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Ubuntu-Bspwm Configuration

This repository contains configurations for Bspwm on Ubuntu 23.10, customized with terminal settings, Polybar, Picom, and additional enhancements.

Main Packages

• bspwm (includes sxhkd)
• polybar
• suckless-tools (for desktop selection menu)

Secondary Packages

• neofetch
• lolcat
• git
• nitrogen
• feh
• lxappearance
• kitty
• thunar
• picom
• ranger
• htop
• btop
• cava
• cmatrix
• tty-clock
• pipes.sh or pipes-sh
• zsh
• neovim
• ninja
• lsd
• bat
• curl
• make
• pamixer
• pavucontrol
• playerctl
• dunst
• flameshot
• xsecurelock
• lightdm
• Betterlockscreen

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Installation Steps

Before switching to bspwm on Ubuntu, ensure the following directories and configurations are set up:

1. Create necessary configuration directories:

   mkdir ~/.config/bspwm
   mkdir ~/.config/sxhkd
   mkdir ~/.config/polybar
   

2. Copy default configurations:

   cp /usr/share/doc/bspwm/examples/bspwmrc ~/.config/bspwm/
   cp /usr/share/doc/bspwm/examples/sxhkdrc ~/.config/sxhkd/
   cp /usr/share/doc/polybar/examples/config.ini ~/.config/polybar/
   

3. Make the Polybar launch script executable:

   chmod +x $HOME/.config/polybar/launch.sh
   

4. Create Picom and Kitty configuration directories:

   mkdir ~/.config/picom
   nano ~/.config/picom/picom.conf
   nano ~/.config/kitty/kitty.conf
   nano ~/.config/kitty/color.ini
   

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Additional Configurations and Enhancements

Oh-my-zsh and Powerlevel10k Theme

Install oh-my-zsh and Powerlevel10k:

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k

Zsh Plugins

Install plugins for zsh:

sudo apt install zsh-syntax-highlighting
sudo apt install zsh-autosuggestions
echo "source /usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "source /usr/share/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh" >> ~/.zshrc

Font Installation

Download Cascadia Code font:

git clone https://github.com/microsoft/cascadia-code.git
sudo cp -r ~/path-to-font/cascadia-code /usr/share/fonts/opentype

Customization for Nano

Install Nano syntax highlighting:

git clone https://github.com/valerie-makes/nano-highlight.git
cd nano-highlight
make install
echo "include ~/.nano/syntax/ALL.nanorc" >> ~/.nanorc

Neofetch Customization

Select and apply a theme from: https://github.com/Chick2D/neofetch-themes

Copy the configuration to:

cp ~/.config/neofetch/config.conf

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Additional Configurations and Enhancements (cont.)

Screen Resolution Customization

Create or edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to set preferred resolution:

sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Example configuration:

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Monitor0"
    Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1080"
    Option "RefreshRate" "75"
EndSection

Optional: Picom Fork with Animations

Install dependencies:

sudo apt install libxext-dev libxcb1-dev libxcb-damage0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-render-util0-dev libxcb-render0-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-composite0-dev libxcb-image0-dev libxcb-present-dev libxcb-xinerama0-dev libxcb-glx0-dev libpixman-1-dev libdbus-1-dev libconfig-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libpcre2-dev libpcre3-dev libevdev-dev uthash-dev libev-dev libx11-xcb-dev ninja-build

Clone and install Picom:

git clone https://github.com/jonaburg/picom.git
cd picom
meson --buildtype=release . build
ninja -C build
sudo ninja -C build install

Restart Picom:

killall picom
picom &

Neomutt (Terminal Email Client)

Clone and install Neomutt:

git clone https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt.git
cd neomutt
./configure
make
sudo make install

Rofi Themes

Clone Rofi themes repository:

git clone https://github.com/Murzchnvok/rofi-collection.git
cd rofi-collection

Copy a theme to system-wide themes directory:

sudo cp -r nord/nord.rasi /usr/share/rofi/themes/

Alternatively, copy to local user themes directory:

cp -r nord/nord.rasi $HOME/.local/share/rofi/themes/

To copy all themes automatically:

sudo find ~/rofi-collection -name "*.rasi" -exec cp {} /usr/share/rofi/themes/ \;

Select a theme using:

rofi-theme-selector

Neovim and LazyVim

Clone and install Neovim:

git clone https://github.com/neovim/neovim.git
cd neovim
make CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
sudo make install

Reset Neovim configuration:

rm -rf ~/.config/nvim
rm -rf ~/.local/share/nvim
rm -rf ~/.local/state/nvim
rm -rf ~/.cache/nvim

Clone LazyVim:

git clone https://github.com/LazyVim/starter ~/.config/nvim

Upon opening Neovim, LazyVim will be downloaded and installed automatically.

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