Dotfiles

Wayland is the way to go forward.

Hardcoded session files outside session manager directories, like: ~/.config/hype/hype.conf or ~/.config/kdeglobals.

• .config/chrome-flags.conf: password-store is pinned to kwallet6.
• .config/brave-flags.conf: password-store is pinned to kwallet6.
• .config/xdg-desktop-portal/portals.conf: FileChooser is pinned to kde.
• .local/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.secrets.service: secret manager is pinned to /usr/bin/kwalletd6.
• install-vscode.sh: password-store is pinned to kwallet5 in ~/.vscode/argv.json

Branches

• Dotfiles are present in dotfiles/main branch.
• Static assets are present in assets branch, like certificates, public keys, themes, wallpapers, etc.

Installation

Environment variables:

• CLEAN_DOT_INSTALL: This will delete existing dotfiles bare repository at ~/.dotfiles if set to yes.

export CLEAN_DOT_INSTALL=no; \
bash <(curl -sSL --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 10 \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arpanrec/dotfiles/refs/heads/main/install-dotfiles.sh)

Scripts

Set up Workspace

Set up a workspace for development using server workspace playbook.

Variables

• NEBULA_TMP_DIR: Temporary directory to download the playbook. Default ${HOME}/.tmp.

• NEBULA_VERSION: Version of the nebula playbook to be used. Default 1.14.65.

• NEBULA_VENV_DIR: Directory to create the ansible virtual environment. Default ${NEBULA_TMP_DIR}/venv.

• NEBULA_EXTRA_VARS_JSON_FILE: Extra vars for the playbook in JSON format. Default ${NEBULA_TMP_DIR}/extra_vars.json.

• DEFAULT_ROLES_PATH: Default roles path. Default ${NEBULA_TMP_DIR}/roles.

• ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH: Ansible roles path. Default ${DEFAULT_ROLES_PATH}.

• ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH: Ansible collections path. Default ${NEBULA_TMP_DIR}/collections.

• ANSIBLE_INVENTORY: Ansible YAML inventory file. Default ${NEBULA_TMP_DIR}/inventory.

bash <(curl -sSL --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 10 \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arpanrec/dotfiles/refs/heads/main/setup-workspace.sh)

For custom/silent install tags, extra-vars are optional

bash <(curl -sSL --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 10 \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arpanrec/dotfiles/refs/heads/main/setup-workspace.sh) \
    --tags all,code --extra-vars='pv_ua_nodejs_version=16 pv_ua_code_version=1.64.2'

Install themes

• Nordic
• Nordic KDE
• Layan KDE
• Layan GTK Theme
• Sweet
• Sweet Mars
• Tela Icons
• Candy Icons
• Layan Cursors
• BeautyLine
• Nerd Fonts: JetBrainsMono, Hack, Meslo
• Cascadia Code

bash <(curl -sSL --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 10 \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arpanrec/dotfiles/refs/heads/main/install-themes.sh)

Install Rustup

bash <(curl -sSL --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 10 \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arpanrec/dotfiles/refs/heads/main/install-rustup.sh)

Install Neovim from Source

bash <(curl -sSL --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 10 \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arpanrec/dotfiles/refs/heads/main/install-neovim.sh)

Install Visual Studio Code

bash <(curl -sSL --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 10 \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arpanrec/dotfiles/refs/heads/main/install-vscode.sh)

Install JetBrains Toolbox App

bash <(curl -sSL --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 10 \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arpanrec/dotfiles/refs/heads/main/install-jetbrains-toolbox.sh)

Install Bitwarden Desktop AppImage

bash <(curl -sSL --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 10 \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arpanrec/dotfiles/refs/heads/main/install-bitwarden-desktop.sh)

• Bitwarden Desktop version is hardcoded in the script from GitHub Releases.

Install Postman

bash <(curl -sSL --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 10 \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arpanrec/dotfiles/refs/heads/main/install-postman.sh)

• Postman version is hardcoded in the script from Release Notes.

Install DBeaver Community

bash <(curl -sSL --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 10 \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arpanrec/dotfiles/refs/heads/main/install-dbeaver-community.sh)

Install Telegram Desktop

bash <(curl -sSL --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 10 \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arpanrec/dotfiles/refs/heads/main/install-telegram-desktop.sh)

Setup Debian

Bootstrap a Debian machine with a user and some basic tools using cloudinit playbook. And then set up the user workspace using setup-workspace

Any variable ends with _FILE will be written to a file and the directory will be created if it does not exist, also ownership will be changed to the root user.

Variables:

• CLOUD_INIT_GROUP : Group name for the user to be created. Default cloudinit.

• CLOUD_INIT_USER : Username for the user to be created. Default cloudinit.

• CLOUD_INIT_USE_SSH_PUB : Use SSH public key for the user, Default ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBJXzoi1QAbLmxnyudx+7Dm+FGTYU+TP02MTtxqq9w82Rm2kIDtGf4xVGxaidYEP/WcgpOHacjKDa7p2skBYljmk=.

• CLOUD_INIT_IS_DEV_MACHINE : Install development tools. Default false.

• CLOUD_INIT_COPY_ROOT_SSH_KEYS : Copy root SSH keys to the user. Default false.

• CLOUD_INIT_HOSTNAME : Hostname for the machine. Default cloudinit.

• CLOUD_INIT_DOMAIN : Domain name for the machine. Default cloudinit.

• CLOUD_INIT_INSTALL_DOTFILES : Install dotfiles for the user. Default true.

• CLOUD_INIT_INSTALL_DOCKER : Install docker. Default false.

• NEBULA_TMP_DIR : Directory to clone the ansible playbook. Default /tmp/cloudinit.

• NEBULA_VERSION : Version of the nebula playbook to be used. Default 1.14.65.

• NEBULA_VENV_DIR : Directory to create the ansible virtual environment. Default ${NEBULA_TMP_DIR}/venv.

• NEBULA_CLOUD_INIT_AUTHORIZED_KEYS_FILE : Authorized keys file for the user. Default ${NEBULA_TMP_DIR}/authorized_keys.

• NEBULA_REQUIREMENTS_FILE : Ansible requirements file. Default ${NEBULA_TMP_DIR}/requirements.yml.

• DEFAULT_ROLES_PATH : Directory to clone the ansible roles. Default ${NEBULA_TMP_DIR}/roles.

• ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH : Ansible roles path. Default ${DEFAULT_ROLES_PATH}.

• ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH : Ansible collections path. Default ${NEBULA_TMP_DIR}/collections.

• ANSIBLE_INVENTORY : Ansible inventory. Default ${NEBULA_TMP_DIR}/inventory.yml.

CLOUD_INIT_DOMAIN=arpanrec.com sudo -E -H -u root bash -c '/bin/bash <(curl -sSL --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 10 \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arpanrec/dotfiles/refs/heads/main/setup-debian.sh)'

or for development machine

CLOUD_INIT_IS_DEV_MACHINE=true CLOUD_INIT_INSTALL_DOCKER=true sudo -E -H -u root \
    bash -c '/bin/bash <(curl -sSL --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 10 \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arpanrec/dotfiles/refs/heads/main/setup-debian.sh)'

or for a development machine with a domain

CLOUD_INIT_DOMAIN=blr-home.arpanrec.com CLOUD_INIT_IS_DEV_MACHINE=true CLOUD_INIT_INSTALL_DOCKER=true sudo -E -H -u root \
    bash -c '/bin/bash <(curl -sSL --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 10 \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arpanrec/dotfiles/refs/heads/main/setup-debian.sh)'

Linode Stack Script

Specific script for Linode to set up a new machine using setup-debian script. It also adds itself to root crontab to run on every day. Every time it will pull the script from GitHub.

Variables:

• CLOUD_INIT_COPY_ROOT_SSH_KEYS : Copy root SSH keys to the user. Default true.
• CLOUD_INIT_IS_DEV_MACHINE : Install development tools. Default false.
• CLOUD_INIT_INSTALL_DOTFILES : Install dotfiles for the user. Default true.
• CLOUD_INIT_WEB_SERVER_FQDN : Web server fully qualified domain name. Default "".
• CLOUD_INIT_INSTALL_DOCKER : Install docker. Default false.

Variables from Linode:

• LINODE_ID: Example: 66627286
• LINODE_LISHUSERNAME Example: linode66627286
• LINODE_RAM: Example: 2048
• LINODE_DATACENTERID: Example: 14

Script

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

# <UDF name="CLOUD_INIT_COPY_ROOT_SSH_KEYS" Label="Copy Root SSH Keys to current user" oneOf="true,false" default="true"/>
# <UDF name="CLOUD_INIT_IS_DEV_MACHINE" Label="Install development tool chain" oneOf="true,false" default="false"/>
# <UDF name="CLOUD_INIT_INSTALL_DOTFILES" Label="Install dotfiles" oneOf="true,false" default="true"/>
# <UDF name="CLOUD_INIT_INSTALL_DOCKER" Label="Install Docker" oneOf="true,false" default="false"/>
# <udf name="CLOUD_INIT_WEB_SERVER_FQDN" label="Web server fully qualified domain name" example="example.com" default=""/>

/bin/bash <(curl -sSL --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 10 \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arpanrec/dotfiles/refs/heads/main/linode-stack-script.sh) |
    tee -a /root/linode-stack-script.log

Notes

If some of my choices trigger you, always remember the legend named xkcd and his wisdom about workflow which can be found here in 1172.

• Caution: If you are too lazy to read, just know "My setup works for me".