My Dotfile repo

use GNU stow for managing my dotfiles that I want to keep

arch + hyprland dotfiles very basic I know

reqs

• bash
• neovim
• kitty
• spicetify
• starship
• hyprland
  • hyprlock
• hyprshot
• waybar
• qutebrowser
• mako
• swww
• kvantum
• qt6ct-kde

Reference Material

nice video about stow link

many configs are modified or directly from SolDoesTech's HyprV2

Spicetify

• under .config/spicetify/Themes, make sure to install spicetify-themes
• make sure that the themes are in the Themes folder, not the new one git created
• you can use the following commands

cd ~/.config/spicetify/Themes
git clone https://github.com/spicetify/spicetify-themes .

ssh client alias

• to use the ssh orca alias, add ORCA_SSH_IP=<ip address> and ORCA_SSH_PORT="<port number>" to /etc/environment
• then, generate a new ssh key, and store it as ~/.ssh/orca
  • add orca.pub to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the target server

some useful things for myself

other packages

just a list of packages I like

• fastfetch
• openssh
• spotify
• discord
• sbctl (when secure boot is needed)
• candy-icons
• Sweet KDE theme (Kvantum)
  • • Sweet GTK theme
• syncthing

Environment Variables

/etc/environment

• ORCA_SSH_IP=<ip address>
• ORCA_SSH_PORT=<port number>

setting the theme with kvantum, qt6ct, and nwg-look

1. install both kvantum and qt6ct, then the theme and icons
   • qt6ct-kde sometimes fixes various issues
2. unzip the icons in ~/.icons (or /usr/share/.icons/ or ~/.local/share/.icons)
   • theme can go anywhere, but I like to match icons
3. run kvantum, then install and apply the theme (it wont show until you set qt6ct as well)
4. use qt6ct to apply the kvantum theme, then the set the right icon theme as well

• this sets the theme for qt6 apps
• to set the same theme for gtk apps, use nwg-look

1. set widget theme to Sweet-Gtk
2. set candy-icons in Icon Theme

adding syncthing with a cronjob

• remember to enable the cron daemon if not already

$ chmod +x ~/.scripts/sync.sh
$ crontab -e
@reboot ~/.scripts/sync.sh

ignoring system specific changes in git

# removing a file
git update-index --assume-unchanged file_name

# adding a file back
git update-index --no-assume-unchanged file_name 

font for hyprlock

• need font
• here

Screensharing discord

if app is using xwayland, like discord, use:

• xwaylandvideobridge