use GNU stow for managing my dotfiles that I want to keep

• bash
• neovim
• kitty
• spicetify
• starship
• hyprland
  • hyprlock
• hyprshot
• waybar
• qutebrowser
• mako
• swww
• kvantum
• qt6ct

• sometimes I forget, so this is a nice step by step for when I install. Maybe I should start my own distro instead... (jk)

nice video about stow link

many configs are modified or directly from SolDoesTech's HyprV2

• under .config/spicetify/Themes, make sure to install spicetify-themes
• make sure that the themes are in the Themes folder, not the new one git created
• you can use the following commands

cd ~/.config/spicetify/Themes
git clone https://github.com/spicetify/spicetify-themes .

• to use the ssh orca alias, add ORCA_SSH_IP=<ip address> and ORCA_SSH_PORT="<port number>" to /etc/environment
• then, generate a new ssh key, and store it as ~/.ssh/orca
  • add orca.pub to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the target server

just a list of packages I like

• fastfetch
• openssh
• spotify
• discord
• sbctl (when secure boot is needed)
• candy-icons
• Sweet KDE theme (Kvantum)
• syncthing

/etc/environment

• QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt6ct
• QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland
• ORCA_SSH_IP=<ip address>
• ORCA_SSH_PORT=<port number>

1. install both kvantum and qt6ct, then the theme and icons
2. unzip the icons in ~/.icons (or /usr/share/.icons/ or ~/.local/share/.icons)
   • theme can go anywhere, but I like to match icons
3. run kvantum, then install and apply the theme (it wont show until you set qt6ct as well)
4. use qt6ct to apply the kvantum theme, then the set the right icon theme as well

• remember to enable the cron daemon if not already

$ chmod +x ~/.scripts/sync.sh
$ crontab -e
@reboot ~/.scripts/sync.sh

# removing a file
git update-index --assume-unchanged file_name

# adding a file back
git update-index --no-assume-unchanged file_name 

• need font
• here