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This repository contains the configuration and script files of my arch/hyprland setup.

motivation

Using hyprland is an experiment to

• try out a tiling window manager
• optimize my workflow
• touch base with into the internals of a desktop environment and the linux desktop

setup

• arch linux
• hyprland (window manager)
• sddm (logon manager)
• hyprpaper (wallpaper)
• dunst (notification daemon)
• waybar (main bar on top of screen)
• eww (widgets on sound brightness changes)
• wofi (launcher, session dialog)
• udiskie (manage removable devices)
• iwgtk (Lightweight wireless networking GUI)
• grim (screenshots)

waybar highlights

Waybar is a customizable status bar. The elements displayed, so called widgets, are define in a config file. The look is set with a separate css file.

On the left-hand side I display the power button (well spotted, I use ARCH), the workspace overview, the taskbar and the tray. On the right-hand side I display all kind of status icons and my system clock. A highlight is the CAVA module, an audio visualizer. It unwraps next to the volume icon as audio is played.

In order to easily install waybar with cava functionality I setup and maintain two AUR packages (for the ARCH ecosystem):

• libcava
• waybar-cava