Thorn Princess Dotfiles

Thorn Princess Dotfiles

This is my first linux rice! also, my first arch install. Please don't judge my messy dotfiles ;-;

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Here's your updated "Required Packages" section with emojis added for each package to make it more visual and fun:

Required Packages

• 🖥️ Make sure Xorg is installed

• 🪟 bspwm – basic window manager
  sudo pacman -S bspwm

• 🎹 sxhkd – hotkey daemon for bspwm
  sudo pacman -S sxhkd

• 🖼️ nitrogen – wallpaper manager
  sudo pacman -S nitrogen

• 🖮 alacritty – primary terminal
  sudo pacman -S alacritty

• 🔤 noto-fonts – terminal fonts
  sudo pacman -S noto-fonts

• 🌟 ttf-font-awesome – icons for polybar
  sudo pacman -S ttf-font-awesome

• 🌫️ picom – compositor for transparency and effects
  sudo pacman -S picom

• 🐟 fish – terminal shell
  sudo pacman -S fish

• 📊 polybar – system bar
  sudo pacman -S polybar

• 🚀 rofi – application launcher
  sudo pacman -S rofi

• 💡 brightnessctl – brightness control for polybar
  sudo pacman -S brightnessctl

⚠️ If you don't need brightness control, you need to remove module/brightnessctl inside ~/.config/polybar/config.ini

How to install

1. Install all required packages.

   sudo pacman -S bspwm sxhkd nitrogen alacritty noto-fonts ttf-font-awesome picom fish brightnessctl rofi polybar

2. Run the install script:

   git clone https://github.com/keidowisu/ThornPrincessDot.git
   cd ThornPrincessDot
   sh install.sh

3. Enter the Xorg environment using xstart or lightDM

4. Remove the fish shell greeting for a cleaner shell:

   set -U fish_greeting ""

5. If you are getting X cursor on the desktop install: xorg-xsetroot

6. If you are using wired network, You need to configure module/wlan inside ~/.config/polybar/config.ini after installation.

Wallpaper

• Background Color: #0F0C0B

• Download here

• Set it using nitrogen

Need help?

Contact me on Reddit: u/keidowisu