Replicate system

In this section I'm gonna illustrate how to duplicate my system.

SO installation

Download and flash ArchLinux ISO and run archinstall to perform the guided installation. The configuration should look like something like this:

• Bootloader: Grub
• Unified kernel images: False
• Swap: True
• Hostname: hidan0pc
• Profile: Minimal
• Audio: Pipewire
• Kernels: linux-lts
• Network configuration: Use NetworkManager

AUR

To install yay, just follow the steps inside the GitHub page.

Hyprland

hyprland is my the tiling WM of choice, along with the packages that make up the main ecosystem hypridle hyprlock hyprpaper xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland. The other must have aspects of a DE are provided by waybar wofi mako polkit-kde-agent wl-clipboard.

QT waylandy support is provided by qt5-wayland qt6-wayland, while the screenshots utility is obtained from the combination of the following packages plus a script: swappy slurp grim.

• Application launcher: wofi
• Automatically mount disks with udiskie
• Applet for NetworkManager nm-applet
• Bluetooth settings: blueberry
• Audio settings: pavucontrol

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yay -S hyprland hypridle hyprlock xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland waybar \
       hyprpaper swappy slurp grim qt5-wayland qt6-wayland wl-clipboard \
       wofi mako polkit-kde-agent udiskie network-manager-applet blueberry  \
       pavucontrol thunar

Development Environment

Terminal and shell

In my terminal setup, I've got alacritty for speed, zsh with zinit for extra features as plugins, and oh-my-posh for a stylish prompt.

To set zsh as the default shell run:

$ chsh -s /full/path/to/shell

Some commands like ls are being replaced by some new programs, just run /scripts/install-modern-tool.sh.

Editor

In my editor setup, I rely on Neovim for its versatility. To enhance it, I've integrated external software. This ensures a smooth and efficient development experience and support for plugins.

Workspace management

For workspace management, I've set up tmux paired with tmp (Tmux Plugin Manager) for plugin management. To session handling, I rely on Tmux-Sessionizer.

To install tmp just follow the GitHub page. To install tms run cargo install tmux-sessionizer (you need rust and cargo).

Reload tmux and press prefix + I to fetch and install plugins:

# to reload
tmux source ~/.tmux.conf

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yay -S alacritty zsh oh-my-posh neovim yarn npm wget luarocks ripgrep fd \
       tmux pfetch zk libqalculate

NVIDIA graphics drivers

yay -S nvidia-lts nvidia-utils linux-headers

Enable DRM kernel mode setting

You need linux-headers first.

In /etc/mkinitcpio.conf add nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm to your MODULES.

Run # mkinitcpio -P to generate the required files.

Add a new line to /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf (make it if it does not exist) and add the line options nvidia-drm modeset=1.

Bluetooth support

Just install bluez bluez-utils and enable/start bluetooth.service.

yay -S bluez bluez-utils

Theme, cursors and stuff

Use nwg-look to set themes and GTK related stuff.

The theme I use is gruvbox material.

• Icon theme gruvbox-material-icon-theme-git
• GTK theme: gruvbox-material-gtk-theme-git
• Fonts: nerd-fonts-git (install it later, it takes some time)

yay -S nwg-look gruvbox-material-gtk-theme-git gruvbox-material-icon-theme-git \
       nerd-fonts-git noto-fonts-emoji

Pipewire noise filter

For noise suppression, I've integrated noise-suppression-for-voice plugin (git).

Link the pipewire dir and make a symbolic link of *.service file into .config/systemd/user.

Reload systemd user unit files:

$ systemctl --user daemon-reload

Enable the created systemd service:

$ systemctl --user enable pipewire-input-filter-chain.service

Reference: https://medium.com/@gamunu/linux-noise-cancellation-b9f997f6764d

yay -S noise-suppression-for-voice

Other application that I may need

yay -S okular webcord spotify-launcher telegram-desktop ranger

Firefox setup

Must have extensions:

• Sidebery
• Privacy Badger
• PopUpOFF
• uBlock Origin
• DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials

Minimal look and sidebery

The minimal look is based on this morrolinux guide.

Go to about:config and set all of the following to true:

toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets
layers.acceleration.force-enabled
gfx.webrender.all
gfx.webrender.enabled
layout.css.backdrop-filter.enabled
svg.context-properties.content.enabled

# WORKAROUND FOR BAR HIDING ON DRAG EVENT
widget.gtk.ignore-bogus-leave-notify = 1

1. Find your Firefox profile folder (about:support --> "Profile Directory")
2. Create a folder named chrome inside it
3. Create a file named userChrome.css inside the chrome folder you just created
4. Copy the content of config/sidebery/userChrome.css or link it
5. Restart Firefox