New Laptop THE REBOOT - Arch4

Wayland and Pipewire

Applications + Dependencies (Install with AUR helper)

Essential Arch System Stuff (just notes for installations)

• Processor Microcode | amd-ucode or other microcode packages
• linux | linux-zen linux-firmware
  • Enable Color and ILoveCandy + multilib in /etc/pacman.conf
• grub | grub efibootmgr

  grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=esp --bootloader-id=GRUB
  grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

• nano | nano nano-syntax-highlighting
• man | man
• NetworkManager | networkmanager
  • Edit /etc/hosts
  • systemctl enable NetworkManager
• sudo | sudo
  • echo "%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
• Add user (after arch-chroot) | useradd -m $user; passwd $user; usermod -aG wheel,audio,video,optical,storage $user
• Reboot
• zsh | zsh

  sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
  gcl $gh/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
  gcl $gh/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
  gcl $gh/zsh-users/zsh-completions.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-completions
  gcl --depth=1 $gh/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k
  rm .bash_history .bash_logout .bash_profile .bashrc .shell.pre-oh-my-zsh
  mv .zshrc.pre-oh-my-zsh .zshrc
  zsh

• Install yay | git base-devel

  git clone https://aur.aurchlinux.org/yay.git
  cd yay
  makepkg -si
  cd ..; rm -rf yay

  • Enable multithreaded builds MAKEPKG ="-j$(nproc)" in /etc/makepkg.conf
• Add dotfiles and ssh/gpg | openssh github-cli

  gh auth login
  ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "$email"; ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
  gh ssh-key add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub --title $hostname
  git clone git@github.com:scotus-1/dotfiles.git
  cd dotfiles; mv .git ../.dotfiles_git; mv .* ..
  cd ..; rmdir dotfiles
  gpg --full-generate-key
  gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format=long
  git config --global user.signingkey $KEY
  git config --global commit.gpgsign true
  git config --global user.email "$email"
  git config --global user.name "$name"

  • Add gpg to GitHub | gpg --armor --export $KEYID
• Install everything else then reboot

Desktop Environment Stuff

• hyprland | hyprland-git
• Alacritty | alacritty
• copyQ | copyq
• pipewire | pipewire lib32-pipewire pipewire-alsa pipewire-pulse pipewire-jack
• pavucontrol | pavucontrol
• xdg-user-dirs | xdg-user-dirs
  • xdg-user-dirs-update
• SDDM | sddm-git plasma-framework

  sudo systemctl enable sddm.service
  sudo mkdir /etc/sddm.conf.d
  sudo mv /usr/lib/sddm/sddm.conf.d/default.conf /etc/sddm.conf.d/default.conf
  sudo cp -r .themes/sweet/ /usr/share/sddm/themes
  setfacl -m u:sddm:x ~/
  setfacl -m u:sddm:r ~/.face.icon 

  • Edit default.conf and change to Current=sweet in [Theme]
• blueman | blueman
  • sudo systemctl enable bluetooth.service --now
• waybar | waybar
• mpd | mpd
  • systemctl enable mpd.service --user --now
• ttf-ms-fonts | ttf-ms-fonts
• noto-fonts | noto-fonts noto-fonts-cjk noto-fonts-emoji noto-fonts-extra
• lxqt-policykit | lxqt-policykit polkit
• fprint | fprintd

  for finger in {left,right}-{thumb,{index,middle}-finger}; do fprintd-enroll -f "$finger" "$USER"; done

System Utilities (mainly terminal)

• bat | bat
• cronie | cronie
  • sudo systemctl enable cronie.service
  • crontab -e
  • */15 * * * * export WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0; ~/.scripts/set-wallpaper
• duf | duf
• exa | exa
• fd | fd
• fzf | fzf
• delta | git-delta
• httpie | httpie
• jq | jq
• nodejs | nodejs nvm
• openssh | openssh
• unzip | unzip
• gping | gping
• rsync | rsync

Applications

• Discord | discord
• Firefox | firefox
• TETR.io | tetrio-desktop
• Visual Studio Code | visual-studio-code-bin
• Waydroid | waydroid
• mpv | mpv
• gimp | gimp
• ncmpcpp | ncmpcpp
• KeePassXC | keepassxc
• rclone | rclone fuse
  • Using sudoedit edit /etc/fuse.conf and uncomment #user_allow_other

  rclone config
  mkdir ~/mnt/gdrive
  systemctl --user daemon-reload
  systemctl --user enable rclone@gdrive --now

• Steam | steam
  • Choose vulkan-radeon if available for AMD Chips

Extra Stuff

• cbonsai | cbonsai
• cheat | cheat
• bottom | bottom
• bashtop | bashtop
• bandwhich | bandwhich
• neofetch | neofetch
• onefetch | onefetch
• thefuck | thefuck
• youtube-dl | youtube-dl
• sl | sl
• tldr | tldr
• nvm | nvm
• usbutils | usbutils
• imagemagick | imagemagick

other todo reference:

• redshift
• feh
• betterlockscreen
  • sudo ln -sf ~/.config/betterlockscreen@.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/betterlockscreen@.service
• tlp, tlp-rdw, xfce4-power-manager
• oblogout
  • sudo ln ~/.config/oblogout.conf /etc/oblogout.conf
• maim
• thunar, thunar-archive-plugin, thunar-media-tags-plugin, thunar-volman
• phinger-cursors

Other Installations:

• Anime4K

.uservar (secret env. variables)

• OWM_API_KEY=api_key
• ZIP_CODE_COUNTRY_CODE=zipcode,country

Todo Arch Desktop Environment:

• Display Server - Xorg | Wayland
• Window Compositor - jonaburg/picom | Hyprland
• Display Manager - lightdm + aether | SDDM
• Screen Locker - betterlockscreen
  • Core i3lock-color options?
• Application Launcher - rofi
  • Themeing
  • Openbox Keybinds
• Notification Daemon - dunst
  • Themeing
  • Extra Functionality
• Audio control - Pipewire
  • Connect to notifications
  • Openbox Keybinds
• Backlight control - brightnessctl, redshift
  • connect to notifications
• Media control - mpd, ncmpcpp, mpv
  • Openbox Keybinds - playerctl?
  • Connect to notifications
• Panel/bar - polybar | waybar
  • Themeing and functionality
• Polkit - lxqt-policykit
• Power Management - tlp, tlp-rdw, xfce4-power-manager
• Screen capture - maim
  • Openbox Keybinds
  • Connect to notifications
  • Extra Functionality (save to clipboard)
• Clipboard Management - clipcat CopyQ
• Wallpaper Setter - swaybg
  • React to weather and time
• Logout Dialogue - oblogout (replace with rofi?)
  • Themeing
  • Keybind
• Default Applications
  • IDE - VS Code
    • Custom Theme?
  • Term - Alacritty + zsh + oh-my-zsh
  • File Manager - thunar, thunar-archive-plugin, thunar-media-tags-plugin, thunar-volman
    • Themeing + Extra Functionality
  • Photo Editor - gimp
  • Web browser - firefox ( hope to change later with more custom browser )
• Sidebar Widgets - eww
• Bluetooth - blueman
• Misc.
  • Gtk2/3 Themeing - oomox/themix