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Arch Linux build:

display server: Xorg (X11)
no desktop environment
display manager: LightDM + its gtk greeter
window manager: XMonad
compositor: yshui/picom

first boot in the fresh installed Linux

start the service NetworkManager.service

sudo systemctl enable NetworkManager.service
sudo systemctl start NetworkManager.service

then connect to a network using nmtui

source: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NetworkManager#Installation

DNS setup

systemd-resolved is used (already installed)

sudo systemctl enable systemd-resolved.service
sudo systemctl start systemd-resolved.service
sudo ln -sf /run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf
sudo systemctl restart systemd-resolved.service

Check resolver status with resolvectl status

Setting DNS servers

Create the directory /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.d/

Then create dns_servers.conf file. For DNS over TLS (DoT) using Cloudflare DNS:

# Cloudflare DNS over TLS (DoT)

[Resolve]
DNS=1.1.1.1#cloudflare-dns.com 1.0.0.1#cloudflare-dns.com 2606:4700:4700::1111#cloudflare-dns.com 2606:4700:4700::1001#cloudflare-dns.com
Domains=~.
DNSOverTLS=yes
# disable fallback
FallbackDNS=

Restart systemd-resolved

Check DNS resolution

resolvectl query archlinux.org

sources

create XDG user directories

sudo pacman -S xdg-user-dirs
xdg-user-dirs-update

source: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDG_user_directories

graphical environment setup

install the display server Xorg (implementation of the X Window System aka X11) and the display driver (mesa for intel integrated graphic card)

sudo pacman -S xorg-server mesa

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg\ https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel_graphics#Installation

install the display manager LightDM and its greeter

sudo pacman -S lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter

start the service

sudo systemctl enable lightdm

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LightDM#Installation

install the window manager

fonts

Main fonts

sudo pacman -S ttf-jetbrains-mono ttf-inconsolata ttf-roboto

Other system fonts

sudo pacman -S noto-fonts ttf-dejavu ttf-liberation

emoji

sudo pacman -S noto-fonts-emoji

Refresh font cache

fc-cache
fc-list

custom fonts

docs

First create the directory

sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/share/fonts/ttf/

Place any custom fonts under it

patch font to add MDI glyphs

font patcher: https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts#font-patcher

install FontForge

sudo pacman -S FontForge

clone the repo

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts.git
cd nerd-fonts

patch

./font-patcher --progressbars --careful --makegroups 4 --mdi path/to/fontToPatch.ttf

rename font using FontForge

XMonad

First install stack. Take the static version from AUR to avoid the plethora of Haskell dependencies.

rua install stack-static

Chose a location to clone the sources and build the project

mkdir Documents/xmonad
cd Documents/xmonad
git clone https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad
git clone https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad-contrib

Add the configuration file from xmonad/xmonad.hs and init the project to generate the stack.yaml file

stack init

Then build and install it

stack install

This will install xmonad binary under ~/.local/bin.

xmonad --recompile expects to find the project configuration and the XMonad config in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/xmonad. To avoid to move the whole project under $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/xmonad (which doesn't make sense) symlink these files.

mkdir ~/.config/xmonad
cd ~/.config/xmonad
ln -s ~/Documents/xmonad/xmonad.hs xmonad.hs
ln -s ~/Documents/xmonad/stack.yaml stack.yaml

source: https://xmonad.org/INSTALL.html

XMobar

Clone the sources and build the project

git clone https://codeberg.org/xmobar/xmobar.git

Override stack.yaml to only build needed features

cp xmobar/stack.yaml .

Add xmobarrc to ~/config/xmobar/.

Finally build and install it

stack install

system tray

Install trayer

sudo pacman -S trayer

mount helper and USB

sudo pacman -S udisks2 udiskie

source: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Udisks

Design

gtk theme, Adapta

https://github.com/adapta-project/adapta-gtk-theme.git

(see notes below for how to build it for HiDPI)

set the wallpaper

Install xwallpaper package
xwallpaper is spawned by XMonad
The wallpaper image is defined by $BG_PRIMARY env variable
eg. in .xprofile

export BG_PRIMARY=$HOME/Pictures/dark_ocean.png

icon and cursor theme

install https://github.com/snwh/paper-icon-theme

edit /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme

[Icon Theme]
Inherits=Paper

note: the icon theme is also set when .Xresources file is read when lightdm (display manager) starts and sources .xprofile

resources:

set gtk theme

in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gtk-3.0/settings.ini

[Settings]
gtk-icon-theme-name = Paper
gtk-theme-name = Adapta-Nokto
gtk-font-name = Roboto 12

in ~/.gtkrc-2.0

gtk-icon-theme-name = "Paper"
gtk-theme-name = "Adapta-Nokto"
gtk-font-name = "Roboto 12"

HiDPI

DPI is set in .Xresources

Xft.dpi: 144

it will be loaded during display manager (ligthdm) starts and sources .xprofile

[[ -f "$home/.Xresources" ]] && xrdb -merge $home/.Xresources

sources:

larger font for linux console

$ sudo pacman -S terminus-font

add in /etc/vconsole.conf

FONT=ter-v22b
FONT_MAP=cp437

source: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HiDPI#Linux_console

notes

The following notes are relevant to the installation of ArchLinux.

solve icon problem for apps installed through Flatpak

cd /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications

rename the links to match this format: obs.desktop, vlc.desktop

journal

To prevent the journal to take 4Gb space of disk memory add the configuration file 00-journal-size.conf in /etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/ directory (create it)

(the default is 4Gb)

source: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd/Journal#Journal_size_limit

fix Adapta theme for HiDPI

install build dependencies

sudo pacman -S inkscape sassc parallel

in wm/asset/assets-xfwm-scripts/render-assets-xfwm.sh make these changes

 if [ "$inkver" = 0.91 ]; then
-    non_scale_dpi=90
+    non_scale_dpi=135
 else
-    non_scale_dpi=96
+    non_scale_dpi=144
 fi

then build and install:

./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --disable-cinnamon --disable-mate --disable-gnome --disable-flashback --disable-openbox --enable-parallel
make
sudo make install

remove build dependencies

sudo pacman -Rsn inkscape sassc parallel

SSH agent

sudo pacman -S gnome-keyring

Enable the following systemd user unit

systemctl --user enable gcr-ssh-agent.socket

⚠ don't run this command as root (sudo) as it is a user unit

Set the SSH_AUTH_SOCK env variable, eg. in .xprofile

export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/gcr/ssh

source: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GNOME/Keyring

Firefox

To set the scrollbar width set the following property in about:config

widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.size.override 16

NOTE: the widget.non-native-theme.enable should be set to true

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.icons		.icons
.local		.local
conf		conf
font		font
hhkb		hhkb
lightdm		lightdm
losevka		losevka
nvim_build		nvim_build
pacman		pacman
systemd_unit		systemd_unit
udev_rules		udev_rules
usr/local/bin		usr/local/bin
xmobar		xmobar
xmonad		xmonad
xorg_conf_files		xorg_conf_files
xsessions		xsessions
.Xresources		.Xresources
.bashrc		.bashrc
.gitconfig		.gitconfig
.gtkrc-2.0		.gtkrc-2.0
.xinitrc		.xinitrc
.xprofile		.xprofile
ARCH_INSTALL.md		ARCH_INSTALL.md
README.md		README.md

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