bmilcs / dotfiles-old

bmilcs dotfiles (arch, debian, ubuntu & raspbian)

bmilcs/dotfiles

taken: sunday, 05/30/2021

# deploy my dotfiles
[ ! -d ~/bm ] && git clone --depth 1 [email protected]:bmilcs/dotfiles.git ~/bm && cd bm && ./install.sh

• zsh (shell)
• vim (text editor)
• i3 (window manager)
• polybar (task/status bar)
• rofi (dmenu replacement)
• picom (compositor)
• to do

HISTORY

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In the mid-90's, a beautiful cow-print box arrived on my parents' door step. It was love at first sight. Twenty-four years have passed and very little has changed.

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I was was an avid gamer for much of my twenties and shamefully, I must admit: Linux never interested me.

Microsoft Windows was always there for all my computing needs: from 3.1 & Win95, to 98 & 2000 Pro, to 7 and now 10. Linux was was always the barely-known and "inferior" alternative -- why would I bother?

Well... In 2016, network attached storage (NAS) became a personal obsession, and I stumbled my way into an UnRaid license. It's storage functionality was appreciated, but the real kicker was Docker. One thing lead to the next, a few enterprise level networking devices later, and it's virtualization tab started calling my name.

I discovered Debian and my love for Linux was born. Outside of work hours, I lived inside PuTTY, an SSH client. From the command line to the Linux philosophy, I was hooked.

Putting food on the table still binds me to Windows for 40 hours each week.

However, I decided to use Linux and nothing else in my leisure time. I took the plunge and installed Arch as my primary OS in December of 2020:

Welcome to my dotfiles.

-- bmilcs

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MISC reminders

• pywal

• sxiv - image viewer

• mailspring

• qtile

• entr

• github.com/chubin/rate.sx

• udisk2 / udiskie automount

  • android phone rust

• tldr

• prox

• exa

misc

• ssh keys > private repo

vim [ref: youtube vim super powers]

• npm
• nettree
• ctrlsf - 'command line searching"
• fzf fuzzy find - to "//"
• rip grep
• bcommits? git history-like plugin
• lazygit, lazydocker, lazynpm
• anyjump search across workspace

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inspirations & help

• xero's dotfiles
• dotfile organization reddit (3yrs)

  One git repository for using with stow (eg. ~/.dotfiles). Git submodules for vim plugins etc. Branches for host-specific configuration, rebasing on master. Share master publicly. ~/.git/ for some stuff that does not fit to the above. ansible for other things that can't be done with the above.

• markdown help
• color theming via xresources