ENTRY 31.01.21
My Linux Setup
One day I may post the dots if I get around to it :^)
If you have any question / want a particular config though, feel free to reach out.
Note that this is not a guide, but just a gallery and description of my setup/rice.
2023 Update - I no longer use mint! I got a new desktop and laptop and decided to go with Arch on both of them. My theme remains mostly the same but I added some new stuff :)
2025 Update - Minor tweaks, oomox dropped support for Arc so I switched to using the following script to modify and compile the Arc theme directly with swapped colours;
Click to show bash script
#!/bin/bash
# Get Arc GTK theme
cd /tmp
git clone https://github.com/jnsh/arc-theme --depth 1
cd arc-theme
## Replace the Arc colours with Nord colours and build the theme
# Night 1 - 2e3440
find . -name "*" -type f -exec sed -i 's/'2F343F'/'0b0c16'/gI' {} \;
# Night 2 - 3b4252
find . -name "*" -type f -exec sed -i 's/'383C4A'/'0d0f1b'/gI' {} \;
# Night 3 - 434c5e
find . -name "*" -type f -exec sed -i 's/'404552'/'02070e'/gI' {} \;
# Night 4 - 4c566a mystery colour
find . -name "*" -type f -exec sed -i 's/'565965'/'081b36'/gI' {} \;
# highlight color
find . -name "*" -type f -exec sed -i 's/'5294E2'/'5e81ac'/gI' {} \;
SELF_CALL=1
meson setup --prefix=$HOME/.local -Dvariants=dark -Dthemes=gtk2,gtk3,gtk4,metacity,plank,unity,xfwm build/
meson configure build/
meson install -C build/
cd ..
rm -rf ./arc-theme
- Distro: Arch
- WM: i3
- Compositor: Yshui Picom
- Fonts used: Comfortaa and Kiona
- Overall: Dark blue with teal and white highlights
- Background Colours: #010407 #02070e #030b0e #03090e #020b11
- Buttons: #06121d #081723
- Highlight/Selected: #11aeb0 #034953 #105f6a
Screenshots
Desktop
Here is a preview of the whole rice :)
GTK3
My GTK theme is a custom recolour of Arc. My GTK theme was
the basis for how I would style the rest of my system. I chose something dark and low in contrast for a theme
that was very easy on the eyes while still looking pretty.
Certain programs such as nemo have an opacity rule set on them using picom, giving most of my theme a glassy-blurred
look against the wallpaper.
The icon theme is NovaOS Nord
Terminal
The terminal emulator I use is kitty. I absolutely love kitty from a ricing
and productivity standpoint; the built in keyboard-oriented tabs and tiling is a godsend.
I am using fish as my main shell. What it lacks in POSIX-compliancy, it makes up for in raw features.
Since every aspect of fish is divided into functions, it makes it extremely easy to modify the parts I want without editing a giant config file.
Web Browser
I use vivaldi as my main web browser. The level of customization vivaldi offers is insane, allowing for a extremely beautiful and productive UI. The main aspect of vivaldi that I have fallen in love with is the vertical tabs.
Not only do vertical tabs save a ton of screen-space, but they work well with my setup. Since my bar/panel are on the top of my screen, having the tabs on the side saves me from wasting a lot of vertical space and prevents misclicks.
I use glance for a custom homepage.
Spotify
My spotify client is customized using spicetify. I use a recoloured version of the Ziro theme.
Discord
I use Vesktop as my discord client. Please note that this is techically against the TOS (however it is hardly enforced). The theme I use is a recolour using bdeditor.
I use Kompact/Hoverable-Sidebars to hide the server/channel lists.
PDF Reader - Zathura
Zathura uses the same colorscheme as my terminal.
Program Launcher - Rofi
My rofi theme was based on this post. However I have no idea where their github/reddit account went.
Panel
I use xfce4-panel, which works really well with i3.