Desktop Environment for Mellite

• Installation
• Login Manager
• Fonts
• Hyprland
• Utilities
  • Configuration
  • Diagnostics
• Troubleshooting

Installation

Install all the packages listed below. Then,

cd ~/.config
git init
git remote add origin $SOURCE
git pull origin main

Login Manager

• sddm: Enable sddm.service A note about themes: The themes must be placed in /usr/share/sddm/themes. Then in /etc/sddm.conf, enable the relevant theme. By default the breeze theme comes with plasma-workspace which is very bloated to install, so consider some of the alternative themes.

Fonts

• otf-font-awesome: Needed for waybar to render icons
• Noto Sans/Serif: System font

Hyprland

Note: Setup does not work with NVIDIA GPU without some tweaks.

• wayland: display manager: wayland, xorg-xwayland
• hyprland: window manager
• waybar: Status bar, use waybar-hyprland-git AUR repo to enable clicking!
• eww-wayland: Another status bar, requires socat to listen for hyprland events. Until tray support has been added to eww in a stable manner, tray will be handled with waybar.
• hyprpaper: Wallpaper engine The command to set a wallpaper: hyprctl hyprpaper wallpaper "$DISPLAY,$FILE"

• swww: Alternate wallpaper engine

  Note that ~/.config/hypr/wallpapers must have jpeg files {1..8}.jpg. A handy command can be used crop and resize images:

  convert $IN \
  -resize 3840x2160^ \
  -gravity center \
  -extent 3840x2160 \
  $OUT

• swaync: Notification server

The command for changing keyboard layouts is handled by fcitx5.

Utilities

• alacritty: terminal emulator

  Note that in order to set this as the default terminal, you may need to put the following in ~/.config/kdeglobals:

  [General]
  TerminalApplication

• wofi: finding programs, drop in replacement for rofi
• grimblast: Screenshot engine
• dolphin: File explorer
• swaylock-effects: A simple lockscreen

• mpd: Music player daemon

  systemctl enable --user mpd
  systemctl start --user mpd

  Optionally, install mpc

• cantata: Controls mpd (other clients are acceptable too)
• wl-clipboard: Provides copying
• btop~/~htop: Process monitor
• blueman: Bluetooth connector

Configuration

• lxappearance: Used to configure GTK3 themes
• nwg-look: Configures cursor

Diagnostics

• wev: Wayland event interceptor useful for determining keybinds
• neofetch: Screenfetch
• macchina (aur): Another screenfetch

Troubleshooting