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Herbstluftwm, polybar and apps I use

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Herbstluftwm

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pacstrap /mnt bash-completion nvim iwd xorg base base-devel linux linux-firmware lvm2 dhcpcd efibootmgr intel-ucode xf86-video-intel vi dhclient

hebstlutwm:

cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc
e ~/.xinitrc
exec herbstluftwm

polybar
st

Installed apps

  • git

  • archlinux-keyring

  • rust

  • go

  • nodejs

  • npm

  • pip

  • brightnessctl (control screenbrightness from cli)

  • slack

  • weechat (terminal irc client)

  • neovim (terminal text/code editor)

  • ZSH plugins

  • lf (terminal file manager)

    • aur/python-pdftotext
    • chafa
    • odttotext
    • atool
    • w3m
    • mpv
    • mediainfo

  • qutebrowser (vim based web browser)

  • firefox (web browser)

  • brave[aur] (web browser)

  • slock (Screen locker)

  • st (default terminal)

  • termite (terminal)

  • skim - (fuzzy finder written in rust)

  • bat - (like cat but with syntax highlighting)

  • dmenu (minimal menu to search and open apps)

  • rg - (blazing fast grep alternative, written in rust)

  • Fonts

    • community/ttf-font-awesome
    • aur/ttf-font-awesome-4
    • community/awesome-terminal-fonts
    • ttf-material-design-icons-git
    • noto-fonts noto-fonts-cjk noto-fonts-emoji noto-fonts-extra
    • ttf-joypixels
    • aur/nerd-fonts-complete (I think this contains everything) 
      •   $ cd ~/Downloads (you need ~4GB of space to build)
  $ yay --getpkgbuild nerd-fonts-complete
  $ cd nerd-fonts-complete
  $ wget -O nerd-fonts-2.1.0.tar.gz https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/archive/v2.1.0.tar.gz
  $ makepkg -sci BUILDDIR=.
    • aur/sanskrit-fonts
    • aur - ttf-ancient-fonts
    • aur - ttf-fira-code
    • aur - ttf-inconsolata
    • aur - ttf-google-fonts-git ?
    • adobe-source-han-sans-otc-fonts ?
    • adobe-source-han-serif-otc-fonts ?
    • aur/ttf-tw ?
    • search for installed fonts with: fc-list | rg -i devanagari

  • gotop

  • htop

  • zathura - (Zathura is a highly customizable and functional document viewer)

    • zathura-pdf-mupdf-0.3.5-2
    • zathura

  • audio

    • pulseaudio
    • pulseaudio-alsa
    • alsa-utils ( provides alsamixer [tui volumecontrol] and alsamixer)
    • alsa-plugins
    • pulsemixer (tui volumecontrol center) https://github.com/GeorgeFilipkin/pulsemixer
    • pavucontrol (graphical volume control center)

  • feh (set bacground)

  • arandr

  • rsync

  • zip

  • unzip

  • lsof

  • jq (json text viewer)

  • youtube-dl

  • youtube-viewer

  • mpv slack(cil media player)

  • acpi (client for battery, power, and thermal readings)

  • imagemagick (cli image manipulation)

  • sysbench (bench markin tool)

  • sxiv (image/gif viewer)

  • xclip (copy util)

  • calibre (ebook reader and converter)

  • libreoffice

    • contains ebook-convert cli tools

  • npm i tldr -g (simplified man pages)

  • pip install mdv --user (Terminal Markdown viewer)

  • pip install grip --user (Markdown viewer)

  • diff-so-fancy

  • mpd

  • ncmpcpp

  • redshift (eye protection)

  • simple-mtpfs (mount andriod device)

  • nvidia-dkms nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-utils nvidia-settings vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-icd-loader (Nvidia graphics drivers)

  • optimus-manager [aur](switch between onboard graphics and gpu)

  • lightdm (display manager)

  • lightdm-slick-greeter [aur](lightdm greeter)

  • i7z (CPU reporting tool)

  • cpupower (CPU frequency scaling)

  • thermald [aur] (prevent the overheating of platforms)(thermald.service, which should be started and enabled)

  • acpid (delivering ACPI events)

  • powertop (monitor processes and show which of them are utilizing the CPU )

    • Automatically tune power saving settings https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Powertop#Usage

      1. Chech the discharge rate and press tab and look at the Tunables.
      sudo powertop

      Use the --auto-tune feature from powertop which sets all tunable options to their GOOD setting. This can be combined with systemd service to have the tunables set on boot.

      1. sudoedit /etc/systemd/system/powertop.service
      [Unit]
Description=Powertop tunings

[Service]
Type=exec
ExecStart=/usr/bin/powertop --auto-tune
RemainAfterExit=true

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
      1. Start and enable powertop
       sudo systemctl start powertop.service
 sudo systemctl enable powertop.service

  • i8kutils[aur] (manual fan control)

  • crystal (programming language)

  • shards (crystal package manager)

  • gopass (cli password manager)

  • adb (andriod flashing tool)

  • zenity (vim colour picker dependecies)

  • gucharmap (gnome character map, view fonts and icons)

  • cava (Console-based Audio Visualize)

  • fasd (quick access to files and directories for POSIX shells)

  • lsd (next gen ls)

  • thunar (file manager)

  • lxappearance (set gtk and icon theme)

  • nmap

  • wine

  • sudo pip install jedi (python autocompletion)

    • sudo pacman -S wine-staging giflib lib32-giflib libpng lib32-libpng libldap lib32-libldap gnutls lib32-gnutls mpg123 lib32-mpg123 openal lib32-openal v4l-utils lib32-v4l-utils libpulse lib32-libpulse libgpg-error lib32-libgpg-error alsa-plugins lib32-alsa-plugins alsa-lib lib32-alsa-lib libjpeg-turbo lib32-libjpeg-turbo sqlite lib32-sqlite libxcomposite lib32-libxcomposite libxinerama lib32-libgcrypt libgcrypt lib32-libxinerama ncurses lib32-ncurses opencl-icd-loader lib32-opencl-icd-loader libxslt lib32-libxslt libva lib32-libva gtk3 lib32-gtk3 gst-plugins-base-libs lib32-gst-plugins-base-libs vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-icd-loader

  • bind-tools (dig)

  • vscodium-bin [aur] (Free version of Visual Studio Code)

  • fzf (Fuzzy file finder, used in vim)

  • libxft-bgra[aur] (Helps ST render emojis, ST crashes without this)

  • keybase-bin[aur] (encrypted chat and git app)

  • kubectx (Switch backand forth bewteen kubernetes clusters)

  • ksd[aur] (decode k8s secrets)

  • stern[aur] (View multiple k8s logs)

  • popeye[aur] (k8s resource auditer)

Extra

Set qutebrowser as default

xdg-settings set default-web-browser org.qutebrowser.qutebrowser.desktop xdg-settings set default-web-browser brave-bin.desktop

Switch off bluetooth from starting automatically

systemctl status bluetooth.target

NVIM

once nvim has been installed and configured open nvim
and run :checkhealth
https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim/wiki/Install-coc.nvim

Arch linux switching kernals with systemd boot

Arch linux dell inspiron nvme - install guide