dotfiles

My dotfiles for dual boot manjaro + Windows 11, and how to setup/migrate to new system.

Installation

Step 0.

Disable bitlocker & secure boot in Windows 11.

In the old system, run python backup.py to create latest dotfile backup.

Step 1.

Burn the manjaro to usb and boot from usb (using open-source driver).

Current partition configuration

300MB -- fat32 filesystem, tag=boot, mount=/boot/efi
8GB -- tag=linuxswap
Rest -- ext4 filesystem, tag=root/home

Step 2.

Change /etc/fstab to mount windows files automatically. To find the UUID, first lsblk to find the name of the disk to mount, then sudo blkid <device name> to find the UUID.

# <file system>             <mount point>  <type>  <options>  <dump>  <pass>
UUID=55EB-B69C                              /boot/efi          vfat      umask=0077                           0 2
UUID=0fa32516-2bc5-48a6-b37b-cb94ada096e8   /                  ext4      noatime                              0 1
UUID=7bb5848e-3288-4540-9a42-c0ce2ccc2217   /home              ext4      noatime                              0 2
# examples
UUID=74680090680052F2                       /home/jxu/Data   ntfs-3g   rw,permissions,user,exec,mode=1777   0 0
dev/nvme0n1p6                              /home/timeshift    ext4      defaults                             0 0

Step 3.

Run i3+plasma (match in heaven) by this repo. Using Option 2: New XSession regardless of plasma version so that can switch between plasma and i3 easily.

If there are some issues, use pure i3 login session to debug.

Step 4.

Install nvidia driver and cuda.

First use sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300 to install the latest driver (note if latest driver is not installed second monitor might not work).

Then sudo pacman -S cuda

Step 5.

Install all required softwares.

1. install via ./install.sh.

2. config git

   git config --global credential.helper store
   git config --global user.name "Jianxu Xu"
   git config --global user.email "jxu1@g.harvard.edu"

3. config zsh and oh-my-zsh

   # change default shell to zsh
    chsh -s /bin/zsh
   # install oh-my-zsh
   sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
   
   # install powerlevel10k
   git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k
   p10k configure # configure 10k
   # other custom plugins
   git clone https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/fast-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/fast-syntax-highlighting
   git clone https://github.com/TamCore/autoupdate-oh-my-zsh-plugins.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/autoupdate
   git clone https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/fzf-tab
   git clone https://github.com/supercrabtree/k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/k
   git clone https://github.com/MichaelAquilina/zsh-you-should-use.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/you-should-use
   git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
   git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-completions.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-completions
   git clone https://github.com/KulkarniKaustubh/fzf-dir-navigator.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/fzf-dir-navigator

4. Install anaconda and python libraries

   wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh;
   chmod u+x Miniconda*;
   ./Miniconda*;
   
   # after install, zsh still can't use conda
   # but can init in bash
   ./miniconda/bin/conda init # init for bash

   After conda is installed, can install python libraries (examples are ds.py and fun.py)

5. Install neovim's plugin and latex.

   Follow instructions from lua plugins and setup inkscape plugin.

6. Restore all dotfiles from backup.

   python restore.py

ZSH

Config zsh

Use bindkey to bind key map to function. Use bindkey "^Q" to see the current bindings for <Ctrl-Q>; "^[f for <Alt-f>

Useful CLI

ls replaced by eza. Notably,

• ls -T -L <level> is similar to tree w/ max level

• ls -R list all files including subdir

• ls --hyperlink gives hyperlink for all files

cat replaced by bat

diff replaced by delta

duf for better df

Useful keymaps

• alt+. will paste last argument of previous command, useful to change the script name with the same argument.

Some useful zsh plugins

• extract to extract files: use x <file> to extract file
• fasd to navigate: use v (file) and o (dir) to edit/open in file manager
• dirhistory to navigate directory: <Alt-Left> and <Alt-Right> for prev/next; <Alt-Up> and <Alt-Down> for parent/child
• zoxide to navigate: z <dir> to navigate to dir; zoxide query <dir> to search dir e.g. echo $( zoxide query dot )
• zmv to smart rename
• Ctrl-k to launch ranger
• rand-quote to generate random quote: use Ctrl-Q to generate one
• mcfly to view history: use Ctrl-R to search history
• fancy-ctrl-z: Ctrl-z twice to bring back bg jobs; no fg needed anymore
• sudo: press <ESC> twice to prepend sudo
• k: use k to list files, replace ls -l
• fzf-dir-navigator use fzf to cd to dir, alt-f to toggle

i3

For autostart, see Auto Start section in i3/config.

Other than basic movement (see config for details):

• mod+Tab cycle through workspaces

• mod+o back and forth workspaces, use mod+shift+o to move focused container to opposite workspace

• mod+a/z focus on parent/child container

• mod+x show scratchpad (floating window), mod+shift+x move focused to scratchpad; mod+m show all scratchpads; mod+u focus on desired scratchpad

• mod+mouse scroll to resize scratchpad

• currently i3-grid is broken

• alt + c to remove newlines in selected highlight text (e.g. copy from pdf)

• mod+c to one-quick mode; mod+r resize mode