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Monarch
THIS IS NOT TESTED YET! USE ON YOUR OWN RISK!
I didn't want to rice a clean system each time on each device. So I created an installation script. :)
So first things first. Monarch or MonArch, maybe MoonArch, is not a Linux based Distribution - it's just a lot of cool packages, a collection of scripts and config files. While I customized a few things, credit goes to all the great developers and maintainers out there! Monarch is what you call a 'rice', my personal setup. To use this script, you've to Install Arch Linux by yourself!
[] todo: write some more tips & tricks for archinstall
Here are some keywords: use btrfs, pipewire, multilib in archinstall. There's a preset somewhere in archinstall to install hyprland, recommended.
So right after your fresh arch installation get some network up and you're ready to run the Monarch Setup.
Setup
This is basically per user!
$ sudo pacman -Syu git
$ git clone --depth 1 https://gitea.nevaforget.de/dom/monarchos ~/.monarchos
$ cd ~/.monarchos
$ ./setup.sh
Installation Stages
Paru
Paru is a requirement. It is a package manager wrapper to easily handle community packages of the Arch User Repository.
Recommended Packages
This stage will install some handy tools. Some of them may be required for other things like Rofi later on. Some are just recommended because they handle devices e.g. udisks2 or dunst notficiations.
Full Package List
jq dunst network-manager-applet alarm-clock-applet man-db hardinfo networkmanager-openvpn udisks2 plocate vim kitty gettext-hostname neovim lsd alsa-utils ponymix btop powertop polkit lxsession timeshift timeshift-autosnap stacer-bin
ZSH
Installs ZSH + Autosuggestions and set zsh as your default shell. No fancy Powerline, keeping it basic.
SDDM
SDDM is the Display Manager / Login Screen based on QT.
Full Package List
sddm qt5-quickcontrols qt5-graphicaleffects
MonArch theme will be also installed. See https://gitea.nevaforget.de/dom/Elegant-sddm-monarch/
Default User Picture will be set: see ~/.face
If you build a Wayland only system you can force Wayland instead of X11 for SDDM. See https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/SDDM#Running_under_Wayland
Add 10-wayland.conf and install weston
X11 "Desktop"
This stage will not only install X11! It will install a whole lot more. It's just my backup system if something on wayland breaks. :)
Core:
bspwm - window tiling manager
picom - window compositor
sxhkd - Hotkey daemon
polybar - customizable status bar
The appropiate config files will be overwritten!
Full Package List
bspwm sxhkd picom-arian8j2-git polybar xdg-desktop-portal
Wayland "Desktop"
This stage will not only install Wayland! It will install a whole lot more.
Core:
Hyprland - Wayland compositor
waybar - customizable status bar
swaylock - your handy and fancy lockscreen
Full Package List
wayland xorg-xwayland hyprland swaybg waypaper-git xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland wdisplays waybar-hyprland-git nwg-look cliphist slurp grim hyprland-interactive-screenshot swappy swaylock-effects cava
The appropiate config files will be overwritten!
ROFI
The amazing swiss-knife. This will install all the menus like app launcher, clipboard manager, sound control etc.
Based on the package rofi-lbonn-wayland-git. Works on X11 and Wayland.
UFW
Install "Uncomplicated Firewall" UFW and set some common rules. This common setup should be enough for day to day use.
CLAMAV
Install ClamAV - Anti-Virus Scanner and updating virus defintion with "Fangfrisch".
Noise Suppression for voice
It's always nice to have some noise reduction on your microphone input source.
Install noise-suppression-for-voice and add module config to pipewire.
CONFIGS
Overwriting the configs of some more tools.
kitty nvim dunst btop lsd
Bluetooth
You want it? You can have it! If your device supports bluetooth.
Full Package List
bluez bluez-utils-compat blueberry
On X11/bspwm install blueman instead of blueberry.
GUI
The final stage installs a lot more convenience tools and GUI applications, but also that's the allover look of the system.
e.g.:
File Explorer
Font Manager
Image Viewer
Video Player
Audio Player
Themes, Fonts, Cursor, Wallpaper
etc.
Full Package List
celluloid audacious font-manager viewnior nemo nemo-fileroller nemo-image-converter nemo-media-columns pavucontrol viewnior ttf-hack-nerd sweet-cursor-theme-git arc-solid-gtk-theme