This desktop is heavily inspired and created on Archcraft. Its a great minimal arch based distro with a gorgeous desktop. All credits go to the creator of that distro and I have just modified stuff on top of it to my liking.
Do checkout https://github.com/adi1090x , he has contributed immensely to the Linux community.
These are just a few screenshots of some of the possible themes. There are a lot more themes available and you can switch between them easily.
Note: The command to install the dependencies pertains only if you are on an Arch based system. If you are on an Ubuntu/debian based distro, all the dependencies are available except for obmenu-generator and polybar(if you are using Ubuntu 20.04).
For Obmenu-generator, follow the instructions to install it from source : https://github.com/trizen/obmenu-generator
For polybar, you can build it from source here : https://github.com/polybar/polybar
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Install the following dependencies(if you use an arch based system)
yay -S Openbox BSPWM polybar rofi dunst mpd ncmpcpp dmenu geany obmenu-generator ranger kitty compton zsh oh-my-zsh nitrogen lxappearance
(If you use a different AUR helper like paru , please use it accordingly. I am using the AUR to install most of the packages as some of the patched packages are not available in the official repos)
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Move Backgrounds folder to
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Move Themes folder to
/usr/share/themes -
Move icons folder to
/usr/share/icons -
Move
.mpd,.ncmpcpp,.Xresources.d,.Xresources,.zshrcto your home directory -
Copy the contents of the .config folder and paste them in
~/.config/ -
Some of the fonts to install- Fira mono for powerline, Cascadia code, iosevka nerd font, Dejavu sans, Source code pro(Or copy the contents of the fonts folder and paste it in /usr/share/fonts)
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Copy the contents of bin and paste them in
/usr/bin -
Copy the archlabs folder and paste it in
/usr/lib -
That's it! you should be good to go now. Reboot once just to be safe and login to your new system
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I have kept the keybindings common between both the BSPWM as well as openbox desktop to get a better experience. Do change them as per your requirements.
To change the keybindings on BSPWM and Openbox, edit the sxhkdrc file in
~/.config/sxhkdand~/.config/openbox/rc.xmlrespectively. -
You can change the themes on bspwm with the keybind Ctrl+Alt+T and you can use the Obmenu on openbox to do the same.
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If for some reason you find the gtk-theme or icons not changing with change in global theme, open lxappearance either from rofi or from the terminal and change the theme accordingly.