bspwm (+ hlwm) setup

This is an update/ report on my bspwn Journey.

I continue to especially enjoy using bspwm… I hope folks find some of my learnings reasonably helpful. Below you will find links to dotfiles on github & gitlab; mind you these will require edits and tweaks depending on your setup/ distro/etc.

My environment uses my own customized bspwm, hlwm (Herbstluftwm) setup derived from materials I “procured” from antiX, arcolinux, manjaro, and anywhere else I was able to dig and ‘borrow’.

Some of the major components I use include:

• Pywal to change the colors and wallpaper with every terminal load.
• sakura is my terminal of choice
• polybar is the panel
• rofi for select online help files and menus plus workspace activities
• zenity & yad for other help and dialog functions
• conky because I can…
• networking is with connman
• bash scripts

I run this ‘setup’ on both manjaro & MXLinux 19 (Debian) machines; polybar likes manjaro better.

Note: Both bspwm & hlwm look essentially identical on my desktop and they share common use of a single sxhkdrc.

Here are the dotfiles:

• https://github.com/eirenicon
• https://gitlab.com/eirenicon

Here are a few screenshots…

Remember, like with all of my work, I am able to provide the following assurance(s):

• It is almost certainly going to work until it breaks; although I have to admit it may never work and that would be sad.
• When/if it does break, you may keep all of the pieces.
• If you find my materials helpful, both you & I will be happy, at least for a little while.
• My advice is worth every penny you paid for it!