Arch Linux Rice Setup

This setup is handcrafted configuration to provide a seamless and visually appealing user experience based on my liking. It includes a curated selection of applications and customizations to optimize your workflow on Arch Linux with Hyprland and other apps.

Screenshots

Screenshot 1: Overview of the desktop environment

Screenshot 2: Terminal setup with Kitty and Zsh

Screenshot 3: Nautilus file manager and Waybar

Installation

Automatic Installation

To automate the setup process, run the provided installation script:

./install.sh

This script has been tested om archlinux-2024.03.01 with kernal 6.8.2

Manual installation

Initial setup

1. Adding user to correct groups

sudo usermod -aG input ${USER}

sudo usermod -aG video ${USER}

2. Delete the existing .config

rm -r .config

4. Clone repository as .config

cd $HOME &
git clone https://gitlab.com/Lynder063/dotfiles.git .config

4. Copying scripts for wofi to /usr/local/bin

sudo cp $HOME/.config/wofi/emoji.sh $HOME/.config/hypr/gamemode.sh $HOME/.config/wofi/screenshot.sh /usr/local/bin

5. 📦 Installation of basic packages

yay -S hyprland kitty grim slupr wofi waybar neovim ttf-hack-nerd ttf-font-awesome noto-fonts-emoji network-manager-applet blueman-applet dunst hyprpaper catppuccin-gtk-theme-mocha-gnome hyprshot polkit gnome-keyring ly nwg-look neofetch nautilus ocs-url wget curl xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland tela-icon-theme-purple-git hyprland-autoname-workspaces-git hyprlock hypridle wtype wl-clipboard kvantum

6. Set a dark theme for the gnome applications

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface color scheme prefer-dark

🖥️ Zsh

1. Installing zsh necessery packages

yay -S zsh zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-theme-powerlevel10k lsd

2. Let's run zsh and type 0

3. We will install ohmyzsh

You need to have the curl and wget packages installed

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

4. And we this in .zshrc file

source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh
source /usr/share/zsh-theme-powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme
ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_STRATEGY=( complete history )
[ "$TERM" = "xterm-kitty" ] && alias ssh="kitty +kitty ssh"
neofetch
alias ls='lsd'
alias l='ls -l'
alias la='ls -a'
alias lla='ls -la'
alias lt='ls --tree'

📂 Nautilus

1. Reload nautilus config

nautilus -q

2. We will install the terminal addon in nautilus

yay -S nautilus-open-any-terminal

3. Add support for kitty terminal

gsettings set com.github.stunkymonkey.nautilus-open-any-terminal terminal kitty

4. Enable settings to show hidden files

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences show-hidden-files true

🔐 Grub

1. Download the installation script

wget -P /tmp https://github.com/shvchk/fallout-grub-theme/raw/master/install.sh

2. Let's launch

bash /tmp/install.sh

3. Choose language

🏁 Ly

1. We start the daemon for ly

sudo systemctl enable ly --now

Credits

Thank you shvchk for awesome GRUB theme and JKech for help with debugging ❤️