Arch¶

Initial Setup¶

sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
yay -Y --gendb && yay -Syu --devel && yay -Y --devel --save

yay -S --needed \
  aur/github-desktop-plus-bin \
  aur/microsoft-edge-stable-bin \
  core/curl \
  extra/code \
  extra/chromium \
  extra/git \
  extra/kdeconnect \
  extra/ksshaskpass \
  extra/kwallet-pam \
  extra/mise \
  extra/unzip \
  extra/wezterm \
  extra/wget \
  extra/zed \
  extra/zsh \
  extra/zsh-autosuggestions \
  extra/zsh-syntax-highlighting

chsh -s $(which zsh)

yay && mise upgrade

Dotfiles¶

Tip

Run mise doctor and fix any issues before running the following commands.

mise use -g chezmoi@latest
chezmoi init Az-21
chezmoi apply
mise upgrade

SSH¶

Abstract

Hooking into KDE’s systemd boot process, we can ensure that SSH agent starts on boot, uses login password to unlock the SSH key, and makes it available globally to both terminal and GUI apps.

systemctl --user enable --now ssh-agent.service

mkdir -p ~/.config/environment.d
nano ~/.config/environment.d/ssh.conf

~/.config/environment.d/ssh.conf

SSH_AUTH_SOCK="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/ssh-agent.socket"
SSH_ASKPASS="/usr/bin/ksshaskpass"
SSH_ASKPASS_REQUIRE="prefer"

mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
nano ~/.local/bin/ssh-add-kwallet.sh

~/.local/bin/ssh-add-kwallet.sh

#!/bin/bash
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 < /dev/null

Warning

ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 is just an example. Ensure you have added the correct SSH key.

chmod +x ~/.local/bin/ssh-add-kwallet.sh

All the script and files are now configured. Now, we need to add the script to autostart.

KDE System Settings > Autostart
Add > Add Login Script
Browse to and select ~/.local/bin/ssh-add-kwallet.sh.

Indexing¶

Abstract

To keep system snappy, I prefer to tone down the indexing. Following instructions are for KDE.

Search "File Search" in Application Launcher (Start Menu)
Change data to index option to "File names only"
Add an exclusion for the development folder (e.g., ~/Dev)