Arch Linux Setup

This is a work in progress setup for my first Arch Linux install, I am finally planning to make the commitment away from Windows into the Linux world.

TODO

• zsh Configuration
• scripted setup
  • pacman packages
  • yay packages
  • brew packages
  • aliases
  • symlinks
• hyprland Configuration
  • waybar
  • hyprpaper
  • swaylock/hyprlock
  • swayidle/hypridle
  • keybindings
  • wlogout

Packages

This is a list of packages sorted by the package manager used to install them along with a small description of what they do as well as a link to their website/docs

Pacman

• Thunar - file manager
• zsh - Shell
• Bitwarden - Password manager
• Firefox - web browser
• git - Version control
• github-cli - Github CLI
• lazygit - CLI git client
• neofetch - System display
• neovim - CLI based editor and IDE
• ttf-jetbrains-mono-nerd - Nerd font pack
• wget - retrive files over http(s)
• curl - same as wget
• xclip - Clipboard util
• ripgrep - CLI grep tool (used for neovim text search across files)
• spotify - Music App

Hyprland

• waybar - wayland status bar
• swaylock - wayland lock screen
• swayidle - wayland idle daemon
• swww - wallpaper animations

Yay

Brew

• zsh-completions - zsh plugin that adds CLI completions
• zsh-autosuggestions - zsh that adds suggestions
• asdf - runtime manager (nodejs, python, bun, etc...)