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Minimal Dotfiles

A deliberately minimal dotfile configuration.

Philosophy

Over the years I have grown tired of tweaking config files for every component of my desktop. This repository contains only the essentials.

Start with a minimal Void Linux install using the XFCE4 base image.

What's Inside

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├── config/
│   ├── alacritty/     # Alacritty terminal configuration
│   ├── fish/          # Fish shell configuration
│   ├── kanata/        # Keyboard remapping
│   ├── lf/            # Terminal file manager
│   ├── nvim/          # Neovim setup
│   └── tmux/          # Tmux configuration
├── scripts/
│   ├── install_odin         # Odin compiler install recipe
│   ├── install_php          # PHP install recipe
│   ├── install_raylib_deps  # Raylib dependencies
│   └── install_theme        # XFCE4 theme setup
└── install.sh         # Dotfile symlinks and package installation

Prerequisites

Before running install.sh, take care of the following manually:

  • sudo xbps-install -Su — sync and update
  • Set up SSH keys
  • Clone this repo
  • Install a Nerd Font

Software Installation

Installs packages and creates config symlinks on top of the XFCE4 base image.

Install Options

# Interactive mode (prompts for confirmation at each step)
./install.sh

# Only create symlinks
./install.sh -l

# Only install packages
./install.sh -i

What Gets Installed

The script enables void-repo-nonfree (and void-repo-multilib-nonfree on x86_64), then installs packages via xbps-install:

  • CLI Tools: wget, curl, git, unzip, fzf, fd, ripgrep, bat, direnv, tree, jq, lf, rsync, pfetch
  • Development: base-devel, make, valgrind, tree-sitter-cli, go
  • Shell: fish-shell
  • Terminal: alacritty
  • Keyboard: kanata
  • Desktop: polybar, rofi, xdotool, wmctrl
  • Fonts: noto-fonts-ttf, noto-fonts-emoji
  • Other: ca-certificates, gnupg, fuse
Symlink Target
~/.config/alacritty ./config/alacritty
~/.config/fish ./config/fish
~/.config/kanata ./config/kanata
~/.config/nvim ./config/nvim
~/.config/lf ./config/lf

Scripts

Self-contained recipes for tooling that goes beyond the core install. Each can be run independently:

./scripts/install_odin
./scripts/install_php
./scripts/install_raylib_deps
./scripts/install_theme

These are not run automatically by install.sh — they are opt-in.


This setup prioritises stability and simplicity over customisation. Void Linux + XFCE4 + X11 provides a fast, predictable base with minimal moving parts.

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