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Polkit is an application-level toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes: It is a framework for centralizing the decision making process with respect to granting access to privileged operations for unprivileged applications.

lxqt-policykit

Clipboard Manager

Cliphist

https://github.com/sentriz/cliphist

Wayland clipboard manager with support for multimedia.

Multimedia Server

PipeWire

https://pipewire.org/

PipeWire is a project that aims to greatly improve handling of audio and video under Linux.

Volume Control

PulseAudio Volume Control

https://freedesktop.org/software/pulseaudio/pavucontrol/

PulseAudio Volume Control (pavucontrol) is a simple GTK based volume control tool ("mixer") for the PulseAudio sound server.

In order to use speakers and headphones in the same sound card the "Auto-Mute Mode" has to be disabled. Exec alsamixer, select the sound card and disable the Auto-Mute.

PipeWire Graph

qpwgraph

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/rncbc/qpwgraph

Qpwgraph is a graph manager dedicated to PipeWire, using the Qt C++ framework, based and pretty much like the same of QjackCtl.

qpwgraph

Brightness Control

brightnessctl

https://github.com/Hummer12007/brightnessctl

A program to read and control device brightness.

brightnessctl

Wallpapers

Wallpapers for background and lockscreen are expected to be localted in ~/.local/share/wallpapers/background.png and ~/.local/share/wallpapers/lockscreen.png respectively.

The recommended way to set the wallpapers is converting them using FFmpeg, for eample.

ffmpeg -i /path/to/my/background.jpg ~/.local/share/wallpapers/background.png
ffmpeg -i /path/to/my/lockscreen.png ~/.local/share/wallpapers/lockscreen.png

Notifications

Mako

https://github.com/emersion/mako

A lightweight notification daemon for Wayland. Works on Sway.

.config/mako/config

Screencasting

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Screen_capture#Wayland

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PipeWire#WebRTC_screen_sharing

The Screencasting in Wayland can be achieved by installing the following packages.

The Screencasting can be tested in the following page:

https://mozilla.github.io/webrtc-landing/gum_test.html

Screen Recorder

wf-recorder

https://github.com/ammen99/wf-recorder

wf-recorder is a utility program for screen recording of wlroots-based compositors (more specifically, those that support wlr-screencopy-v1 and xdg-output).

wf-recorder

Record a simple video with audio.

wf-recorder --audio --file ~/Videos/test.mkv

Record a 60 fps video using libx265 for video and libopus for audio.

wf-recorder --audio --framerate 60 --codec libx265 -p preset=superfast -p crf=28 --audio-codec libopus --file ~/Videos/test_libx265.mkv

Record a 60 fps video using hardware accelerated hevc_nvenc for video and libopus for audio.

wf-recorder --audio --framerate 60 --codec hevc_nvenc -p preset=p4 --audio-codec libopus --file ~/Videos/test_hevc_nvenc.mkv

List all FFmpeg encoders:

ffmpeg -encoders

Show parameters of encoder:

ffmpeg -h encoder=libx265

To show more information and examples search in the web, for example:

https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/AV1

Screenshots

grim

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/emersion/grim

Grab images from a Wayland compositor.

grim

.config/screenshot/take_full_screenshot.sh

.config/screenshot/take_region_screenshot.sh

Screenshot editor

swappy

https://github.com/jtheoof/swappy

A Wayland native snapshot editing tool, inspired by Snappy on macOS.

swappy

File Manager

PCManFM-Qt

https://github.com/lxqt/pcmanfm-qt

File manager and desktop icon manager (Qt port of PCManFM and libfm).

.config/pcmanfm-qt/default/settings.conf

File Archiver

LXQt Archiver

https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-archiver

A simple & lightweight desktop-agnostic Qt file archiver.

.config/lxqt/archiver.conf

Image Viewer

LXImage-Qt

https://github.com/lxqt/lximage-qt

The image viewer and screenshot tool for lxqt.

lximage-qt

.config/lximage-qt/settings.conf

Calendar

thunderbird

https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/

Thunderbird is an open source email, news, and chat client previously developed by the Mozilla Foundation.

thunderbird

Look and Feel

GTK3 settings editor adapted to work in the wlroots environment.

.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini

.gtkrc-2.0

.icons/default/index.theme

.config/xsettingsd/xsettingsd.conf

.bashrc

Display Settings

nwg-displays

https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-displays

Output management utility for sway and Hyprland.

nwg-displays

Screen Mirror

wl-mirror

https://github.com/Ferdi265/wl-mirror

A simple Wayland output mirror client.

wl-mirror

View the available outputs.

swaymsg -t get_outputs

Mirror the desired output.

wl-mirror DP-3

You can also use the wl-present wrapper and select the output with the mouse.

wl-present mirror

Screen Magnifier

It's not possible yet on sway, see:

https://www.reddit.com/r/swaywm/comments/15v29nf/does_a_swaywlroots_magnifying_glass_tool_exists/

swaywm/sway#2781

General Tools

Web Browser

Firefox

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

Firefox is a popular open source graphical web browser from Mozilla.

firefox

Install the following Extensions:

In order to customize toolbar, right click tab bar, select customize toolbar and enable Title Bar. Go to General settings, first disable AI slop, then enable "Ask before closing multiple tabs", "Open previous windows and tabs", play DRM content, autoscrolling and disable link previews.

Now go to Home and set shortcuts to 2 rows, then go to Privacy Security, disable "Ask to save passwords" and "Save and autofill payment info".

Audio Player

Audacious

https://audacious-media-player.org/

Audacious is a free and advanced audio player. It is focused on audio quality and supports a wide variety of audio codecs, and is easily extensible through third-party plugins.

Video Player

mpv

https://mpv.io/

mpv is a media player based on MPlayer and the now unmaintained mplayer2.

mpv

.config/mpv/mpv.conf

With MPV you can play video devices like webcams and HDMI capturer.

List connected devices:

v4l2-ctl --list-devices

The output will look like this:

UGREEN 15389: UGREEN 15389 (usb-0000:0c:00.3-1):
	/dev/video2
	/dev/video3
	/dev/media1

HD Pro Webcam C920 (usb-0000:0c:00.3-2):
	/dev/video0
	/dev/video1
	/dev/media0

Chose a device, for example /dev/video2, now list the input formats available.

v4l2-ctl --list-formats-ext -d /dev/video2

The output is too long, It shows the available formats, resolutions and framerates, for example:

ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT
        Type: Video Capture

        [0]: 'YUYV' (YUYV 4:2:2)
                Size: Discrete 2560x1440
                        Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
                        Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps)
                        Interval: Discrete 0.100s (10.000 fps)
                Size: Discrete 1920x1080
                        Interval: Discrete 0.017s (60.000 fps)
                        Interval: Discrete 0.020s (50.000 fps)
                        Interval: Discrete 0.033s (30.000 fps)
                        Interval: Discrete 0.050s (20.000 fps)
                        Interval: Discrete 0.100s (10.000 fps)

In this case I chose YUYV 4:2:2 1920x1080 60fps, so I run the next command. It's recommended to add the low-latency profile and untimed flag to get rid of possible lag.

mpv av://v4l2:/dev/video2 --profile=low-latency --untimed --demuxer-lavf-o=input_format=yuyv422,video_size=1920x1080,framerate=60

Document Viewer

zathura

https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/

zathura is a customizable document viewer with vi-like keybindings. It provides a minimalistic and space-saving interface. Users interact with zathura primarily with the keyboard. Different file formats are supported through plugins.

.config/zathura/zathurarc

Office Suite

LibreOffice

https://www.libreoffice.org/

LibreOffice is a private, free and open source office suite.

In order to set the Icons for the dark theme go to: Tools / Options, in the floating menu select LibreOffice / View, in the Icon Theme select Breeze (Dark).

Calculator

Qalculate

https://qalculate.github.io/

Qalculate! is a multi-purpose cross-platform desktop calculator.

qalculate-qt

Audio Editor and Recorder

Audacity

https://www.audacityteam.org/

Audacity is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.

audacity

Recording and Broadcasting

OBS Studio

https://obsproject.com/

Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) is an open source cross-platform video recording and live-streaming application.

obs-studio

Flashcards

Anki

https://apps.ankiweb.net/

Anki is a flashcard program that helps you spend more time on challenging material, and less on what you already know.

anki-bin

Video Editor

Kdenlive

https://kdenlive.org/en/

Kdenlive is a powerful free and open source cross-platform video editing program made by the KDE community.

kdenlive

Password Manager

KeePassXC

https://keepassxc.org/

Let KeePassXC safely store your passwords and auto-fill them into your favorite apps, so you can forget all about them.

keepassxc

System Information Tool

Fastfetch

https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch

Fastfetch is a neofetch-like tool for fetching system information and displaying it in a visually appealing way.

fastfetch

System's Hardware Information Tool

Dmidecode

https://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/

Dmidecode reports information about your system's hardware as described in your system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard.

dmidecode

File Transferring and Synchronization

rsync

https://rsync.samba.org/

rsync is an open source utility that provides fast incremental file transfer.

rsync

SSD and HDD Monitoring

Smartmontools

https://www.smartmontools.org/

Control and monitor S.M.A.R.T. enabled ATA and SCSI Hard Drives.

smartmontools

Directory Tree Listing

tree

https://gitlab.com/OldManProgrammer/unix-tree

A directory listing program displaying a depth indented list of files.

tree

Access and Manipulate Disks

udisks

https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/udisks/

Daemon, tools and libraries to access and manipulate disks, storage devices and technologies.

udisks2

List Connected USB Devices

usbutils

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usbutils.git/

A collection of USB tools to query connected USB devices.

usbutils

Development tools

Terminal Text Editor

Neovim

https://neovim.io/

Neovim is a fork of Vim aiming to improve the codebase, allowing for easier implementation of APIs, improved user experience and plugin implementation.

.config/nvim/init.lua

.config/nvim/lazy-lock.json

.config/nvim/ftplugin/java.lua

Terminal Multiplexer

Tmux

https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki

tmux is a terminal multiplexer. It lets you switch easily between several programs in one terminal, detach them (they keep running in the background) and reattach them to a different terminal.

.config/tmux/tmux.conf

Code Editor

Visual Studio Code

https://code.visualstudio.com/

Visual Studio Code is a code editor redefined and optimized for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications.

code

Install the following Extensions:

.config/Code - OSS/User/settings.json

.config/Code - OSS/User/keybindings.json

.config/code-flags.conf

Database Manager

DBeaver

https://dbeaver.io/

DBeaver Community is a free cross-platform database tool for developers, database administrators, analysts, and everyone working with data.

dbeaver

System Resource Monitor

btop

https://github.com/aristocratos/btop

A monitor of resources.

btop

.config/btop/btop.conf

Process Viewer

htop

https://htop.dev/

A cross-platform interactive process viewer.

htop

API Tester

curl

https://curl.se/

Command line tool and library for transferring data with URLs.

curl

Version Control System

Git

https://git-scm.com/

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

git

.gitconfig

JSON Processor

jq

https://jqlang.org/

jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor.

jq

Open File Listing Tool

lsof

https://github.com/lsof-org/lsof

lsof is a command listing open files.

lsof

DNS Utilities

bind

https://www.isc.org/bind/

A complete, highly portable implementation of the DNS protocol.

bind

TLS and SSL crypto library

OpenSSL

https://www.openssl.org/

OpenSSL is a software library for applications that provide secure communications over computer networks against eavesdropping, and identify the party at the other end. It is widely used by Internet servers, including the majority of HTTPS websites.

openssl

Java Development

Java is a programming language originally developed by Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform.

Read the local documentation in: /usr/share/doc/java8-openjdk/api/index.html, /usr/share/doc/java21-openjdk/api/index.html and /usr/share/doc/java25-openjdk/api/index.html.

JavaScript Development

JavaScript often abbreviated as JS, is a programming language and core technology of the World Wide Web, alongside HTML and CSS.

nodejs
npm

Go Development

Go is an open source programming language supported by Google.

go

Go has some local documentation files, for example: /usr/share/doc/go/go_spec.html.

Run the following command to read Go's standard library documentation.

go doc -http

Python Development

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language.

Read the local documentation in /usr/share/doc/python/html/index.html.

Servers

Multimedia Server

Jellyfin

https://jellyfin.org/

Jellyfin is a free and open-source multimedia application suite designed to organize, manage, and share digital media files to networked devices.

Enable and start the service.

systemctl enable jellyfin.service
systemctl start jellyfin.service

File Synchronization

Syncthing

https://syncthing.net/

Syncthing is a continuous file synchronization program.

syncthing

Enable and start the service.

systemctl enable syncthing@myusername.service
systemctl start syncthing@myusername.service

SSH Server

OpenSSH

https://www.openssh.com/portable.html

SSH protocol implementation for remote login, command execution and file transfer.

openssh

Enable and start the service.

systemctl enable sshd.service
systemctl start sshd.service

Web Server

caddy

https://caddyserver.com/

Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS.

caddy

Gaming

Prepare machine for gaming

See Prepare machine for gaming

Steam

https://store.steampowered.com/about/

Steam is a popular game distribution platform by Valve.

steam

Enable proton-ge, go to Steam > Settings > Compatibility and change the default compatibility tool.

In order to change proton environment variables, go to game properties and in the launch options set them, for example:

PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%

See the next link to see the list of the available proton environment variables.

https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom?tab=readme-ov-file#modification

Lutris

https://lutris.net/

Lutris is a video game preservation platform aiming to keep your video game collection up and running for the years to come.

lutris

Lutris has a bunch of optional dependencies for different purposes, the recommended ones are the next:

Some emulators need to be installed outside of lutris. The recommended way is downloading the appimages and move them to ~/.local/bin.

Create the directory.

mkdir -p ~/.local/bin

To use the installed emulators, in lutris install them as a source and change the custom executable for the runner, for example: ~/.local/bin/Snes9x-1.63-x86_64.AppImage.

Set GE-Proton as the default wine version, go to the wine runner settings and change the Wine version.

In order the be able to run steam games, the steam client has to be installed, if a run can't be run, make sure steam is running in the background.

You must be logged in in the third party clients like Epic Games, Ubisoft Connect, Origin, etc. in the sources to be able to download and run the games.

Howtos

Go to the howtos section.

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Table of content

Install Config

Base System

Nvidia Drivers

Desktop Environment

Window Manager

Fonts

Qt Wayland

Statusbar

Application Launcher

Lock Screen

Terminal Emulator

Shell

Policy Kit

Clipboard Manager

Multimedia Server

Volume Control

PipeWire Graph

Brightness Control

Wallpapers

Notifications

Screencasting

Screen Recorder

Screenshots

Screenshot editor

File Manager

File Archiver

Image Viewer

Calendar

Look and Feel

Display Settings

Screen Mirror

Screen Magnifier

General Tools

Web Browser

Audio Player

Video Player

Document Viewer

Office Suite

Calculator

Audio Editor and Recorder

Recording and Broadcasting

Flashcards

Video Editor

Password Manager

System Information Tool

System's Hardware Information Tool

File Transferring and Synchronization

SSD and HDD Monitoring

Directory Tree Listing

Access and Manipulate Disks

List Connected USB Devices

Development tools

Terminal Text Editor

Terminal Multiplexer

Code Editor

Database Manager

System Resource Monitor

Process Viewer

API Tester

Version Control System

JSON Processor

Open File Listing Tool

DNS Utilities

TLS and SSL crypto library

Java Development

JavaScript Development

Go Development

Python Development

Servers

Multimedia Server

File Synchronization

SSH Server

Web Server

Gaming

Packages