manager, we should install first the display manager so we can log into different window managers.
We are going to use the Aether theme made by NoiSek (great theme thanks!) and is as easy by doing:
yay -S lightdm-webkit-theme-aether
And then enable the display manager:
sudo systemctl enable lightdm.service
Note: I no longer use the Aether theme, am using the Osmos theme that supports tons of window managers, you can install it by doing:
yay -S lightdm-webkit-theme-osmos
My desktop setup is made by cinnamon and qtile, let's install cinnamon first:
yay -S xed pix xreader metacity gnome-shell cinnamon papirus-icon-theme phinger-cursors blueberry
For customizing the desktop you can follow this guide
You can install any type of window manager, but for me is essential to have qtile, so that is what am going to do:
doas pacman -S qtile python-pip
After that install some dependencies with pip:
pip install psutil
And now clone this repo by doing so:
git clone https://github.com/crazyc4t/dotfiles.git
Then, move the qtile folder to your ~/.config/ folder:
cd dotfiles && mv qtile/ ~/.config/
Then finally reboot and enjoy Qtile!
Am using Pipewire for my audio, install it by doing:
doas pacman -S pipewire wireplumber pipewire-pulse pipewire-jack pipewire-alsa xdg-desktop-portal
Install bluetooth by doing
doas pacman -S bluez bluez-utils blueman
And finally enable the bluetooth service:
doas systemctl enable --now bluetooth
Here we will be installing spotify for music and vlc, alongside the vlc-bittorrent extension for streaming torrents hehe:
yay -S spotify vlc vlc-bittorrent
If you use Neovim, this is your section, my neovim config is written 100% in lua, with linting, diagnostic and formatting support for:
- Python
- Javascript
- Lua
- Arduino
- Go
- LaTeX
- Bash
- Markdown (With vimwiki)
So install neovim and healthy dependencies:
doas pacman -S neovim python-pip nodejs npm xclip
And then get healthy:
pip install nvim
npm i -g nvim
Finally install packer for installing plugins:
yay -S nvim-packer-git
Clone my dotfiles and move them to your ~/.config/:
git clone git@github.com:crazyc4t/dotfiles.git
cd dotfiles/nvim && rm -rf plugin/ && cd .. && mv nvim ~/.config/
And then sync it all and enjoy!
<Shift + p> or = :PackerSync
Install these fonts for compatibility:
yay -S gnu-free-fonts noto-fonts ttf-ms-win10-auto noto-fonts-emoji
Am going to install all nerd fonts for preference, since I like having all of them at my disposal, to install it we need to follow certain steps made by the AUR maintainer:
yay --getpkgbuild nerd-fonts-complete (or git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/nerd-fonts-complete.git)
cd nerd-fonts-complete
wget -O nerd-fonts-2.1.0.tar.gz https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/archive/v2.1.0.tar.gz
makepkg -sci BUILDDIR=.
With the proton project developed by valve, playing on Linux is easier as ever! Prepare yourself to install a ton of packages...
You need to edit the pacman.conf located in /etc/pacman.conf and uncomment the multilib repository at the final part of the file.
/etc/pacman.conf
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
Then upgrade the system: doas pacman -Syu
First let's install the drivers required for running games:
- AMD
sudo pacman -S --needed lib32-mesa vulkan-radeon lib32-vulkan-radeon vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-icd-loader
- Nvidia
sudo pacman -S --needed nvidia-dkms nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-utils nvidia-settings vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-icd-loader
- Intel
sudo pacman -S --needed lib32-mesa vulkan-intel lib32-vulkan-intel vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-icd-loader
This is a big list of packages but you will need them to make the games work properly.
sudo pacman -S --needed wine-staging giflib lib32-giflib libpng lib32-libpng libldap lib32-libldap gnutls lib32-gnutls \
mpg123 lib32-mpg123 openal lib32-openal v4l-utils lib32-v4l-utils libpulse lib32-libpulse libgpg-error \
lib32-libgpg-error alsa-plugins lib32-alsa-plugins alsa-lib lib32-alsa-lib libjpeg-turbo lib32-libjpeg-turbo \
sqlite lib32-sqlite libxcomposite lib32-libxcomposite libxinerama lib32-libgcrypt libgcrypt lib32-libxinerama \
ncurses lib32-ncurses opencl-icd-loader lib32-opencl-icd-loader libxslt lib32-libxslt libva lib32-libva gtk3 \
lib32-gtk3 gst-plugins-base-libs lib32-gst-plugins-base-libs vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-icd-loader
Let's install the fun part!
yay -S lutris steam winetricks protontricks mangohud gamemode
So this is the way I work with my setup! hope you like it and it was useful!
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Alacritty | Lighting fast terminal emulator |
| Thunar | File explorer |
| Pipewire | Audio for the system |
| Xorg | Display server |
| Nvim | Best editor out there |
| Vlc | Multimedia |
| Pavucontrol | Mixer for audio |
| Nitrogen | For wallpapers |
| Redshift | Nightlight |
| Rofi | Launch Menu |
| Brave | Web Browser |
| Lxsession-gtk | Authorization Agent |
| Lxappereance | GUI for theming |
| Hack Nerd Font | Font used for coding |
| Gscreenshot | Screenshot tool with copy to clipboard support |
| Dunst | Notifications |
| Arandr | Manages your screens |
| Lutris | Manages wine games |
| Material Black | GTK theme |
| Phinger Cursors | Cursor theme |
| Qt5ct | QT theme manager |
| Kvantum | QT theme installer |
| Kdenlive | Video editor |
| Gimp | Image manipulator |
| Doas | Privilege escalation done right |
| OBS | Screen recording |
| texlive-most | LaTeX software |
| Qbittorrent | For downloading torrents |
| Lightdm | Display Manager with the aether theme |
| Git | Version control |
| Starship | Prompt for my shell |
| Papirus | Icons |