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README.md

Ubuntu Install

By running the installer it wipes a complete install and turns it into something more minimal and less resource intensive. An alternative would've been to start with the Ubuntu minimal disk and work up, but the full Ubuntu ISO comes with some conveniences that I wanted to keep. Kit includes:

Compton
Xmonad
Dmenu
Lemonbar
Urxvt
Physlock
feh
zsh

It also substitutes Ubuntu's stock media players with less resource intensive alternatives such as mplayer and ffmpeg.

NOTE: After rebooting you will boot into a black screen. See the section on GRUB for details. To get to a login screen press ctrl + alt + f1 and login normally.

X Server

To start Xmonad simply type startx at the tty.

Make sure Xresources and Xinitrc are symlinked properly in your home directory. If you have any problems getting Xmonad to start, check the logs, and then those two files.

To Kill the server at any time press alt + shift + q.

Xmonad Hotkeys

Here are some hotkeys to get you started:

mod4 + shift + q: Kill X server
mod4 + q: Recompile Xmonad
mod4 + w: Move window up
mod4 + s: Move window down
mod4 + a: Move window left
mod4 + d: Move window right
mod4 + enter: Spawn a new window
mod4 + space: Launch dmenu
mod4 + h: Shift focus left
mod4 + j: Shift focus down
mod4 + k: Shift focus up
mod4 + l: Shift focus right
mod4 + <1...9>: Change to nth workspace
mod4 + t: Retile windows
mod4 + shift + c: Close currently focused window

GRUB

A small change has to be applied to stop Ubuntu from booting into a non-existent display manager's login screen:

Type sudo nano /etc/default/grub
Find GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
Replace (2) with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text"
Run sudo upgrade-grub

This will force Ubuntu to boot into a tty. To start Ubuntu type startx in any tty.

Changing Desktop Backgrounds

Inside of ~/.xinitrc is a line that starts with feh. Change the image being passed into this to change the desktop background. Kill the xserver with alt + shift + q and startx again.

TODO

Have installer script git clone essentials and symlink everything correctly.
Have installer automatically modify the grub config to set up text login mode.