RICE

window manager: i3-gaps
terminal: st
editor: vim
compositor: picom
status bar: polybar
application launcher: rofi
file manager: ranger
mail: neomutt
notification daemon: dunst + dunstify
browser: firefox
email: thunderbird
image viewer: sxiv
pdf viewer: zathura

TO DO

Install and configure newsboat
Make cronjob and polybar module for newsboat
Setup PDF previewing in ranger

MacBook Pro specific settings

line 185 in .config/i3/config:

exec --no-startupid xfsettingsd

Added the xf settings daemon to take advantage of xfce4-appearance settings which allows me to set a higher DPI for all GTK applications (which means they all scale properly now)

line 179 in .config/i3/config:

exec_always --no-startup-id xrandr --dpi 192

line 1-11 in .Xresources:

! Fonts {{{
Xft.antialias: true
Xft.hinting: true
Xft.rgba: rgb
Xft.hintstyle: hintfull
Xft.dpi: 192
! }}}

! Cursor
Xcursor.size: 24

line 1 in .profile:

export GDK_DPI_SCALE=0.75

line 213 in .config/picom.conf:

backend = "glx";

Backend set to glx to get rid of screen tearing, which was very apparent when scrolling in firefox

Settings in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-touchpad.conf to make two-finger click right click + natural scroll:

Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad"
Driver "libinput"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
Option "Tapping" "on"
Option "NaturalScrolling" "true"
Option "ClickMethod" "clickfinger"
EndSection

Alternatively .config/touchpadxlibinputrc can be configured

First boot

Link to a nice vid on the first steps post-installation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c48LDSrw60

$ sudo pacman -Syu
$ sudo pacman -S gufw
$ sudo pacman-mirrors -g
$ sudo pacman -S yay

Installation of the suckless terminal

git clone https://github.com/tobiasstenberg/st Icon for ST can be changed in KMenuEdit Icon is placed in .icons folder

Color for pacman and AUR helpers

$ sudo nano /etc/pacman.conf
Uncomment #Color and #VerbosePkgLists

Configuring git

Set users name:
$ git config --global user.name <name>

Set email:
$ git config --global user.email <email>

Enable global credentials to be stored once for every locally cloned repo:
$ git config --global credential.helper store

Packages and libs to install for nvidia gaming

sudo pacman -S lib32-libldap lib32-nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-libgl lib32-alsa-lib lib32-alsa-plugins lib32-libpulse lib32-alsa-oss lib32-openal wine winetricks playonlinux

KDE Plasma settings

Overall settings

global theme: Breath2 plasma: breath2 application style: default application style -> GTK2: Breath Dark application style -> GTK3: Breath Dark colors: Breath2Dark icons: Breath2 Dark cursors: HighContrast window decorations: remove left icon and question mark wallpaper: #14191d widget: event calendar plasmoid + spacer uden flexible space fonts: Noto Sans monospace font: Source Code Pro 10, 14 Remove Launch Feedback from System Settings -> Applications

Remove window Decorations and add active window frame

Copy the borderline folder of this repo and place it in ~.local/share/aurorae/themes
Choose the borderline window decoration

Alternative to window decorations

Go to System Settings > Window Management > Window Rules > New..
Under Window class (application) choose Regular Expression from the drop down and enter .* in the input.
Click the Appearance & Fixes tab. Enable the No titlebar and frame option. Select Force from the drop down click the Yes radio option.

Change settings for default icon size in system tray

code /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.private.systemtray

Installation of kwin-quarter-tiling

$ git clone https://github.com/Jazqa/kwin-quarter-tiling
Activate script by executing:
$ kcmshell5 kwinscripts

This might be an alternative tiler for KWin:
https://github.com/kwin-scripts/kwin-tiling#installation

tobiasstenberg / DOTFILES