dotfiles

Shawn McNaughton's dotfiles and system setup scripts in a homesick-compatible package

Usage

Initial Distro-Agnostic Pull via YADM

1. Clone the YADM Git Repo

git clone https://github.com/TheLocehiliosan/yadm.git ~/.yadm-project

2. Symlink YADM

mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
ln -s ~/.yadm-project/yadm ~/.local/bin/yadm

3. Clone repo

yadm clone https://github.com/shawngmc/dotfiles.git

Fedora

TBD

ChromeOS

TBD

Rocky8

TBD

Ubuntu

TBD

Apps

CLI Apps

App	Brew	Online Install	Airgap Install	Configuration	Autostart	Purpose
brew	N/A	Y	N/A	N/A	Y	Distro-agnostic package manager
conda	N/A	Y	Y	N/A	Y	Manage Python versions and environments
dasel	Y	N	N	N/A	N/A	CLI tool for managing JSON/YAML/XML/etc files
fastfetch	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Quick system info tool
fzf	Y	N	Y	N/A	N/A	Fuzzy finder
glances	Y	N	Y	N/A	N/A	top alternative
goaccess	Y	N	Y	N/A	N/A	Live web log analysis tool with built-in queries
httpie(http)	NYI	Y	Y	N/A	N/A	More friendly 'curl' command
jq	Y	N	Y	N/A	N/A	CLI tool for managing JSON files
jq-repl	N/A	Y	NYI	N/A	N/A	Use JQ and FZF to dynamically preview JSONPath queries
lnav	Y	Y	Y			Live web log analysis tool with complex queries
neovim	Y	N	Y	Y	N/A	Better VIM with Python scripting and more
nvm	Y	N	N	N/A	N/A	Manage node.js versions
powerline	N/A	Y	NYI	Y	Y	Inituitive command prompt with Git and K8s support
siege	Y	N	Y	N/A	N/A	HTTP Benchmarking utility
testssl	NYI	Y	Y	N/A	Y	Test TLS web server security fingerprint
yq	Y	N	Y	N/A	N/A	CLI tool for managing YAML files

GUI Apps

App	Online Install	Airgap Install	Configuration	Autostart	Purpose
kitty	Y	Y	Y	N/A	GPU accelerated terminal app
vscode	Y	N/A	Part	N	Flexible lightweight IDE
vlc	N	Y	NYI	N	Video player

Wishlist

App	Brew	Online Install	Airgap Install	Configuration	Autostart	Purpose
dhex	NYI		NYI (D/U)			Diffing hexeditor
hyperfine	Y	N	Y	N/A	N/A	benchmark a CLI command
mc	N/A		NYI			TUI file manager
pdftk	N/A		NYI			PDF Toolkit
visidata	N/A		NYI (D/U)			TUI-based spreadsheet
wl-clipboard	N/A		NYI (ex. EL8)			CLI Clipboard tools for wayland
xsel	NYI		NYI			CLI Clipboard tools for X

Fonts

Using the CodingFont Tournament Bracket, I found I like Roboto Mono: More readable, slashed zeroes, sans-serif, good contrast. But unfortunately, it's bitmap, so it doesn't work with KiTTY.

Based on the font FAQ for KiTTY, it's not that Roboto Mono is bitmap. It's that it doesn't have consistent spacing calculations; adding the override file fixes it.

Instead of Powerline-only fonts, the Nerd Fonts Symbols Only Font is probably the best solution.

Since font packages aren't in most repos, the fonts themselves are included in the dotfiles repo.

• fonts
• overrides

These are set in the dotfiles to be used in:

• kitty
• VS Code

Customizations

Customization	Fedora 40 Gnome/Wayland	Fedora 40 KDE/Wayland	ChromeOS (Debian 12)	Ubuntu 24.04	Rocky 8 Mate/X	Purpose
Appearance: Dark Theme						A black/very dark grey theme
Appearance: OS Font
Appearance: OS Mono Font
Taskbar: Window Grouping
Keybinding: Full-Screen Terminal
Keybinding: Aero-Snap Side-by-Side						Side-by-side via Super+Left/Right
Keybinding: Aero-Snap Maximize						Maximize via Super+Up
Keybinding: Aero-Snap Demaximize						De-Maximize via Super+Down
Keybinding: Run Dialog						Run Dialog via Super-R to match windows
Keybinding: Show Desktop						Show Desktop via Super-D to match windows - might be replacing with Show FS Terminal
Defaults: Set Default Terminal						Likely choosing KiTTY at this point
Touchpad: Two-finger Right-Click

TODO

• Installers for missing tools
• App configurations
  • jq-repl
    • Just add script to repo?
  • powerline
    • offline installer
  • vscode
    • extensions
• KDE customizations
  • Laptop 2-finger Right-click: Settings > Mouse & Touchpad > Touchpad > Right-Click > Press Anywhere with Two Fingers
• Migrate old changes
• YADM
  • Can it detect ChromeOS as non-standard Debian?
    • I don't think so, but bootstrap mode can detect via cat /dev/.cros_milestone, which will be a number if it's a cros VM
  • Implement Alternate Files: https://yadm.io/docs/alternates
    • Set kitty to X11 or Wayland appropriately
  • Implement bootstrap processing https://yadm.io/docs/bootstrap#
    • Auto install tools
    • Auto-run config changes that aren't drastically different files
    • Might be easiest to test in Hyper-V VM or ChromeOS linux containers