Dotfiles

Last tested: 28-08-2024

What are Dotfiles?

The reason I have dotfiles is for a few reasons. The first is that I use my PC and a few laptops interchangeably, and having my configurations easily downloadable is a big time saver. The second reason why I have my dotfiles up is because maybe somebody is looking for a certain baseline for their configurations, and if they find it well, I am more than happy to help that person. The third reason is just in case something happens to one of my laptops or my PC. I suggest that if you have configuration files, you should back them up on your preferred git host.

What are in my Dotfiles?

In my Dotfiles, I have created an install script written in Bash that automatically installs all of my configurations and the software I use, giving the end user my setup. I wouldn't suggest the average person use my setup as-is, but rather to take my configs and modify them, thereby making it their own!

I will not go in-depth about the software I use since I have already done that on the software page. Instead of including all my software, I have only included the essential software in the install script, as different computers serve different purposes. Additionally, I have programmed a part of the script to install any missing firmware, eliminating those annoying warning messages during package installation. While I can't guarantee this will work on all computers, it has successfully fixed all missing firmware on every computer I've tested it on so far. If you still encounter warning messages, please refer to the Arch Wiki page to see what firmware you need to install.

News

Changing to starship and other improvments!

Date: 21-08-2024

It has been a month since the last update, and right now, as of today, I have finished a pretty big part of my Dotfiles! So I have switched my terminal emulator from Alacritty to st by Suckless Software. The reason why I have done this is because St is just way lighter than Alacritty. I have also got the ranger configuration to work on the first install, which is amazing! And I have switched from synth-shell to starship because it is just more fun to mess around with. But that is all for this update!

Fixing Ownership of directories and files

Date: 22-7-2024

Yesterday I tested the config again because I reinstalled arch on my laptop, and I noticed a problem when I wanted to change a config, it was readonly becasue mt user did not have access to the file, this is the same for the wallpaper file. So to fix this I have added a line in the install file that fixes this issue.

Stable install (mostly)

Date: 20-7-2024

Today, I tested my install script on my test computer, and it went smoothly. I only found one problem, which was easily fixed: I forgot to use the -r option when copying files to the .config directory. The only remaining issue is with the ranger config, but apart from that, the install script is stable for anybody to use.