Terminal enhancements

Dropdown terminal It seems Guake is an obvious choice for everyone, but Tilix gives terminator features of splitting a window with flavor of Guake. yaourt -S tilix-bin To use tilix as a dropdown terminal, you need to setup a key with tilix -q as action. Install zsh sudo pacman -S zsh Install git sudo pacman -S git Setup oh-my-zsh wget https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/raw/master/tools/install.sh -O - | zsh chsh -s `which zsh` ZSH Theme I am using a custom theme inspired from juanghurtado. ...

April 20, 2018 · 1 min · Sanjeev Kumar Pandit

Arch Linux post installation

Update your system pacman -Syu Install X server, Desktop Environment and Display Manager pacman -S xorg To install GNOME: pacman -S gnome gnome-extra To install Cinnamon: pacman -S cinnamon nemo-fileroller To install XFCE: pacman -S xfce4 xfce4-goodies To install KDE: pacman -S plasma To install MATE: pacman -S mate mate-extra To install a display manager: pacman -S lightdm systemctl enable lightdm.service Add user # Add new user useradd -m -G wheel -s /bin/bash username passwd username # Uncomment wheel group visudo %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL # Install sudo package pacman -S sudo Install yaourt Add followings to /etc/pacman.conf: ...

April 16, 2018 · 2 min · Sanjeev Kumar Pandit

Install Arch Linux

It’s been a long time since I have been using Arch Linux and loving it since because of its flexibility. In the mean time, I have installed the same OS for many times because I tried new things and crashed a lot of installed things. Literally, thinking about the time to repair, I just re-installed the OS. It just feels quick and easy to clear out all your garbage. However, it’s a pain to setup all those applications and configuration. That’s why I am writing this where I can find the steps I have been following to install and setup my machine my way :). ...

April 14, 2018 · 3 min · Sanjeev Kumar Pandit