evilbyt3 / funkydots

Custom arch linux configuruation for a cozy workflow

🍙 FunkyDots

Another portable Arch based system made with love & style. It integrates my desired digital environment.

uwu

cyber

Some Info

• It also serves as:
  • A learning resource for anyone who wants to customize their environment & learn more about ricing (e.g conf files, scripts)
  • A backup for myself in case anything goes wrong
  • An easy & quick way to quickly port my system to another machine
• Check out my programs note to see what's coming with this setup
• To get your way around the system, see my keybinds (feel free to change them as you please)
• This setup would have not been possible without the help of the greatly genereous open-source community. So I encourage you to take a look at those projects & show some love (don't be just a taker)

Structure

I try to keep things as organized & clean as I possibly can. Thus, I follow the XDG Base Directory Specification to structure my ~ directory. Below is a summary:

~
├── .config		# configs for programs that I use
├── .dtf		# bare repository to manage this repo
├── .local
  ├── share	        # where user data is stored 
    ├── init_install    # helper stuff 4 installing the setup
    ├── startupB	 # custom startup browser page
  ├── bin		# my scripts
  ├── src		# mostly suckless utils (e.g dwm, dwmblocks)

• To change the file & directory navigation shortcuts, modify the dirnav & filenav files
  • loaded by the shortucts script on zsh startup
• .profile, .zprofile is linked to the .config/shell directory
• .xprofile, .xinitrc is linked to the .config/x11 directory
• The loading of environment variables happens in shell/profile

Submodules

chadwm fork	dwm as beautiful as possible
scripties	custom bash scripts + other usefull stuff collected (e.g sec, devops, sysadmin)
alis fork	arch linux install script
dawn fork	a gracius custom startpage

Dot-files management

There are multiple ways to manage your dotfiles as seen in numerous articles. I would definitely recommend going through these resources and find the one that suits you the best:

• https://dotfiles.github.io/
• https://hackernoon.com/learn-how-to-manage-dotfiles-b8b62c6c5491
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16292409/how-to-use-github-to-manage-dotfiles
• Ask HN: What do you use to manage dotfiles?

I personally use a git bare repository as a result of reading an awesome article + it integrates better with my Submodules & overall workflow. I find it scalable, flexible & pretty easy to use once you get the gist of it. However, it has some downsides as well (as everything I suppose)

Install

To get yourself setup

# Download arch install scripts (alis)
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vlagh3/alis/master/download.sh | bash
./alis.sh

Upon reboot

# Download my version of larbs & execute it
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vlagh3/funkydots/main/.local/share/init_install/larbs.sh -o larbs.sh
sudo bash larbs.sh

OR just git clone https://github.com/vlagh3/funkydots.git and move everything in your $HOME

Tips & Tricks

• use an url shortener for downloading the scripts (e.g git.io)
• be sure that the initialization script (alis.conf) is configured properly for your system
• if you want a minimal install pass the -p option to larbs with the progs_min.csv file or your custom one

Inspiration & Kudos

Grazie

• OneDark
• DTOS
• larbs
• chadwm
• alis
• NVchad
• dawn
• voidrice
• unixporn
• cozy dots
• dotfiles 2.0
• The community

Contributions & Support

• Do you have a suggestion or fix?

  • feel free to open up a pull request

• Having an issue, problem, error?

  • Don't be shy & open an issue or ping me
  • "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."
    • however that doesn't mean you should not read the effin manual

License

The files and scripts in this repository are licensed under the BS License, which is a permissive license allowing you to use, modify, copy & distribute the software. An important step in accepting to use this licence is to firstly read it & think by your own. If not, you agree to sell your soul to the devil while giving me 1.000.000$. (Also known as the BulShit License)