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Author: Jack Sangdahl <jack@pngu.org>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 19:17:48 -0700
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<li>
<a href="https://github.com/sharkdp/bat" target="_blank">bat</a>
<p>
- A fancy <code>cat</code> alternative with line numbers and syntax
+ A <code>cat</code> alternative with line numbers and syntax
highlighting. The <code>--all</code> flag is especially helpful for
- showing spaces, tabs, and line endings in files.
- The only configuration really needed is setting the theme and perhaps
- more preferentially, an alias that also disables paging, like normal
+ showing spaces, tabs, and line endings in files. The only
+ configuration really needed is setting the theme and perhaps more
+ preferentially, an alias that also disables paging, like normal
<code>cat</code> output:
</p>
<pre><code>export BAT_THEME="base16"
@@ -34,42 +34,144 @@ alias cat="bat --paging=never"</code></pre>
<p>
Allows for a shell script to be run upon entering a directory. This is
particularly useful for automatically activating Python virtual
- environments. Configuration consists of creating the <code>.envrc</code> file that is sourced at entry, and allowing this to happen by running <code>direnv allow</code> within the directory.
- <pre><code class="language-shell">if [ -f ".venv/bin/activate" ]; then
+ environments. Configuration consists of creating the
+ <code>.envrc</code> file that is sourced at entry, and allowing this
+ to happen by running <code>direnv allow</code> within the directory.
+ </p>
+ <pre><code class="language-shell">if [ -f ".venv/bin/activate" ]; then
source .venv/bin/activate
fi</code></pre>
- </p>
</li>
- <li><a href="https://github.com/lsd-rs/lsd" target="_blank">lsd</a>
- <p>A fancy <code>ls</code> alternative that mostly provides intuitive colours and icons. As for configuration, I found it beneficial to <a href="https://git.pngu.org/dots/tree/.config/lsd/config.yaml" target="_blank">trim down</a> some of the default output, and <a href="https://git.pngu.org/dots/tree/.config/lsd/colors.yaml" target="_blank">configure colours</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://github.com/lsd-rs/lsd" target="_blank">lsd</a>
+ <p>
+ A <code>ls</code> alternative that mostly provides intuitive colours
+ and icons. As for configuration, I found it beneficial to
+ <a
+ href="https://git.pngu.org/dots/tree/.config/lsd/config.yaml"
+ target="_blank"
+ >trim down</a
+ >
+ some of the default output, and
+ <a
+ href="https://git.pngu.org/dots/tree/.config/lsd/colors.yaml"
+ target="_blank"
+ >configure colours</a
+ >
+ accordingly.
+ </p>
</li>
- <li><a href="https://neovim.io" target="_blank">neovim</a>
- <p>My Neovim configuration is based on <a href="https://nvchad.com" target="_blank">Nvchad</a>, and configured with my desired language servers, formatters, and plugins. The following packages are installed through <a href="https://mason-registry.dev" target="_blank">Mason</a>:</p>
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://neovim.io" target="_blank">neovim</a>
+ <p>
+ My Neovim configuration is based on
+ <a href="https://nvchad.com" target="_blank">Nvchad</a>, and
+ configured with my desired language servers, formatters, and plugins.
+ The following packages are installed through
+ <a href="https://mason-registry.dev" target="_blank">Mason</a>:
+ </p>
<ul>
- <li><a href="https://docs.astral.sh/ruff" target="_blank">Ruff</a>: Python formatter and linter</li>
- <li><a href="https://github.com/python-lsp/python-lsp-server" target="_blank">Python LSP</a>: what it says on the tin</li>
- <li><a href="https://prettier.io" target="_blank">Prettier</a>: formatter for HTML and CSS (for me at least). This package unfortunately requires <code>npm</code> to be installed on the host system.</li>
- <li><a href="https://github.com/LuaLS/lua-language-server" target="'_blank">Lua LSP</a>: also what it says on the tin</li>
- <li><a href="https://github.com/JohnnyMorganz/StyLua" target="_blank">Stylua</a>: Lua formatter</li>
- <li><a href="https://github.com/chipsalliance/verible" target="_blank">Verible</a>: SystemVerilog language server, formatter, and linter</li>
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://docs.astral.sh/ruff" target="_blank">Ruff</a>:
+ Python formatter and linter
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <a
+ href="https://github.com/python-lsp/python-lsp-server"
+ target="_blank"
+ >Python LSP</a
+ >: what it says on the tin
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://prettier.io" target="_blank">Prettier</a>:
+ formatter for HTML and CSS (for me at least). This package
+ unfortunately requires <code>npm</code> to be installed on the host
+ system.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <a
+ href="https://github.com/LuaLS/lua-language-server"
+ target="'_blank"
+ >Lua LSP</a
+ >: also what it says on the tin
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://github.com/JohnnyMorganz/StyLua" target="_blank"
+ >Stylua</a
+ >: Lua formatter
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://github.com/chipsalliance/verible" target="_blank"
+ >Verible</a
+ >: SystemVerilog language server, formatter, and linter
+ </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep" target="_blank"
>ripgrep</a
>
- <p>An incredibly robust <code>grep</code> alternative, which I am quite sure I do not use to its full potential. Things like omitting directories are especially useful, and also intuitive — e.g. <code>rg -g '!dir/' foo</code>.</p>
+ <p>
+ An incredibly robust <code>grep</code> alternative, which I am quite
+ sure I do not use to its full potential. Things like omitting
+ directories are especially useful, and also intuitive — e.g.
+ <code>rg -g '!dir/' foo</code>.
+ </p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://starship.rs" target="_blank">starship</a>
+ <p>
+ An alternative terminal prompt to <code>$</code> that has extensive
+ customisation and functionality regarding current working directory. I
+ find the virtual environment status very useful.
+ </p>
</li>
- <li><a href="https://starship.rs" target="_blank">starship</a><p>An alternative terminal prompt to <code>$</code> that has extensive customisation and functionality regarding current working directory. </p></li>
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/XAMPPRocky/tokei" target="_blank">tokei</a>
+ <p>
+ Counts lines of code, as well as different languages, comments, etc.
+ </p>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide" target="_blank"
>zoxide</a
>
+ <p>
+ A <code>cd</code> alternative that auto-jumps to previously visited
+ directories. This turns a long
+ <code>cd to/a/nested/directory/named/foo</code> command to just
+ <code>cd foo</code>, after entering it once.
+ </p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ zsh
+ <p>My shell-specific configuration is rather minimal:</p>
+ <pre><code class="language-shell">#!/bin/zsh
+
+export HISTFILE=~/.zsh_history
+export HISTSIZE=20000
+export SAVEHIST=20000
+export LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
+
+path+=(
+"$HOME/.local/bin"
+"$path[@]")
+export PATH
+
+setopt HIST_IGNORE_ALL_DUPS
+setopt HIST_FIND_NO_DUPS
+
+bindkey -v
+bindkey "^?" backward-delete-char
+zstyle ':completion:*' completer _complete _ignored
+zstyle ':completion:*' matcher-list 'm:{a-z}={A-Za-z}'
+zstyle :compinstall filename '~/.zshrc'
+autoload -U compinit && compinit</code></pre>
+ <p>
+ ZSH's default Vi mode has room for improvement unfortunately, but it
+ is usable nonetheless.
+ </p>
</li>
- <li>zsh</li>
<ul>
<li>
<a
@@ -77,6 +179,19 @@ fi</code></pre>
target="_blank"
>zsh-autosuggestions</a
>
+ <p>
+ Similarly to Zoxide mentioned above, this plugin aides in running
+ previously long commands. Instead of typing out a cumbersome
+ <code>awk</code> command that you've run before, one can tap the
+ right arrow key to fill the command after typing the first few
+ characters.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Depending on your terminal's colour configuration, the default
+ colour of the suggested text to fill may not be very readable. If
+ so, set it manually at shell startup:
+ </p>
+ <pre><code>export ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_HIGHLIGHT_STYLE="fg=#C7C7C7"</code></pre>
</li>
<li>
<a
@@ -84,69 +199,191 @@ fi</code></pre>
target="_blank"
>zsh-syntax-highlighting</a
>
+ <p>
+ Provides syntax highlighting directly to commands run in your shell.
+ A small detail but invaluable for things like underlining a path
+ that is valid, quoted and conditional arguments, and so on.
+ </p>
</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<h3>Graphical</h3>
+ <p>
+ My non-headless Linux systems run under Wayland, so in turn, the following
+ applications are more or less Wayland specific.
+ </p>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://codeberg.org/dnkl/fuzzel" target="_blank">fuzzel</a>
+ <p>
+ Application launcher that is incredibly easy to
+ <a
+ href="https://git.pngu.org/dots/tree/.config/fuzzel/fuzzel.ini"
+ target="_blank"
+ >configure</a
+ >.
+ </p>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/emersion/grim" target="_blank"
>grim</a
>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://github.com/emersion/slurp" target="_blank"
+ >slurp</a
+ >
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ <p>
+ Screenshot tools that are boring and functional. Grim is the
+ screenshot utility itself, while Slurp allows for selecting a region
+ to capture. The combination is easily bound to Sway shortcuts to
+ either copy to clipboard (see
+ <a href="https://github.com/bugaevc/wl-clipboard" target="_blank"
+ >wl-clipboard</a
+ >), or save to <code>$XDG_PICTURES_DIR</code>, respectively:
+ </p>
+ <pre><code>bindsym $mod+p exec grim -g "$(slurp)" - | wl-copy
+bindsym $mod+Shift+p exec grim -g "$(slurp)"</code></pre>
+ <p></p>
</li>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <a href="https://github.com/emersion/slurp" target="_blank">slurp</a>
- </li>
- </ul>
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/jovanlanik/gtklock" target="_blank"
>gtklock</a
>
+ <p>
+ A GTK-based lock screen program that's useful when I'm out and about.
+ <a
+ href="https://git.pngu.org/dots/tree/.config/gtklock"
+ target="_blank"
+ >Configuration</a
+ >
+ is rather simple, and it is styled via CSS, which I find to be a perk.
+ Also triggered from a Sway mapping:
+ </p>
+ <pre><code>bindsym $mod+Escape exec gtklock -d</code></pre>
</li>
- <li><a href="https://sr.ht/~exec64/imv" target="_blank">imv</a></li>
- <li><a href="https://mako-project.org" target="_blank">mako</a></li>
<li>
- <a href="https://fonts.google.com/noto" target="_blank">noto fonts</a>
- (+ cjk & emoji)
+ <a href="https://sr.ht/~exec64/imv" target="_blank">imv</a>
+ <p>
+ An image viewer that supports the file formats I encounter, and even
+ has Vim keybindings.
+ </p>
</li>
- <li><a href="https://swaywm.org" target="_blank">sway</a></li>
<li>
- <a href="https://github.com/swaywm/swaybg" target="_blank">swaybg</a>
+ <a href="https://mako-project.org" target="_blank">mako</a>
+ <p>
+ Notification daemon that's libnotify compatible, and easily
+ <a
+ href="https://git.pngu.org/dots/tree/.config/mako/config"
+ target="_blank"
+ >configured</a
+ >. Its daemon must be started by Sway:
+ <code>exec /usr/bin/mako</code>.
+ </p>
</li>
<li>
- <a href="https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar" target="_blank">waybar</a>
+ <a href="https://fonts.google.com/noto" target="_blank">noto fonts</a>
+ (+ cjk & emoji)
+ <p>
+ Incredibly widely used fonts, including support for CJK and Cyrillic
+ languages, and emoji support in applications such as Discord.
+ </p>
</li>
<li>
- <a href="https://github.com/wez/wezterm" target="_blank">wezterm</a>
+ <a href="https://swaywm.org" target="_blank">sway</a>
+ <p>
+ Rather powerful window manager. Especially appreciate the input
+ <a
+ href="https://git.pngu.org/dots/tree/.config/sway/config"
+ target="_blank"
+ >configuration</a
+ >
+ options like easily changing trackpad behaviours and switching between
+ languages. Things like these are challenging on X. I use
+ <a href="https://github.com/swaywm/swaybg" target="_blank">swaybg</a>
+ to set wallpapers.
+ </p>
</li>
<li>
- <a href="https://github.com/bugaevc/wl-clipboard" target="_blank"
- >wl-clipboard</a
- >
+ <a href="https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar" target="_blank">waybar</a>
+ <p>
+ Status bar with loads of functionality.
+ <a
+ href="https://git.pngu.org/dots/tree/.config/sway/config"
+ target="_blank"
+ >Configuration</a
+ >
+ is done via a JSON-esque file and styled via CSS, which offers nearly
+ too much opportunity.
+ </p>
</li>
<li>
- <a href="https://xorg.freedesktop.org" target="_blank">xorg-xwayland</a>
+ <a href="https://github.com/wez/wezterm" target="_blank">wezterm</a>
+ <p>
+ Terminal of choice. I went back and forth between this, and
+ <a href="https://git.pngu.org/st" target="_blank">st</a>, and while
+ fun, st lacks Wayland and macOS support. Wezterm is easily
+ <a href="https://git.pngu.org/dots/tree/.config/wezterm/wezterm.lua"
+ >configured</a
+ >
+ in Lua.
+ </p>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura" target="_blank">zathura</a>
+ <p>
+ PDF viewer with Vim keybindings and commands. Allows for ample
+ <a
+ href="https://git.pngu.org/dots/tree/.config/zathura/zathurarc"
+ target="_blank"
+ >configuration</a
+ >
+ of colours and fonts.
+ </p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>System</h3>
<ul>
- <li><a href="https://chrony-project.org" target="_blank">chrony</a></li>
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://chrony-project.org" target="_blank">chrony</a>
+ <p>
+ The system clock frequently falls out of sync on some of my older
+ hardware and Chrony is a solution. Enable the system service and
+ select a
+ <a href="https://www.ntppool.org/zone/@" target="_blank">NTP pool</a>.
+ </p>
+ </li>
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut-ng" target="_blank"
>dracut</a
>
+ <p>
+ On my systems, Dracut is used to generate initramfs during kernel
+ installation, and create a bootable
+ <a
+ href="https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/unified_kernel_image"
+ target="_blank"
+ >UKI</a
+ >, which omits the need for a bootloader, such as GRUB. See
+ system-specific pages for more details.
+ </p>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/rhboot/efibootmgr" target="_blank"
>efibootmgr</a
>
+ <p>
+ Similar to usage of the above, efibootmgr is used to create boot
+ entries for bootable kernel images, both in the form of UKI's or
+ <a
+ href="https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/efi-stub.html"
+ target="_blank"
+ >EFI Stub</a
+ >'s. Also handy for cleaning up other entries littered around by other
+ operating systems.
+ </p>
</li>
<li>
<a
@@ -154,61 +391,159 @@ fi</code></pre>
target="_blank"
>iwd</a
>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ <a
+ href="https://roy.marples.name/projects/openresolv"
+ target="_blank"
+ >openresolv</a
+ >
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ <p>
+ Preferred networking setup for its minimal system footprint,
+ reliability (significantly over WPA Supplicant), and ease of use with
+ most networks I encounter. It can be configured to use its internal
+ DHCP client, and a DNS manager such as a resolvconf:
+ </p>
+ <pre><code>[General]
+EnableNetworkConfiguration=true
+
+[Network]
+NameResolvingService=resolvconf</code></pre>
</li>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <a href="https://roy.marples.name/projects/openresolv" target="_blank"
- >openresolv</a
- >
- </li>
- </ul>
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/Duncaen/OpenDoas" target="_blank">doas</a>
+ <p>
+ A <code>sudo</code> alternative that is a fraction of the size of the
+ traditional authentication program, and performs everything most
+ single-user, non-server systems would need. Configuration to allow
+ persistent authentication for some time after a user of the
+ <code>wheel</code> group has entered their password is straight
+ forward:
+ </p>
+ <pre><code>permit persist :wheel</code></pre>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd" target="_blank">keyd</a>
+ <p>
+ Key remapping for Linux systems that's capable of reproducing much of
+ my <a href="https://qmk.fm" target="_blank">QMK</a> configuration,
+ which primarily includes combos, layers, home row mods, and more. This
+ is certainly suitable for making my laptop's keyboard usable, albeit
+ uncomfortable.
+ <a href="https://git.pngu.org/dots/tree/.config/keyd.conf"></a> is
+ certainly straight forward as well. This file must however either live
+ at or be symlinked to <code>/etc/keyd/default.conf</code>.
+ </p>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc" target="_blank">openrc</a>
+ <p>
+ Undoubtedly my preferred init system. Incredibly reliable and not
+ built such that things like reboot depend on some other program (hint
+ hint systemd...). Usage is also intuitive:
+ </p>
+ <pre><code>$ rc-status
+Runlevel: default
+ chrony [ started ]
+ dbus [ started 17 day(s) 23:13:07 (0) ]
+ thermald [ started 17 day(s) 23:13:06 (0) ]
+ sshd [ started 17 day(s) 23:13:06 (0) ]
+ iwd [ started 3 day(s) 01:25:06 (0) ]
+ keyd [ started ]
+ tlp [ started ]
+ agetty.tty1 [ started 17 day(s) 23:13:05 (0) ]
+Dynamic Runlevel: hotplugged
+ user.jack [ started 17 day(s) 23:12:47 (0) ]
+ </code></pre>
</li>
- <li>openssh</li>
- <li>pipewire</li>
</ul>
<h3>Development</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/rizsotto/Bear" target="_blank">bear</a>
+ <p>
+ The clangd language server sources a
+ <code>compile_commands.json</code> file that provides information like
+ where header files are found, compilation flags, etc. Clang(d) has no
+ built-in provision for generating this file, so bear is the tool for
+ the job. Usage is rather straight forward:
+ </p>
+ <pre><code>$ bear -- cc misc.c
+$ cat compile_commands.json
+[
+ {
+ "file": "misc.c",
+ "arguments": [
+ "cc",
+ "misc.c"
+ ],
+ "directory": "/home/jack"
+ }
+]</code></pre>
+ <p>
+ Running <code>bear -- make</code> would be appropriate for projects
+ that use a Makefile.
+ </p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://lldb.llvm.org" target="_blank">lldb</a>
+ <p>
+ A debugger that behaves similarly to GDB, but is much more intuitive
+ in my opinion. This
+ <a href="https://github.com/gdbinit/lldbinit" target="_blank">here</a>
+ extends LLDB a bit by providing some graphical features and overall
+ more information by default. The script lives in
+ <code>~/.local/lldbinit.py</code> and call it from
+ <code>.lldbinit</code>:
+ </p>
+ <pre><code>command script import ~/.local/lldbinit.py</code></pre>
</li>
- <li><a href="https://llvm.org" target="_blank">llvm</a></li>
- <li>git</li>
- <li><a href="https://lldb.llvm.org" target="_blank">lldb</a></li>
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf" target="_blank">pkgconf</a>
+ <p>
+ Used to automatically configure compiler and linker flags for
+ libraries that need them. Helpful working on projects across different
+ systems and architectures.
+ </p>
</li>
- <li><a href="https://github.com/astral-sh/uv" target="_blank">uv</a></li>
<li>
- <a href="https://www.veripool.org/verilator" target="_blank"
- >verilator</a
- >
+ <a href="https://github.com/astral-sh/uv" target="_blank">uv</a>
+ <p>
+ Python installation and package manager. Incredibly fast and intuitive
+ to use, and preferable to <code>pip</code> and other Python utilities.
+ </p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Miscellaneous</h3>
<ul>
- <li>kicad</li>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <a
- href="https://waterlan.home.xs4all.nl/dos2unix.html"
- target="_blank"
- >dos2unix</a
- >
- </li>
- <li>kicad library</li>
- <li>kicad libary 3d</li>
- </ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.imagemagick.org" target="_blank">imagemagick</a>
+ <p>
+ I occasionally find myself in need of some sort of basic image
+ manipulation, like rotating, resizing, or combining images. Searching
+ the web for "rotate image online" is silly, and imagemagick is capable
+ of far more than just that.
+ </p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <a href="https://www.weechat.org" target="_blank">weechat</a>
+ <p>
+ I am active in a few IRC channels, however not often enough to need a
+ fancy GUI client. Weechat is quite configurable and easy to use, with
+ much of the shortcuts match those found in browsers and Vim.
+ </p>
</li>
- <li><a href="https://www.weechat.org" target="_blank">weechat</a></li>
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/yadm-dev/yadm" target="_blank">yadm</a>
+ <p>
+ This tool (read git wrapper) keeps track of all my system
+ configuration files with the ease and convenience of git. Each system
+ gets a branch and files I want to exclude are excluded via the
+ standard <code>.gitignore</code>. This makes setting up new systems or
+ undoing changes incredibly easy.
+ </p>
</li>
</ul>
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