✦ threed2y / Dotfiles ✦

A curated aesthetic setup for Arch Linux — Fastfetch · Sublime Text · Terminal themes · Custom wallpapers

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📸 Preview

Screenshots are located in the Preview/ folder of this repository.

Desktop	Terminal	Sublime Text

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📂 Repository Structure

Dotfiles/
├── Fastftech/          # Fastfetch configuration & presets
├── Preview/            # Screenshots of the setup
├── Sublime-Text/       # Sublime Text preferences & color schemes
├── Terminals/          # Terminal emulator configurations
├── Themes/             # GTK / icon / cursor themes
├── Wallpaper/          # Wallpaper collection
├── zshr/               # zshrc configuration
└── Packages.txt        # Full list of installed packages

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🧰 What's Inside

Component	Details
OS	Arch Linux (rolling)
DE	COSMIC Epoch 1
Fastfetch	Custom preset in Fastftech/
Editor	Sublime Text (config in Sublime-Text/)
Terminals	Custom themes in Terminals/
Themes	GTK / icon themes in Themes/
Wallpaper	Curated wallpapers in Wallpaper/

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🚀 Replicating This Setup on Arch Linux + COSMIC DE

Follow these steps in order to get an identical environment.

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Step 1 — Install Arch Linux

If you don't have Arch installed, use the guided installer:

archinstall

During setup, choose:

• Profile: Minimal (no DE yet — we'll add COSMIC manually)
• Filesystem: ext4 or btrfs
• Bootloader: systemd-boot or GRUB

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Step 2 — Post-install: Update & Install Base Tools

After first boot, log in and run:

sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git curl wget

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Step 3 — Install an AUR Helper (yay)

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay-bin.git
cd yay-bin
makepkg -si
cd ..
rm -rf yay-bin

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Step 4 — Install COSMIC Desktop Environment

COSMIC is available in the official Arch extra repository as of Epoch 1.

Option A — Full install (recommended for new users):

sudo pacman -S cosmic

This installs the entire cosmic package group including the file manager, terminal, text editor, app store, and all applets.

Option B — Minimal install:

sudo pacman -S cosmic-session

Installs only the core session; you add individual components later.

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Step 5 — Enable the COSMIC Display Manager

sudo systemctl enable cosmic-greeter.service

If you already have another display manager (GDM, SDDM, LightDM) enabled, disable it first:

sudo systemctl disable gdm  # or sddm / lightdm

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Step 6 — Install Optional but Recommended Components

sudo pacman -S \
  power-profiles-daemon \
  gnome-keyring \
  packagekit \
  pipewire wireplumber \
  networkmanager

Enable them:

sudo systemctl enable NetworkManager
sudo systemctl enable power-profiles-daemon

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Step 7 — Reboot into COSMIC

reboot

At the login screen, select COSMIC from the session menu (bottom-right gear icon).

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Step 8 — Clone This Dotfiles Repository

git clone https://github.com/threed2y/Dotfiles.git ~/Dotfiles
cd ~/Dotfiles

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Step 9 — Install Fastfetch & Apply Config

sudo pacman -S fastfetch

Copy the custom preset:

mkdir -p ~/.config/fastfetch
cp -r ~/Dotfiles/Fastftech/* ~/.config/fastfetch/

Test it:

fastfetch

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Step 10 — Apply Terminal Themes

Copy the terminal configuration files:

cp -r ~/Dotfiles/Terminals/* ~/.config/

Check inside Terminals/ to see which terminal emulator is configured (e.g., COSMIC Terminal, Kitty, Alacritty) and install it accordingly.

For COSMIC Terminal (included with the cosmic group):

# Already installed — configuration lands at:
~/.config/cosmic/com.system76.CosmicTerm/

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Step 11 — Install Sublime Text & Apply Config

# Install from AUR
yay -S sublime-text-4

Copy the configuration:

mkdir -p ~/.config/sublime-text/Packages/User
cp -r ~/Dotfiles/Sublime-Text/* ~/.config/sublime-text/Packages/User/

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Step 12 — Apply GTK Themes & Icons

Copy themes to the correct locations:

mkdir -p ~/.themes ~/.icons ~/.local/share/icons

cp -r ~/Dotfiles/Themes/gtk/* ~/.themes/         # if present
cp -r ~/Dotfiles/Themes/icons/* ~/.icons/         # if present

Apply in COSMIC Settings → Appearance.

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Step 13 — Set Wallpaper

Copy wallpapers:

mkdir -p ~/Pictures/Wallpapers
cp ~/Dotfiles/Wallpaper/* ~/Pictures/Wallpapers/

Set in COSMIC Settings → Wallpaper, then browse to ~/Pictures/Wallpapers/.

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Step 14 — Install Remaining Packages

Restore all packages from the list:

# Review the list first
cat ~/Dotfiles/Packages.txt

# Install with pacman (for official repo packages)
sudo pacman -S --needed $(cat ~/Dotfiles/Packages.txt)

# If some packages are AUR-only, use yay instead:
yay -S --needed $(cat ~/Dotfiles/Packages.txt)

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Step 15 — Final Reboot

reboot

Your setup should now match the screenshots in the Preview/ folder.

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🛠️ Troubleshooting

Problem	Fix
App Center not working	Install packagekit: sudo pacman -S packagekit
Battery % not showing	Install power-profiles-daemon: sudo pacman -S power-profiles-daemon && sudo systemctl enable power-profiles-daemon
No password/keyring	Install gnome-keyring: sudo pacman -S gnome-keyring
COSMIC doesn't appear at login	Make sure cosmic-greeter.service is enabled and no other DM conflicts
Fastfetch wrong config path	Check with fastfetch --config-help; default is ~/.config/fastfetch/config.jsonc

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📜 License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

You are free to:

• Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
• Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially

Under the following terms:

• Attribution — You must give appropriate credit to threed2y, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.

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🙏 Acknowledgements

• Arch Linux — the base
• System76 / COSMIC — for the next-gen desktop
• Fastfetch — the fetch tool
• Sublime Text — the editor
• The r/unixporn & dotfiles community for endless inspiration

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i use arch, btw.