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All below package names are from the Arch repositories. Some packages are exclusive to the AUR only.
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**Windowmaker dockapps may require manual source code fixes.**
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## Required packages
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the bare minimum of this setup
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xorg-server - I don't use Wayland and almost nothing on this list supports it.
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windowmaker - The desktop. Self explanatory.
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wmclock - The clock, you'd be a loser without one.
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wmsystemtray - Support for XDG tray icons, required for many applications.
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## Optional packages
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stuff I like to use, part of xinitrc or basic utils
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substitute/remove packages and edit configs as needed
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ly - Minimal TUI-based session manager.
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kitty - OpenGL 3.2 terminal emulator.
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starship - Bourne shell prompt customizer.
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ttf-mononoki-nerd - Special glyphs for Kitty and Starship. Part of nerd-fonts.
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picom - Compositor for drop shadows and hardware-accelerated rendering.
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kmix - KDE's Qt frontend for ALSA.
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xscreensaver - Screensaver pack for X server by Jamie Zawinski.
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## Extra applications
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things i rely on for my day-to-day but aren't part of the core setup
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linux-zen - Fork of the Linux kernel with micro-optimizations geared towards video games.
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xosview - Basic system resource monitor for various POSIX X11 systems.
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informant - ARCH LINUX ONLY. Alerts you of archlinux.org news updates when you update your packages.
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alien_package_converter - Converts between various packaging formats (slackware tarball, deb, rpm, etc).
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debtap - Converts Debian packages to Arch Linux packages.
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firefox - Gecko-based web browser. Substitute with Librewolf if you're afraid of the glowies.
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seamonkey - Fork of the old-school Netscape/Mozilla suite. Sucks for browsing but has a cool email client.
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steam - Digital game storefront and gaming social media platform.
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vesktop - Frontend for Discord's web client. Not amazing but works better than the official one.
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psi-plus - Development branch of Psi, the cross-platform XMPP / Jabber client.
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mumble - Free software Teamspeak alternative.
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gimp - Free software bitmap graphics editor.
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inkscape - Free software vector graphics editor.
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clementine - Qt5 Music player w/ Last.fm integration. Can substitute with Amarok 2+ or 1.4 (Trinity).
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mpv - Minimalist, no-bullshit free and open source video player.
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youtube-viewer - Terminal frontend for Youtube powered by yt-dlp and mpv.
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gpu-screen-recorder-gtk - Screen capture tool designed with GPU vendor optimizations in mind, similar to NVIDIA Shadowplay.
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obs-studio - GUI frontend for FFMPEG meant for production-quality livestreaming. I use this to screenshare over RTMP.
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easyeffects - GNOME (yuck) app to add VST filters to sound I/O and mute certain programs in screen capture. REQUIRES PIPEWIRE!
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virt-manager - Frontend for QEMU/KVM. See https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/QEMU for prerequisite setup.
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ckb-next - Free software reimplementation of Corsair iCUE for select keyboards.
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protonmail-bridge - Local IMAP server for encrypted Proton.me accounts.
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wireguard-tools - Terminal controls and daemon for ProtonVPN.
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qbittorrent - Free Qt5 file sharing program for the Bittorrent protocol.
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soulseekqt - Free Qt5 client for the Napster-like file sharing network.
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gitahead - GUI frontend for Git version control.
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howl - Vim-esqe GUI text editor.
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code - Free software branch of Micro$oft's lightweight Electron IDE. (lots of yucky words there...)
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intellij-idea-community-edition - Swing-based IDE for writing Java and Kotlin software.
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