Some theming has been ruthlessly stolen from great projects, such as:

• JaKoolLit
• ML4W

Why? Because fuck CSS, that’s why.

Installation

This setup is intended for an intel laptop using WiFi.

• Install Cachy (mannually setting up BTRFS snapshot support is a pain, hence Cachy, but will still work 100% with vanilla Arch). Make sure NetworkManager and Pipewire are installed.
• Ensure all of your drivers are installed (Cachy installer should detect/install what you need, otherwise consult the Arch Wiki). For an example of the kinds of drivers you need, look here.
• Run $HOME/bin/bootstrap-hyprland.
• Find out if your hardware is supported by fwupd and update your firmware if so.
• See if there’s anything specific for your laptop.
• If using an intel GPU, add i915_enable_rc6=1 i915_enable_fbc=1 to the kernel cmd line for extra power-saving.
• Test if wifi Wake On Lan is enabled with iw phy0 wowlan show (use iw list to get name of adaptor). Not sure how to disable it permanently, but it’s disabled by default on my laptop so I stopped looking :-)
• Optional if you a) want hibernate to work and b) have a sufficiently sized swap partition: Enable zswap as detailed here. For vanilla Arch, check the Wiki.

  May also need to add module_blacklist=intel_hid owing to a kernel bug if using an intel laptop. WARNING: this will disable some multi-media keys, along with the power button (although long-press to power-off still works).

Changing theme

Either use the script $HOME/bin/paper [paper|theme|both] /path/to/image or right-click and select Theme on an image in Thunar (this will call the same script).

paper will set the wallpaper, theme will set the theme (based off of the image’s colors) and both will do both.

Screenshots

The mandatory fastfetch shot:

VM Notes

Add intel_iommu=on to kernel parameter.

To pin VM to given cores, use the following in the VM’s XML:

<vcpu placement="static">4</vcpu>
<cputune>
  <vcpupin vcpu="0" cpuset="2"/>
  <vcpupin vcpu="1" cpuset="6"/>
  <vcpupin vcpu="2" cpuset="3"/>
  <vcpupin vcpu="3" cpuset="7"/>
</cputune>

Can then add the following to /etc/systemd/system.conf so that the host OS doesn’t use those cores.

CPUAffinity=0,4,1,5

Note that the odd-looking numbering is because Intel number their virtual core like so:

Physical Core	V Core 1	VCore 2
1	0	4
2	1	5
3	2	6
4	3	7

AppArmor

Add lsm=landlock,lockdown,yama,integrity,apparmor,bpf to the kernel boot parameters. Also add audit=1 to enable auditing.

Still left to do

• [ ] Theme SwayNC.
• [ ] Fix emacs theming - fucking again.
• [ ] See if an get waybar workspace hover looking nicer.
• [ ] Nice to have
  • [ ] GTK theming
  • [ ] Add setupSwap/hibernate to bootstrap script (swapfile, look into partition later).
  • [ ] Closing the laptop lid should first sleep (done) and then hibernate (requires sawp file and kernel parameters etc.)
• [ ] Add Gateway to whatami IP.
• [ ] Update whatami to enumerate mounted block devices.
• [ ] Unfuck Emacs theming. Maybe go back to ewal.
• [ ] Improve Emacs sart-up speed.
• [ ] Find out why I can never see cdn77.
• [ ] Install copyparty onto pi.

The “is it done” checklist of doom

• [X] General:
  • [X] Desktop portal is running.
  • [X] Notifications are working.
  • [X] Clipboard helper.
  • [X] Screenshot tool.
  • [X] All of the fonts here are readable.
• [X] Can build emacs with PGTK, NativeCompilation and TreeSitter.
• [X] Plugin another monitor (or two) and see if everything still works.
• [-] Application support:
  • [X] Steam.
  • [ ] Zoom - web.
  • [ ] Zoom - native.
  • [X] Open/extract/create .zip, .rar, .7zip files from file-manager.
• [X] Networking:
  • [X] Can browse SAMBA shares from file-manager.
  • [X] Can browse with AVAHI (i.e. ping hostname.local).
• [X] Firefox:
  • [X] Firefox is using GPU for video rendering (intel-gpu-tools/intel_gpu_top).
• [X] Security
  • [X] Passing score (70%) on lynis. (Screw it 68% is good enough.)
• [-] Laptop:
  • [X] Wifi is working, can browse and connect
  • [-] Ditto for Bluetooth.
    • [ ] Can connet a mouse
    • [X] Can connect headphones
  • [X] Lid sleeps & locks.
  • [X] Can read from SD card.
• [X] Theme
  • [X] Can right-click in file-manager and set theme.
• [X] USB drives are auto-mounted.

Images in $HOME/Pictures/Wallpapers are copyright their respective owners, and were nabbed/copied from https:/wallpaperaccess.com.

---

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.