pi400-base

This repository is a post-installation setup script for Manjaro ARM that installs and configures my preferred packages to create a minimal desktop environment based on dwm.

Prerequisites

• You will need a fresh installation of Manjaro ARM Minimal.

• You should be comfortable navigating a terminal and using text editors like Vim or nano.

Installation

On a newly installed Manjaro ARM system clone this repository:

$ sudo pacman -S git
$ git clone https://github.com/nrobinson2000/pi400-base
$ cd pi400-base

Before running install.sh, read through the script with your text editor and verify that you are content with the changes that it will make. To accept the script, uncomment the DOTFILES_AGREE="true" line in install.sh.

After accepting, run the script with the following:

$ ./install.sh

The script can take around 10 minutes to complete. After the script finishes, reboot your system. After logging in, run startx to launch dwm.

Useful shortcuts

Here are some of the keyboard shortcuts I use most often:

Launchers

• ALT + P - Launch dmenu
• SHIFT + ALT + ENTER - Launch st

System

• SHIFT + ALT + C - Close a window
• SHIFT + ALT + Q - Quit dwm (all running windows will be stopped)

Window management

• ALT + J/K - Move focus through window stack
• ALT + H/L - Adjust width of master area
• ALT + I/D - Adjust number of windows in master area

Workspaces/Multi-Monitor

• ALT + n - Move focus to workspace n
• SHIFT + ALT + n - Move window to workspace n

For more shortcuts refer to the dwm and st man pages.

Usage tips (WIP)

Here is some advice for maintaining and using the system:

TODO

Overview

OS: Manjaro ARM Linux aarch64 
Host: Raspberry Pi 400 Rev 1.0 
Packages: 513 (pacman) 
Shell: bash 5.1.8 
Resolution: 1920x1080 
WM: dwm 
Theme: Adwaita [GTK3] 
Icons: Adwaita [GTK3] 
Terminal: st
CPU: BCM2835 (4) @ 2.000GHz 
Memory: 222MiB / 3804MiB 

TODO

• Make README more eyecatching
• Document more shortcuts and tips