fixes

scripts to help set up KDE, other tweaks.

archinstall scripts should be in this repo for downloading

add ilovecandy to pacman.conf

install yay

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

Set Up Zsh with Powerlevel10k

1. Install Everything

Install Zsh, Powerlevel10k, plugins, and the Meslo Nerd Font:

yay -S zsh zsh-theme-powerlevel10k zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting ttf-meslo-nerd

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2. Change Your Default Shell to Zsh

chsh -s /bin/zsh

Important: Log out of your account and log back in for the change to take effect.

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3. Configure Konsole Font

In Konsole:

1. Open Settings > configure konsole > profiles > new > change command to /usr/bin/zsh
2. Go to Appearance
3. Change the terminal font: Choose:
4. Select the installed MesloLGS Nerd Font
5. Apply the changes
6. make your new profile default: Set as Default

The Nerd Font is required for Powerlevel10k's icons and symbols to display correctly.

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4. Configure ~/.zshrc

Open your Zsh configuration:

nano ~/.zshrc

Paste the following:

# ─────────────────────────────────────
# Powerlevel10k
# ─────────────────────────────────────

source /usr/share/zsh-theme-powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme


# ─────────────────────────────────────
# Plugins
# ─────────────────────────────────────

# Autosuggestions
source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh

# Syntax highlighting
source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh


# ─────────────────────────────────────
# Powerlevel10k configuration
# ─────────────────────────────────────

[[ ! -f ~/.p10k.zsh ]] || source ~/.p10k.zsh


# ─────────────────────────────────────
# Completion
# ─────────────────────────────────────

autoload -Uz compinit
compinit

setopt CORRECT
setopt AUTO_CD

zstyle ':completion:*' completer _complete _approximate
zstyle ':completion:*' menu select


# ─────────────────────────────────────
# History
# ─────────────────────────────────────

HISTFILE="$HOME/.zsh_history"
SAVEHIST=10000

setopt APPEND_HISTORY
setopt SHARE_HISTORY
setopt HIST_IGNORE_DUPS
setopt HIST_IGNORE_SPACE

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4. Configure Powerlevel10k

Start Zsh:

zsh

This launches the Powerlevel10k configuration wizard.

You can re-run it at any time with:

p10k configure

Your configuration will be saved to:

~/.p10k.zsh

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Useful Commands

Reconfigure Powerlevel10k:

p10k configure

Reload your Zsh configuration without restarting the shell:

source ~/.zshrc

Start Zsh manually:

zsh

SOFTWARE

gaming:

yay -S coolercontrol lact occt mangohud mangojuice goverlay lutris heroic-games-launcher steam polymc-qt5-bin openrgb amdgpu_top umu-launcher wine 

razer NEEDS FIXING:

yay -S openrazer-daemon polychromatic

utilities:

yay -S ark fastfetch gparted gwenview kcalc spectacle plasma-systemmonitor dolphin dolphin-plugins ffmpegthumbs filelight kde-cli-tools kdegraphics-thumbnailers kio-admin konsole purpose tesseract-data-lit

plasma-systemmonitor-6.7.5-1, dolphin-26.08.1-1, ark-26.08.1-1, fastfetch-2.69.0-1, gparted-1.8.1-2, gwenview-26.08.1-1, kcalc-26.08.1-1, spectacle-1:6.7.5-1
resolving dependencies...
:: There are 128 providers available for tessdata:
:: Repository extra
   1) tesseract-data-afr  2) tesseract-data-amh  3) tesseract-data-ara  4) tesseract-data-asm  5) tesseract-data-aze
   6) tesseract-data-aze_cyrl  7) tesseract-data-bel  8) tesseract-data-ben  9) tesseract-data-bod
   10) tesseract-data-bos  11) tesseract-data-bre  12) tesseract-data-bul  13) tesseract-data-cat  14) tesseract-data-ceb
   15) tesseract-data-ces  16) tesseract-data-chi_sim  17) tesseract-data-chi_sim_vert  18) tesseract-data-chi_tra
   19) tesseract-data-chi_tra_vert  20) tesseract-data-chr  21) tesseract-data-cos  22) tesseract-data-cym
   23) tesseract-data-dan  24) tesseract-data-dan_frak  25) tesseract-data-deu  26) tesseract-data-deu_frak
   27) tesseract-data-div  28) tesseract-data-dzo  29) tesseract-data-ell  30) tesseract-data-eng  31) tesseract-data-enm
   32) tesseract-data-epo  33) tesseract-data-equ  34) tesseract-data-est  35) tesseract-data-eus  36) tesseract-data-fao
   37) tesseract-data-fas  38) tesseract-data-fil  39) tesseract-data-fin  40) tesseract-data-fra  41) tesseract-data-frk
   42) tesseract-data-frm  43) tesseract-data-fry  44) tesseract-data-gla  45) tesseract-data-gle  46) tesseract-data-glg
   47) tesseract-data-grc  48) tesseract-data-guj  49) tesseract-data-hat  50) tesseract-data-heb  51) tesseract-data-hin
   52) tesseract-data-hrv  53) tesseract-data-hun  54) tesseract-data-hye  55) tesseract-data-iku  56) tesseract-data-ind
   57) tesseract-data-isl  58) tesseract-data-ita  59) tesseract-data-ita_old  60) tesseract-data-jav
   61) tesseract-data-jpn  62) tesseract-data-jpn_vert  63) tesseract-data-kan  64) tesseract-data-kat
   65) tesseract-data-kat_old  66) tesseract-data-kaz  67) tesseract-data-khm  68) tesseract-data-kir
   69) tesseract-data-kmr  70) tesseract-data-kor  71) tesseract-data-kor_vert  72) tesseract-data-lao
   73) tesseract-data-lat  74) tesseract-data-lav  75) tesseract-data-lit  76) tesseract-data-ltz  77) tesseract-data-mal
   78) tesseract-data-mar  79) tesseract-data-mkd  80) tesseract-data-mlt  81) tesseract-data-mon  82) tesseract-data-mri
   83) tesseract-data-msa  84) tesseract-data-mya  85) tesseract-data-nep  86) tesseract-data-nld  87) tesseract-data-nor
   88) tesseract-data-oci  89) tesseract-data-ori  90) tesseract-data-pan  91) tesseract-data-pol  92) tesseract-data-por
   93) tesseract-data-pus  94) tesseract-data-que  95) tesseract-data-ron  96) tesseract-data-rus  97) tesseract-data-san
   98) tesseract-data-sin  99) tesseract-data-slk  100) tesseract-data-slk_frak  101) tesseract-data-slv
   102) tesseract-data-snd  103) tesseract-data-spa  104) tesseract-data-spa_old  105) tesseract-data-sqi
   106) tesseract-data-srp  107) tesseract-data-srp_latn  108) tesseract-data-sun  109) tesseract-data-swa
   110) tesseract-data-swe  111) tesseract-data-syr  112) tesseract-data-tam  113) tesseract-data-tat
   114) tesseract-data-tel  115) tesseract-data-tgk  116) tesseract-data-tgl  117) tesseract-data-tha
   118) tesseract-data-tir  119) tesseract-data-ton  120) tesseract-data-tur  121) tesseract-data-uig
   122) tesseract-data-ukr  123) tesseract-data-urd  124) tesseract-data-uzb  125) tesseract-data-uzb_cyrl
   126) tesseract-data-vie  127) tesseract-data-yid  128) tesseract-data-yor

audio/video:

yay -S mpv nicotine+ open-video-downloader-bin audacity

before installing browser:

echo -e "[Wallet]\nEnabled=false" > ~/.config/kwalletrc

browser:

yay -S brave-bin

other:

yay -S qbittorrent kdeconnect kate btrfs-assistant discord onlyoffice-bin libreoffice-fresh filelight

discord needs vencord

sh -c "$(curl -sS https://vencord.dev/install.sh)"

disable kwalletd

echo -e "[Wallet]\nEnabled=false" > ~/.config/kwalletrc

set up backups with snapper/timeshift

yay -S snapper btrfs-assistant snap-pac grub-btrfs inotify-tools
sudo systemctl enable --now grub-btrfsd
sudo snapper -c root create-config /        # generate a root conf file
sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg # load the options in grub menu

working but ther is also a home config, set up settigns manually

set up automount of isos in dolphin

yay -S dolphin-plugins

Setting up audio DAC

chmod +x audio.sh
./audio.sh

add in dolphin corner to see free space available

configure > interface > status & location bars > full width

yay -S filelight
kwriteconfig6 --file ~/.config/dolphinrc --group General --key ShowStatusBar FullWidth

brave enable ublock origin

TLDR ALL GUI PACKAGE MANAGERS SUCK DICK, ONLY ONE USABLE IS PAMAC-AUR and even this shit isnt good

POST SETUP

1. change the look of grub with a theme
2. ventoy usb
3. teach wine basics, prefix, wine version, winetricks, flags
4. stuff like flags, goverlay, fps limiter, undervolt
5. explain swap, compression, zstd
6. adding apps to aplication search