BSPWM Greeny Themey
My Setup
Contents
OS Details
- OS : Manjaro Linux
- Shell : oh-my-zsh
- WM : bspwm
- Terminal: alacritty
- Editor : vscode
About
- Lighter than usual desktop environments
- Less RAM Usage and highly customizable
- Very few dependencies required
- Easy configuration to learn
- Highly customizable and beautiful and productive
Requirements and Dependencies
The dependencies are kept as low as possible and are common for all distros so the config can be used by anyone willing to use bspwm. Also these packages will most likey be available in the package manager of your linux distro but it can be that they have different package-name.
| Dependency package name | What it does? |
|---|---|
bspwm |
Window Manager |
sxhkd |
Key Bindings Mapper for BSPWM |
feh |
Command line tool for setting up the wallpaper |
picom |
Composite manager for window managers |
rofi |
Application launcher or menu |
ImageMagick |
Used for theming and wallpaper |
wal |
Used for colors |
polybar |
The above bar |
Installing
Install all the above mentioned dependencies and then clone the repo and then place all the files according to the file structure given below. It is pretty easy, you just need to copy and paste the files.
File Structure
| Folder from repository | Where to place? |
|---|---|
bspwm |
~/.config/(entire folder) |
sxhkd |
~/.config/ (entire folder) |
picom.conf |
~/.config/ |
rofi |
~/.config/ (entire folder) |
polybar |
~/.config/ (entire folder) |