sontungexpt / stilux-dotfiles

Arch linux ricing

Information

Basic applications

Features	Applications
Window Manager	i3
Status Line	polybar
Applications Launcher	rofi
Code Editor	neovim, visual studio code
Browser	firefox
File Manager	lf, thunar
Notification Manager	dunst
Shell	zsh with oh-my-zsh theme
Bluetooth Manager	blueman
Wifi Hotspot	linux-wifi-hotspot
Screenshot	flameshot, scrot
Desktop Record	recordmydesktop
Disk Manager	gparted
Grub Manager	grub-customizer
Theme Manager	lxappearance-gtk3
Image Viewer	feh
Video Player	mpv
Aur, Download Helper	yay, git, curl, wget
Terminal	kitty
Icons Theme	WhiteSur-icon-theme
Main Theme	tokyo-night
Cursor Theme	catpuchin-cursor
Login Manager	lightdm, lightdm-webkit2-greeter, lightdm-webkit2-theme-glorious
Lockscreen	betterlockscreen
Compositor	picom
Vietnamese Input	ibus-bamboo
System Monitor	gotop
Volume Control	pavucontrol
Achrive Manager	rar, unrar, zip, unzip, tar
Trash Manager	trash-cli
Clipboard Manager	xclip
Ntfs Support	ntfs-3g
System Information Tool	neofetch
Multi Monitors Tool	arandr

Sitlux applications

Features	Applications
Desired Apps	figma, gimp, kdenlive, inkscape
Color Pitcher	xcolor
Social Apps	discord, microsoft teams, zalo-web-app
Office Suite	only-office
Dev Environment	python with pip, ruby with rbenv, flutter, android studio, gcc, cmake, nodejs with npm
Brownser	microsoft-edge
Dotfiles Manager	git bare

Scripts

Name	Features
screenshot	To screenshot and copy the picture to clipboard
setavatar	To change avatar lightdm
extract	To unachrive file regardless of zip or rar
zsh-history-fix	To solve zsh history error
showwifipass	To show logged in wifi password
setwallpaper	To set wallpaper of i3 wm
add-lightdm-background	To auto add background to the storage background of lightdm
cleanarch	To clean your arch linux

Preview

Install arch linux and i3 wm

Install arch ( you can follow the instruction below or this video to dual boot with window)

Install arch

• Step 1: Setup Time

timedatectl set-ntp true

• Step 2: Check UEFI

ls /sys/firmware/efi

• Step 3: Check internet connection

ping google.com

• Step 3.5: Connect to Wi-Fi (Skip if you already success in step 3)

iwctl
device list

Choose one device from the list example: wlan0

station wlan0 get-networks
station wlan0 connect "Wi-fi Name"
exit

• Step 4: Sort Package Download Server

pacman -Sy reflector

reflector -c [Region] -c [Region-Close] -c [Region-Close] -c [Region-Close] -a 12 --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

If you are Vietnamese use this

reflector -c Vietnam -c Singapore -c Japan -c India -a 12 --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

NOTE: There are usually error on this step, but you can totally ignore it and be fine!

Check mirror list that reflector generate

cat /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

• Step 5: Disk Checking

lsblk

• Step 6: Disk Partition (Read it all before do)

cfdisk /dev/nvme0n1

NOTE: Sometimes it will be sda instead of nvme0n1!

A disk usually has more than 50GB to work properly (You should take a picture)

Example:

(Always) 500M for (EFI System). (Eg: /dev/nvme0n1 or /dev/sda)

(Example) 1GB for (Linux swap) (If less RAM add more Swap) (eg: /dev/nvme0n1p2 or /dev/sda2)

(Should) 30GB (or more) for root (Linux Filesystem) (eg: /dev/nvme0n1p3 or /dev/sda3)

(Always) The rest for home (Linux Filesystem) (eg: /dev/nvme0n1p4 or /dev/sda4)

Disk partition with cfdisk: (replace sda with nvme like the above)

1. Choose (gpt) if asked
2. At Free Space choose [NEW]
3. Enter disk space (eg: 500M,30GB,.....)
4. At dev/nvme0n1p1 choose [TYPE] and choose partition type like above
5. Repeat with all the other partition
6. Choose [WRITE] to save it all

Swap Rule:

1. RAM ⩽ 2GB: Double the RAM (eg: 2GB RAM then 4GB Swap)
2. 2 GB – 8 GB: Equal the RAM (eg: 3GB RAM then 3GB Swap)
3. 8 GB: Minimum 4GB for Swap (add more as you like)

• Step 7: Disk formatting

1. New arch linux only do this

mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/nvme0n1p1

mkswap /dev/nvme0n1p2
swapon /dev/nvme0n1p2

mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p3

mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p4

2. If you dual boot with Window do this

For swap partition do this

mkswap /dev/nvme0n1p2
swapon /dev/nvme0n1p2

For root partition do this (it will format partition)

mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p3

For home partition do this (it will format partition)

mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p4

NOTE: Replace with nvme if you have nvme instead of sda as the above

• Step 8: Mount Partitions

NOTE: Replace with nvme if you have nvme instead of sda as the above

1. New arch linux only do this

mount /dev/nvme0n1p3 /mnt

mkdir /mnt/boot
mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot

mkdir /mnt/home
mount /dev/nvme0n1p4 /mnt/home

2. If you dual boot with Window do this

mount /dev/nvme0n1p3 /mnt


mkdir /mnt/home
mount /dev/nvme0n1p4 /mnt/home

• Step 9: Install base packages

pacstrap -i /mnt base base-devel linux linux-firmware linux-headers intel-ucode sudo git neofetch networkmanager network-manager-applet dhcpcd neovim

• Step 10: Basic setup

Note: If you dual boot with windows then do mount the EFI partition first:

mkdir /mnt/boot
mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot

genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

arch-chroot /mnt

NOTE: For this step replace [timezone] with region example Australia/Sydney

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/[timezone]/[timezone] /etc/localtime

If you are Vietnamese do this

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh /etc/localtime

hwclock --systohc

nvim /etc/locale.gen

After that uncomment: en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8

For those who don't know how to use neovim:

1. Press [i] to enter vim edit mode
2. At line # en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 remove # and the additional spaces then press [ESC]
3. Enter the following keys [:] [w] [q] then [ENTER]

locale-gen

echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf

NOTE: From the following step replace stilux-pc with your pc name (note names should be short and not contain special characters use - for spaces eg: stilux-pc)

echo stilux-pc > /etc/hostname

nvim /etc/hosts

Add the following line: (do like above to edit vim) (press [TAB] at [TAB])

127.0.0.1[TAB]localhost
::1[TAB]localhost
127.0.1.1[TAB]stilux-pc.localdomain[TAB]stilux-pc

(Exit and save like above)

Create password for root (Admin)

passwd

Enter the password blindly, they will not show up

• Step 11: Add User Replace stilux with your preferred username

useradd -m stilux
passwd stilux

Enter the password blindly, like above

usermod -aG wheel,audio,video,optical,storage,power stilux

EDITOR=nvim visudo

(use neovim like above)

Add: stilux ALL=(ALL) ALL
Uncomment: %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

(Save and exit like above)

• Step 12: Create Grub Boot

Check if nvme0n1p1 is mount if not mount again

lsblk

Install ntfs-3g if you dual boot with windows

pacman -S ntfs-3g os-prober

pacman -S grub efibootmgr dosfstools mtools

nvim /etc/default/grub

After that uncomment: GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false

Save and exit like above

systemctl enable dhcpcd.service
systemctl enable NetworkManager.service

Note: /boot is the EFI partition that you mount in step 10

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=GRUB --recheck

grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

• Step 13: Exit, Reboot, Update

exit
umount -lR /mnt
reboot

How to login:

1. Enter the username at first
2. Enter the password blindly then [ENTER]

Update the system:

sudo pacman -Syu

NOTE: Should do once everyday

Enter root password (admin)

Reconnect to Wi-Fi

nmtui

Restart System

reboot

Turn off the system

poweroff

Install i3 window manager ( you can follow the instruction below or this video to install i3 )

Install i3

sudo pacman -S xorg xorg-xinit i3-wm dmenu kitty

sudo cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc

sudo nvim ~/.xinitrc

After that remove:
twm &
xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
xclock -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
xclock -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login

And add:
exec i3

Setup stilux-dotfiles

• You need to install arch linux and i3 window manager before setup this config
• Open terminal and copy this command

git clone https://github.com/sontungexpt/stilux-dotfiles.git && cd stilux-dotfiles && chmod +x setup && ./setup && cd .. && rm -rf stilux-dotfiles

• Follow the instructions in the terminal when the scripts is running

5. Usage

i3 key binding

Key Binding	Description
Mod + Enter	Open terminal (kitty default)
h, j, k, l	Move focus left, down, up, right
Mod + d	Open rofi
Mod + g	Open github
Mod + m	Open bluetooth manager
Mod + n	Open wifi-hotspot
Mod + b	Open mail
Mod + u	Open UIT school web
Mod + shift + u	Open UIT course
Mod + x	Lock screen
Mod + shift + s	Print a select area and copy it to clipboard(no save picture)
printscr	Print the full-screen desktop
shift + printscr	Print a select area and save it to Pictures/Screenshots
crtl + printscr	Capture the focused window and save it to the directory
Mod + shift + f	Open flameshot gui
Mod + t	Open thunar file manager

Neovim

My neovim config

Polybar

• The full instructions to setup gmail for polybar
• The full instructions to setup calendar for polybar