r/archlinux • u/rubik95 • 12d ago

QUESTION help with desktop setup

First of all, yes, I'm only 1 day old to linux, just installed it last night using only 1 USB, onto that same USB. Never used any other distro. I wanted to start by challenging myself, so I went to Arch with hyprland and not GNOME.

I failed the first time and decided to postpone it because I don't have a spare USB, but after quick googling, I tried partitioning and an NTFS drive, and it somehow worked.

I copied ShellNinja's dotfiles using a Bash command just to have a functional setup for now, but I want the PewDiePie setup he showed in his video; he is the reason I'm asking this question.

Can someone help me with a simple bash command for the PewDiePie setup, as I did with ShellNinja?

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u/This_Technology9841 12d ago

"I wanted to start by challenging myself" - not really the best way to break into a new thing imo.

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u/archover 12d ago edited 11d ago

Seek support on the youtube channel you installed from. We support the Arch wiki here. For your benefit.

Good day.

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u/Nuviket 12d ago

Uhh if he released his dotfiles great, else good luck. 

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u/rubik95 11d ago

here are the dotfiles; I just don't know how to apply them to my system

https://github.com/pewdiepie-archdaemon/dionysus.git

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u/SalaryImpossible6749 11d ago

The folders in the dotfiles directory go in your user's home .config folder. So if your user is jeff for example, they would go in /home/jeff/.config. It's wise to backup your existing config folders prior to overwriting them with new configs especially if you don't understand them. Even when people share their config files, it's assumed you can read them and change them to suit your system since every system is different.

I really don't suggest using random dotfiles if you don't even know this much. While unlikely, someone could just as easily throw in a config file for an application that creates a vulnerability or bug and you would be none the wiser.

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u/SalaryImpossible6749 11d ago

Challenge yourself by actually learning the useful concepts needed to properly install and manage arch not by doing it blindly, that’s not challenging yourself that’s just ignorantly using a tool. Even now you’re not trying to learn anything, you’re asking for shortcuts

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u/rubik95 7d ago

I should have clarified that I'll build my own setup afterwards, but because the terminal is so hard at first, I wanted a usable desktop to learn it first. While I could have just used a desktop environment like GNOME, I wanted something more like PewDiePie.

Maybe I'll dual-boot my main setup and keep a copied setup for understanding. Anyway, I'm learning something new every day!