Linux stuff

I maintain a repository of dotfiles here. I have applied it–with reasonable success–to bootstrap multiple personal Linux environments, as well as the macbook I am unfortunately required to use for my day job.

Core setup

• Window manager: Sway (formerly i3)
• Editor: Neovim
• Shell: Zsh
• Terminal emulator: Alacritty
• Status bar: Waybar

Useful tools

• autojump: Jump to recently/frequently used directories based on fuzzy matches
• exa: Drop-in replacement for ls written in Rust
• feh: Image viewer with a minimalist GUI but pretty useful features, such as binding shell commands to number keys (e.g. --action1 "mv -v %F ~/cats" --action2 "mv -v %F ~/dogs")
• fcitx: Input method framework (I use this for CJK input)
• fzf: Fuzzy search on any text stream; integrates nicely with Vim via fzf.vim
• ncdu: ncurses-based interactive disk usage visualizer
• pass: Simple password manager to store GPG-encrypted passwords with minimal fuss; single .password-store directory to back up or move between machines
• ranger: File manager with Vi key bindings
• rsync: A classic and just incredibly useful
• stow: Useful for dotfile management as described here

The file conversion trifecta

• Pandoc for converting between markup formats, including HTML, Markdown, PDF, LaTeX, EPUB, and even Jupyter notebooks
• FFmpeg for encoding and decoding audio and video
• ImageMagick for editing, combining, and converting images

Some larger applications

• Calibre
• Music Player Daemon (with ncmpcpp or Cantata)
• Neuron: Zettelkasten manager (Vim plugin)

Stuff I want to use more

• Neovim :terminal mode
• Tmux