Setup currently is:

• Gentoo Linux
• Custom config for the X1
• Unified kernel image / EFI booting
• systemd boot
• Dracut
• LVM
• LUKS crypt volumes
• Sway window manager
• Wofi menu
• Mako notification handler
• Fish for my shell
• Waybar for my status bar
• Greetd and gtkgreet for my login handling

As of March 2024 this is what the above looks like.

There are additional screenshots in the misc/ directory.

Since I run all windows with no borders, it can be hard to recall what direction the window split is set to.
Normally this is via a coloured window border to show direction either Horizontal or Vertical.
I wrote a Python script that can output to your bar and shows the next split direction as either H or V.
It uses async event loops to subscribe to the window::focus and binding events from the sway IPC.

Under the os package group you will find all the configurations I use to setup Gentoo on my Laptop that supports the above configuration.

Under the user package you will find all the dot files that I have configured to support my environment.

To deploy the user group use dotter deploy.
Using -vv to show details or -d for a dry-run.

To deploy the os group you must be root, since this configuration copies files to /etc and other locations. In order to avoid removing/managing the symlinks handled by the user group you must use a different cache file.

Example:

dotter -d -l .dotter/base-os.toml --cache-file .dotter/base-os-cache.toml deploy

This results in a dry-run using a local config of base-os.toml and a separate cache file.

For the os group I make use of dotter templates, since they preform a copy vs link. See: SuperCuber/dotter#77

This is not the best way, but dotter is also not designed to manage operating systems.

You can find screen shots under the misc/ directory. I also save:

• Current kernel config
• Gentoo installed package list (world file)