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Most of what you need to replicate my linux desktop environment on most machines. Periodically I even get this working on OSX. :)

Setup

Dependencies

• zsh
• i3lock
• rofi
• herbstluftwm
  • Need to install from source
  • Can wrap with sddm if needed
• polybar
• google-chrome
• dunst
• alacritty
• Nix package manager
• maim
• colorpicker
• dragon

Fonts

• Lato
  • sudo apt install fonts-lato
• Hack Nerd Font
  • On linux:

  mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts
  wget -O/tmp/hack.zip https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/download/v2.1.0/Hack.zip
  pushd ~/.local/share/fonts
  unzip /tmp/hack.zip
  popd
  fc-cache -f -v
  fc-list | grep Hack
  

Install

• Run ./install.sh to sync dotfiles into the homedir
• Run ./desktop.sh to install lots of things

Other apps I like to have

• keybase
• beeper
• sioyek
• telegram
• UHK Agent
• vscode
• discord
• morgen
• chrome
• tailscale
• neofetch
• obs
• obsidian
• spotify
• slack
• feh
• zoom

Helpful Snippets

Managing git commit authorship

By default this repo will set the commit author to my (carlsverre) personal github noreply email address. You can modify this behavior by editing config/gitconfig.

You can also override the commit email on a per-repo basis using git set-email which is provided in ./bin.

# set a local email
git set-email foo@bar.com
# reset local email
git set-email --clear

If you need to amend a commit to fixup the author, use this command:

git commit --amend --reset-author

Modify input device settings via Xorg.conf.d

• Tested on Debian
• Add files to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d

Fix keyboard repeat rate Arch docs

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier "system-keyboard"
    MatchIsKeyboard "on"
    Option "AutoRepeat" "200 22"
EndSection

Kensington Expert Wireless TB

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier "Expert Wireless TB"
    MatchProduct "Expert Wireless TB"
    Driver "libinput"
    Option "AccelProfile" "adaptive"
    Option "AccelSpeed" "-0.5"
    Option "ScrollMethod" "button"
    Option "ScrollButton" "8"
    Option "ButtonMapping" "1 8 3 4 5 6 7 2 9"
EndSection

Microsoft Sculpt

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier      "Microsoft Keyboard"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
        MatchProduct    "Microsoft"
        MatchProduct    "Nano Transceiver"
        Option          "XkbOptions" "caps:escape"
EndSection

Apple Magic Keyboard

Section "InputClass"
  Identifier      "Apple Inc. Magic Keyboard"
  MatchProduct    "Apple Inc. Magic Keyboard"
  MatchVendor     "Apple_Inc."
  MatchIsKeyboard "on"
  Option          "XkbOptions" "caps:escape,altwin:swap_alt_win"
EndSection