lincot/dotfiles

my dotfiles

selected software

• OS: CachyOS
• WM: sway
• browser: Brave
• terminal: wezterm
• text editor: helix
• monospace font: Fira Code
• audio and video server: PipeWire
• image viewer: imv
• media player: mpv
• shell: fish
• file lister: eza
• search tool: ripgrep-all
• status bar: i3status-rust
• screenshotting: grim, slurp and swappy
• password manager: pass

installation

1. install CachyOS
2. download this repo:

   cd
   git init
   git remote add origin https://git.sr.ht/~lincot/dotfiles
   git fetch
   git checkout -f master

3. install the packages: ./install.sh
4. consider applying the general system tweaks
5. consider disabling swap by adding systemd.zram=0 to the kernel cmdline (in the case of systemd-boot, add it to LINUX_OPTIONS in /etc/sdboot-manage.conf and run sudo sdboot-manage gen)
6. configure the browser

to begin

1. turn on your PC
2. log in
3. press Super+Enter to open the terminal
4. launch the browser: brave &>/dev/null & disown
5. move it to the second workspace with Super+Shift+2 so that there is only 1 fullscreen window per workspace
6. enjoy