The polkit package is used to let unprivileged users run certain
commands. With it, it is possible to run system commands such as
`poweroff` and `reboot` with an unprivileged user.
Traditionally, only privileged users have access to power management,
but for many desktop setups, you may want to let unprivileged users
perform operations such as shutdown the machine if no other users
are logged in.
It turns out that replacing the contents of locale.gen with the locales
you want is not a good idea, since then it is impossible to reference
the file at a later date to make changes as needed.
It turns out the font that I was setting before didn't actually do
anything. This is the real way to double the font size in your virtual
console, particularly useful for HiDPI displays, since your tty does not
know about your X DPI.
Since the username appears before the hostname (user@host), and since
anyone using these install scripts will probably want to log in with the
local user account and not the root account, this change makes sense.
Since mkinitcpio is already ran on the installation of the linux
package with pacstrap, and since we don't change any config settings,
recreating the initramfs is not necessary.
This should work, although I haven't tested it yet.
In the future it may be easier to simply download the other install
scripts from this install script. That way we solve the problem of
having to unzip this entire repository in the installation image.
This should ensure that a user knows what they're doing before running
the install scripts. Note that parted will also ask for a confirmation
before overwriting existing data.
This not only fixes the issue where set -x would cause the read
line to be altered, but also separates user input from what the
install scripts actually do.
I added shortened systemd timeouts when I didn't know how to use
journalctl. But now that I know enough to fix things that might
stall these commands, this is no longer necessary.
As much as rofi-pass may appear to be useful, it is simply easier to
just use the pass command directly, especially if you have a passphrase
set on the private encryption key you use to unlock passwords.
Although rofi-calc was certainly cool to use, it is not in the
official repositories. Instead of trying to rely on it as a
dependency, I've gone ahead and removed it instead.
This gives the task of setting environment variables to rofi's
launch.sh, instead of trying to do it in sxhkdrc.
Another benefit is that rofi can be launched properly from anywhere,
regardless of whether or not sxhkd is being used.
Now that I know how to use terminal multiplexers, and now that I
understand more about how shells and terminals work, the launch
dependency is no longer necessary.
Additionally, *too many* abbreviations is difficult to use in the long
term, no matter how short the commands are. Since I don't need to launch
programs from the terminal as often anymore (now that I use rofi and
other programs), this change makes sense.
Typing git repositories in the format 'hub' and 'lab' accepted actually
took more time than simply copy/pasting the URL for `git clone`. Sometimes
we didn't even *want* to change our current directory, which made these
functions impractical.
Having to use `git clone` directly helps us remember what we're actually
doing when we clone a repository, and should be preferred over aliases
and other functions that try to do the same.
Besides the fact that .files is indisputably cooler, using a literal dot
instead of the actual word makes this a hidden directory, which is great
since configuration files are expected to be hidden by default.
This also keeps our home dir nice and tidy, with only directories
generated by xdg-user-dirs.
Since fish will warn when there are background processes before exiting,
and since when we type "exit" we really do want to close both the shell
and its corresponding terminal window, this change makes sense.
In attempt to keep the home directory as clean as possible, we remove
the rpmbuild directory when we're done with it, which, as of this
writing, will not contain any files anyway.
As a side note, running a bootstrap.sh in a post-install environment is
significantly easier (and more practical) than trying to accomplish
every step before a reboot in the installation image. This separates
things like making partitions from the actual system.
Note that most (if not all) of these programs can run inside any
environment with the same expected behavior, not just Plasma and GNOME,
provided the proper environment variables and config values are set.
xeventbind is a useful program that lets you run any command on
resolution change, similar to how GNOME on Wayland is able to change
scaling on on resolution change, but not exactly.
Since we're still using X, existing programs are not affected; they
have to be restarted instead.
This commit adds full variable DPI support to polybar. This means that
it is possible to use the same polybar setup on both a traditional and
HiDPI display.
Additionally, font size has been slightly adjusted since polybar does
not support decimal font sizes. Some other numbers have also been
changed.
It turns out that neofetch works exceptionally well with this terminal
size, so I'm making it the default in kitty.
Now I can use neofetch without having to worry about resizing the
terminal window for the desired effect.
For software development and other practices where distinguishing
between the colors in a color scheme is important (e.g. red versus
green, etc.) the base16-tomorrow-night theme offers a great middle
ground between aesthetics and readability.
