Manawasp's Dotfiles

Overview

System

• debian: linux distribution composed of free and open-source software.
• LightDM: cross-desktop display manager.
• sway: i3-compatible Wayland compositor.
• waybar: Highly customizable Wayland bar for Sway and Wlroots based compositors.
• tofi: Tiny dynamic menu for Wayland.

User

• alacritty: modern terminal emulator that comes with sensible defaults, but allows for extensive configuration.
• zsh: shell designed for interactive use, although it is also a powerful scripting language.
• starship: minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt.
• eza: a modern replacement for ls.
• zoxide: a smarter cd command, inspired by z and autojump.
• fg: A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'
• ripgrep: recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore
• jq: Command-line JSON processor
• bat: cat(1) clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.
• zed: Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.
• nvim: hyperextensible Vim-based text editor.
• spotify: audio streaming and media services provider.

Programming

• docker: OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers.
• nvm: version manager for node.js, designed to be installed per-user, and invoked per-shell.
• python: high-level, interpreted, general-purpose programming language.
• rust: multi-paradigm, general-purpose programming language that emphasizes performance, type safety, and concurrency.
• go: statically typed, compiled programming language.

Install

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt install \
    gcc curl tree cloc git ssh \
    sway waybar swaylock swayidle tofi lightdm \
    zsh ripgrep fd-find fonts-noto eza tmux bat jq btop \
    slurp grim swappy imv \
    pavucontrol imagemagick vlc

Follow official website to setup:

• oh-my-zshvia curl
• zed via curl
• spotify via apt
• docker via apt
• docker compose via apt
• go via tarball
• rust (& cargo) via curl
• nvm via curl
• alacritty via cargo
• neovim prefer nighty and install it in ~/.local/bin/
• starship via curl
• bat setup symlink
• zoxide via curl
• swaylock-effects via ninja: Swaylock, with fancy effects

Additional install:

• diff so fancy: strives to make your diffs human readable instead of machine readable (prefer install in ~/.local/bin)

Configure

Global

# Go to HOME dir to execute all command
cd $HOME

# Clean & prepare directory
rm -rf .alacritty.toml .config/starship.toml .zshrc .config/sway .config/waybar .config/zed

# Inject all symbolic link
ln -s .dotfiles/alacritty/alacritty.toml .alacritty.toml && \
    ln -s .dotfiles/starship/starship.toml .config/starship.toml && \
    ln -s .dotfiles/zshrc/zshrc .zshrc && \
    ln -s .dotfiles/gitconfig/.gitconfig .gitconfig && \
    ln -s .dotfiles/sway/ .config/sway && \
    ln -s .dotfiles/waybar/ .config/waybar && \
    ln -s .dotfiles/swaylock/ .config/swaylock && \
    ln -s .dotfiles/tofi/ .config/tofi && \
    ln -s .dotfiles/zed/ .config/zed && \
    ln -s .dotfiles/nvim/ .config/nvim

Fonts

• JetBrainsMono Nerd Font: JetBrains officially created font for developers
• Font Awesome v7: The internet's favorite icon library just expanded the menu. (Needed by my waybar config).

Download and unzip fonts into ~/.local/share/fonts and reload font cache fc-cache -f -v

zsh plugins

See cat ~/.zshrc header to complete zsh plugins install

Docker

Fix docker permission denied

sudo groupadd docker && \
  sudo usermod -aG docker ${USER}

note: will need to reboot

Waycolor

Small script to take a color from the current screen

ln ~/.dotfiles/scripts/waycolor ~/.local/bin/waycolor && chmod +x ~/.local/bin/waycolor

LightDM

Update /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf:

[greeter]
background=/usr/share/pixmaps/inlog-background.png

And copy the background:

sudo cp .dotfiles/wallpaper/inlog.png /usr/share/pixmaps/inlog-background.png