Installing Gnu Stack Then clone this repo in home directory
Then use stow or use stow . | stow --adopt . # warning for using adopt
This is a curated list of essential tools, applications, and configurations to set up when installing a new Linux distribution. It includes shell tools, window managers, display managers, and various utilities to enhance your user experience.
- MPV video player
- Fzf - Command-line fuzzy finder
- Zsh - Powerful shell with Oh My Zsh framework
- Alacritty - Fast, cross-platform terminal emulator
- Rofi - Window switcher, application launcher, and dmenu replacement
- Clipman - Clipboard manager
- Stow - Symlink farm manager (Check the Dotfiles repo)
- LunarVim - IDE layer for Neovim (Check the Dotfiles repo)
- Green clip (Clipboard) - Simple clipboard manager
- Reflector - Script for updating mirrorlist
- i3lock-color - Customizable screen locker
- libinputGestures - Gesture recognition for libinput
- playerctl - MPRIS media player controller
- i3-battery-popup - Battery warning popup for i3
- tmux
- Bluetui - TUI for Bluetooth management
- Picom - Compositor for X11
- Feh - Lightweight image viewer
- Volctl - Volume control (removed)
- Bat - Cat clone with syntax highlighting
- NetworkManager Applet - Network management tool
- Dunst - Lightweight notification daemon for pop-up notifications
- KWallet - Password management system for storing passwords, WiFi credentials, etc.
- i3status-rust - Resource-friendly i3status replacement written in Rust
- Pasystray - PulseAudio system tray
- xkb-switch - Keyboard layout switcher
- Konsole - Terminal emulator
- Rofi Themes - Collection of themes for Rofi
- Enable touchpad tapping
- Configure scroll settings
- Set up volume controls on touchpad - Guide
- Adjust brightness settings
- Configure clipboard manager
- Set up keyboard layout switching
- Install Zsh plugins (e.g., autosuggestions, syntax highlighting)
- Configure Tmux
- Set up Xrandr for display management
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Distros to explore:
- Garuda
- Fedora
- Parch
- Void
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Window Managers (WM) or Desktop Environments (DE) to try:
- XFCE
- BSPWM
- Herbstluftwm
- DWM
- Awesome
- Sway