“Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.”
- Edsger W. Dijkstra
This repo is to backup my linux configuration so that i don't need to re-configure on every new installation. I use sdfm to manage my dotfiles.
Some details about my setup
| Category | Name |
|---|---|
| Operating system | Arch linux |
| Window manager | i3 |
| Text editor | Vim Neovim (no longer using) |
| Terminal emulator | st Alacritty (no longer using) |
| Terminal multiplexer | Tmux |
| Shell | Zsh (interactive) Bash |
| Shell prompt | Custom zsh prompt Starship (no longer using) Powerlevel10k (no longer using) |
| Shell plugin manager | Minzsh Zplug (no longer using) |
| Package manager | Pacman Yay (AUR helper) |
| Status bar | i3bar Polybar (no longer using) |
| Notification daemon | Dunst |
| Launcher | Rofi Dmenu (no longer using) |
| Compositor | Picom (no longer using) |
| File manager | nnn (TUI) Ranger (TUI) (no longer using) Pcmanfm (GUI) |
| Video player | Mpv |
| System monitor | Htop Btop Bpytop (no longer using) Gtop (no longer using) Conky (no longer using) |
| To-do list manager | Taskwarrior |
| Python venv manager | Pyv |
We can use sdfm, which is a shell function that i created and
you can check on .config/zsh/sdfm in this git repo, to manage our dotfiles.
First, download the file using wget or curl like this:
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bruhtus/dotfiles/master/.config/zsh/sdfmAnd then source the file (assuming we are on the same directory as the downloaded file):
. ./sdfmAfter that, we can initialize new dotfiles repo using this command:
sdfiThe default dotfiles git repo is in "$HOME/.local/state/sdfm". To change the default dotfiles git repo, we can use this command:
SDFM_GIT_DIR="$HOME/sdfm" sdfiDon't forget to add the new $SDFM_GIT_DIR env variable into your shell config or edit the sdfm file before sourcing the file.
To add a remote url, we can use this command:
sdfi -u <git-remote-url>To add a file, we can use this command:
sdfa <file>To commit the changes, we can use this command:
sdfc
# or
sdfc -m 'commit message'To push the changes, we can use this command:
sdfpTo check the status of our dotfiles repo, we can use this command:
sdfsInstall zsh first, and then run the command below per line:
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bruhtus/dotfiles/master/.config/zsh/sdfm
. ./sdfm
sdfi -u https://github.com/bruhtus/dotfiles.git -fa
systemctl --user enable --now updates-notifier.timer
systemctl --user enable --now low-battery-notifier.timerLinux uses "MIME Types" to determine the type of a file (for example "image/jpeg") and the Freedesktop Specifications (XDG) to determine which software should be used for which MIME Type.
The "database" of associations between types and software is created by looking at
mimeapps.list files at several places (global configuration, your specific user
configuration, ...), and can be edited through the command line using xdg-mime.
Many softwares (your file explorer for example) will rely on xdg-open to open files, which will query your preferences to know which software to start.
The .desktop in mimeapps.list file can also be seen and changed in
~/.local/share/applications