Manjaro KDE

00-manjaro-kde.md

Manjaro KDE Install

01-install.md

Setup

• Manual partitioning
• Encrypt system (off)

Partitions

• Use the default Windows EFI partition for /boot/efi
• Create a new FAT32 partition with 1GB for /boot (no flag needed)
• Create the ext4 partition with encryption for /

Installer configuration

• Log in automatically without asking for password (on)
• Use the same password for the administrator account (on)

01-package-preferences.md

Open Pamac

pamac-manager

Then open Preferences and set the following options:

• General
  • Disable check for updates
• Cache
  • Number of versions to keep: 0
• Third Party
  • Enable AUR support

Enable color for pacman output

sudo nano /etc/pacman.conf # uncomment Color settings

Configure global mirror

sudo pacman-mirrors -di # Global: https://mirrors.manjaro.org/repo/
sudo pacman -Syyu
reboot

02-packages.md

Install common packages

sudo pacman -S yay base-devel --needed
yay --answerdiff=None --answerclean=None --save
yay -S google-chrome bash-completion mlocate unzip
yay -S ttf-ubuntu-font-family powerline-fonts-git noto-fonts-emoji
yay -Rns firefox

Install docker

yay -S docker
sudo systemctl enable docker.service
sudo systemctl start docker.service
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
yay -S docker-compose

Extra settings

echo vm.max_map_count=262144 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.d/40-max-user-watches.conf
sudo sysctl --system

Then reboot

reboot

05-git.md

Change git settings

git config --global core.editor "nano"
git config --global pull.rebase true
git config --global push.default current
git config --global pager.branch false

06-settings.md

Plasma Search

• Applications (on)
• System Settings (on)
• Everything else (off)

Keyboard

• NumLock on Plasma Startup: Turn on
• Delay: 250ms

Mouse

• Pointer speed: 40% (1080p)
• Pointer speed: 60% (4k resolution)
• Acceleration profile: Adptive

Login screen (SDDM)

• Behavior > Automatically log in with session X11

Desktop Session

• Logout Screen: Show (off)

Display Configuration

• Global scale: 150% (4k resolution)

Window Behavior

• Advanced > Allow apps to remember the position of their own windows (off)

Icons-only Task Manager

• Right click > Configure > Mark applications that play audio (off)
• Right click > Enter Edit Mode > Panel height: 50 (4k resolution)
• Right click > Enter Edit Mode > Floating (off)

Application Launcher

• Right click > Configure Application Launcher > Show buttons for: Power and session

Fonts

• Fixed width: Ubuntu Mono derivative Powerline (11pt/4k - 12pt/1080p)
• Force font DPI: 133 (4k resolution)

Recent Files

• Remember opened documents: Do not remember

Screen Locking

• Lock screen automatically: 30 minutes

Energy Saving

• Screen Energy Saving: Switch off after 30 min
• Suspend session: Automatically Sleep after 120 min

Screen Edges

• Top/Left: Present Windows - Current Desktop
• Trigger quarter tiling in: Outer 10%
• Activation delay: 0ms

Task Switcher

• Show selected window (off)
• Option: Thumbnail Grid

Desktop Effects

• Morphing Popups (off)

Audio

• Notification Sounds: reset to 0%

Notifications

• Popups location: Top/Center

System Tray

• Peek at Desktop: remove
• Activity Pager: remove
• Entries
  • Clipboard: Always hidden
    • Settings > Clipboard history (off)
    • Settings > History size: 5 entries
    • Settings > Non-text selection: Only when explicity copied
  • Notifications: Always hidden

Clock

• Configure Digital Clock
  • Text display: Manual 10pt Noto Sans (4k resolution)

Spectacle

• Options
  • Rectangular Region
  • Quit after manual Save or Copy
• Settings
  • When launching Spectacle: Use last-used capture mode
  • After taking a screenshot:
    • Save file to default folder (on)
    • Copy image to clipboard

KDE Wallet

• Enable the KDE wallet subsystem (on)
• Select wallet to use as default: (new one with empty password)

Shortcuts

• Konsole: Win+T

Konsole

• Settings
  • Configure Keyboard Shortcuts
    • New Tab: Ctrl + T
    • Split View Top/Bottom: Ctrl + Shift + T
  • Configure Konsole
    • General > Remember windows size (off)
    • General > Show window title on the titlebar (on)
    • Tab Bar > Appearance > Expand individual tab widths to full window (on)
    • Tab Bar > Behavior > Close tab on middle-click (on)
    • Profiles > New
      • General > Name: Custom
      • General > Default profile (on)
      • General > Initial terminal size: 130x35 (4k resolution)
      • Appearance > Color scheme > Breath Silverfox
      • Appearance > Miscellaneous > Show hint for terminal size (off)
      • Scrolling > Scrollbar position > Hidden
      • Toolbar Shown > Disable all

Clock configuration for dual boot

timedatectl set-local-rtc 1 --adjust-system-clock

07-zsh.md

Install Oh My Zsh

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Then logout and login again to enable ZSH as default terminal.

Install Spaceship theme

git clone https://github.com/denysdovhan/spaceship-prompt.git "$ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/spaceship-prompt"
ln -s "$ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/spaceship-prompt/spaceship.zsh-theme" "$ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/spaceship.zsh-theme"

Edit ~/.zshrc and change the default theme to spaceship:

ZSH_THEME="spaceship"

And add at the end:

SPACESHIP_PROMPT_ORDER=(
  dir
  git
)

SPACESHIP_PROMPT_ADD_NEWLINE=false
SPACESHIP_PROMPT_SEPARATE_LINE=false
SPACESHIP_RPROMPT_ADD_NEWLINE=true

alias ls='ls --color=auto --group-directories-first'

Activate the new configurations with the following command:

source .zshrc