Dotfiles

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“A minimalist, workflow-focused desktop configuration emphasizing speed, clarity, and visual consistency.”

— Slop

What's happening

I've fully transitioned to Noctalia Shell and Zen Browser, though the Caelestia configuration is still versioned. Below is a walkthrough of my workflow along with a demo of wallcards, a wallpaper selector, which I plan to convert into a Noctalia Shell plugin. This quickshell-based application is inspired by people on unixporn.

wallcards.mp4

Installation

For setup, use the provided Bash installers. Execute ./scripts/install.sh

git clone https://github.com/tonigineer/dotfiles.git ~/Dotfiles
cd ~/Dotfiles

./scripts/install.sh

Note

See the Arch Linux installation documentation in ./docs or refer directly to the ArchWiki.

Features

• Compositor: Hyprland
• Shells: Noctalia and Caelestia (aesthetics)
• Editors: Zed and Neovim
• Terminal: Kitty with ZSH; tools include Yazi, fastfetch, cava, etc.
• GPU: NVIDIA RTX 40-series; Gamescope and MangoHud supported
• Dynamic color theming via both shells for multiple applications, including Discord

Important

Hyprland ecosystem — Hyprpaper, Hypridle, and Hyprlock are not used; equivalent functionality is provided by the shells.

Keymaps

• SUPER + RETURN — Open Kitty terminal

• SUPER + E — Open Thunar file manager

• SUPER + SHIFT + E — Open Yazi file manager in terminal

• SUPER + R — Open launcher (application menu; varies by shell)

• SUPER + S — Open control center/sidebar (system controls; varies by shell)

• SUPER + D — Open control dashboard (Caelestia only)

• SUPER + SHIFT + C — Close active window

• SUPER + SHIFT + Q — Open powermenu (varies by shell)

• CTRL + ALT + Y — Cast currently playing media URL to MPV player

• CTRL + ALT + N — Start Netflix App (brave app functionality)

• CTRL + ALT + U — Start system update (yay -Syu)

• CTRL + ALT + L — Lock screen (varies by shell)

• CTRL + ALT + S — Screenshot tool with walker

• CTRL + ALT + W — Wallcards (wallpaper changer)

• SUPER + F1 — Toggle Gamemode

• SUPER + F9 — Select ARD|ZDF|Phoenix for german television streaming (mpv)

Legacy

I have experimented with custom shells using eww, AGS, Fabric, and Quickshell. The Quickshell configurations used here are stable and well maintained, making them a time-efficient choice. Past experiments are included below for reference.

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