linuxnerdbtw / dotfiles-1

A full config and instructions to get my Archcraft inspired Arch Desktop.

My Dotfiles

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.

Screenshots

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.

BSPWM

Dark

Nord

Openbox

Default

Manhattan

Spark

Steps to get my Desktop:

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

1. 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)

2. Move Backgrounds folder to /usr/share/backgrounds

3. Move Themes folder to /usr/share/themes

4. Move icons folder to /usr/share/icons

5. Move .mpd,.ncmpcpp,.Xresources.d,.Xresources,.zshrc to your home directory

6. Copy the contents of the .config folder and paste them in ~/.config/

7. 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)

8. Copy the contents of bin and paste them in /usr/bin

9. Copy the archlabs folder and paste it in /usr/lib

10. That's it! you should be good to go now. Reboot once just to be safe and login to your new system

Tips

1. 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/sxhkd and ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml respectively.

2. 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.

3. 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.