arch-linux-on-8200

Arch Linux installation notes & script for my HP Compaq 8200 Elite Microtower

Based on arch-linux-on-7559 except wifi and bluetooth support

The config files are in dotfiles and execute ./install common workstation to deploy it

Note

after installing i3

fonts

# CJK and color-emoji
pacman -S noto-fonts-cjk noto-fonts-emoji 

# terminal fonts
pacman -S ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-dejavu

# polybar
pacman -S ttf-fantasque-sans-mono

aur package

polybar
notion-app-enhanced
postman-bin
# bing-wallpaper-git

# polybar
nerd-fonts-complete

application

# Joplin
sudo pacman -S lsb-release
wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/laurent22/joplin/dev/Joplin_install_and_update.sh | bash

# X11-Forwarding
sudo pacman -S x2goclient

# office
sudo pacman -S libreoffice-fresh # fresh is the feature branch

spotify

sudo pacman -S spotifyd
yay -S spotify-tui

# 60 fps
spt --tick-rate 16

spotifyd configuration

other

ibus-setup
sudo pacman -S shutter

# polybar
sudo pacman -S playerctl

Issues

URxvt doesn't show unicode characters

# need to change LANG from C to en-US UTF-8
# ref: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Locale
sudo localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8

/etc/locale.conf

LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US:en_GB:en
LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE=C

reboot

Copy and paste in URxvt

From Clipboard in Arch Wiki:

Synchronize PRIMARY, CLIPBOARD and cut buffer selections

sudo pacman -S autocutsel

Images have strange stripes in Image preview

Adding set draw_borders true to rc.conf will solve the problem

Disable the annoying beel sound

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

blacklist pcspkr

reboot

Screenshot

Todo

• rewrite readme
• credit
• want to try
  • rounded window corners
    • AUR picom-git
    • Corners in sample.conf
    • compton/picom fork with both tryone144's dual kawase blur method and anti-aliased rounded corners on glx backend!
  • another console-based audio visualizer
    • karlstav/cava
• hope to post on r/unixporn someday

URL

https://www.zerotier.com