Setup Instructions

Hardware

Touchpad

Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-touchpad.conf:

Section "InputClass"
   Indentifier "touchpad"
   Driver "libinput"
   MatchIsTouchpad "on"
   Option "Tapping" "on"
   Option "NaturalScrolling" "true"
EndSection

Restart xorg for changes to take effect.

Desktop

Scaling

Settings in ~/.Xresources. To load .Xresources:

xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources

Restart xorg for changes to take effect.

Font

Install ttf-jetbrains-mono-nerd. Install noto-fonts, noto-fonts-extra, noto-fonts-cjk, noto-fonts-emoji for more compatibility

Compositor

Install picom. Settings in ~/.config/picom/picom.conf. Autostart managed in i3 config. Restart i3 for changes to take effect.

Window Manager

i3-wm should already be installed. Settings in ~/.config/i3/config. Restart i3 for changes to take effect.

Bar

Install polybar and pacman-contrib for updates module. Settings in ~/.config/polybar. Restart i3 for changes to take effect.

Rofi

Install rofi. Settings in ~/.config/rofi. Restart i3 for changes to take effect.

Notifications

Install dunst. Settings in ~/.config/dunst/

Command Line

AUR Helper

To install yay:

sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay
makepkg -si

Git

Install git.

git config --global user.email "Email Address"
git config --global user.name "User Name"

Install github-cli. Then for GitHub authentication:

gh auth login

Terminal

Install kitty. Settings in ~/.config/kitty/kitty.conf.

Shell

Install zsh. Settings in ~/.zshrc. Change shell with:

chsh -s $(which zsh)

Plugins

• zsh-autosuggestions
• zsh-autocomplete-git (AUR)
• fzf
• fzf-tab-git (AUR) - bugged?
• zoxide
• exa
• zsh-syntax-highlighting
• starship. Settings in ~/.config/starship.toml
• thefuck

Text Editor

Install neovim. Config in ~/.config/nvim/

Pacman

In /etc/pacman.conf uncomment Color for coloured output and add ILoveCandy for a cool progress bar.

Password Feedback

sudo visudo

then add the line

Defaults pwfeedback

Theming

Install lxappearance-gtk3 for setting several settings.

Wallpaper

Install nitrogen and variety. Nitrogen and Variety autostart with i3.

Icons

Install papirus-icon-theme. Install hardcode-fixer-git (AUR) to fix hardcoded icons. Install hardcode-tray (AUR) to fix hardcoded tray icons. For folder colours download the latest Papirus-Nord.tar.xz from https://github.com/Adapta-Projects/Papirus-Nord. Extract with

tar -xf Papirus-Nord.tar.xz

To install the icons:

sudo ./install

To change the folder icons:

papirus-folders -C frostblue2 --theme Papirus-Dark

GTK

Download the latest Nordic-bluish-accent-standard-buttons-v40.tar.xz from https://github.com/EliverLara/Nordic/releases. Extract with

tar -xf Nordic-bluish-accent-standard-buttons-v40.tar.xz

and move

sudo mv Nordic-bluish-accent-standard-buttons-v40 /usr/share/themes/

Set theme with lxappearance, and change font while you're there.

Qt

Cursor

Display Manager

Plymouth

GRUB

Documents and Media

PDF Reader

Install zathura and PDF plugin. Settings in ~/.config/zathura/

Spotify Client

Install ncspot. Settings in ~/.config/

Misc

• neofetch
• texlive-meta
• thunderbird
• digikam
• bat
• stylua