Desktop Setup

In this post I will keep track of my current desktop setup. I will try to keep it up to date with all apps, tools and configuration I currently use.

Desktop Environment

Operating system
Arch Linux (4.18.5-arch1-1-ARCH)
Window manager
i3-gaps
Status bar:
polybar

Luke Smith created a nice set of scripts to bootstrap your Arch installation called LARBS. It has changed quite a bit since I used it, but I recommend you check it out if you’re new to setting up a machine with Arch Linux.

General Tools

Web browser
Chromium config
File manager
ranger config
Terminal
st running bash
Calendar
khal config with vdirsyncer config for syncing with remote CalDAV server
Cron
cronie

Development Tools

Editor
Sublime Text 3 config