dwt1--dotfiles/README.org

#+TITLE: DT's Dotfiles

* Table of Contents :toc:
- [[#what-are-dotfiles][What Are Dotfiles?]]
- [[#my-window-manager-configs][My Window Manager Configs]]
- [[#other-popular-configs-of-mine][Other Popular Configs Of Mine]]
- [[#who-am-i][Who Am I?]]
- [[#distrotube-on-the-web][DistroTube On The Web]]
- [[#support-dts-work][Support DT's Work]]
- [[#how-to-manage-your-own-dotfiles][How To Manage Your Own Dotfiles]]
- [[#license][License]]

* What Are Dotfiles?
#+CAPTION: Desktop Scrot
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[[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/raw/master/.screenshots/dotfiles09-thumb.png]]

Dotfiles are the customization files that are used to personalize your Linux or other Unix-based system.  You can tell that a file is a dotfile because the name of the file will begin with a period--a dot!  The period at the beginning of a filename or directory name indicates that it is a hidden file or directory.  This repository contains my personal dotfiles.  They are stored here for convenience so that I may quickly access them on new machines or new installs.  Also, others may find some of my configurations helpful in customizing their own dotfiles.

* My Window Manager Configs

 | [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.config/awesome][Awesome]] | [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.config/bspwm][Bspwm]]    | [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dwm-distrotube][Dwm]]    | [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.config/herbstluftwm][Herbstluftwm]] |
 | [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.config/i3][i3-gaps]] | [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/blob/master/.jwmrc][JWM]]      | [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.config/leftwm][LeftWM]] | [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.config/openbox][Openbox]]      |
 | [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.config/qtile][Qtile]]   | [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.config/spectrwm][Spectrwm]] | [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.config/xmonad][XMonad]] |              |
=NOTE=: With Openbox, you may also want my [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.config/tint2][tint2]] panel config and [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dt-dark-theme][dt-dark-theme]] GTK theme.

* Other Popular Configs Of Mine

| [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.config/alacritty][Alacritty]] | [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/blob/master/.bashrc][Bash]]    | [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dmenu-distrotube][Dmenu]]      | [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.config/doom][Doom Emacs]] | [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.config/fish][Fish]]                |
| [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.config/nvim][Neovim]]    | [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.config/polybar][Polybar]] | [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.config/rofi][Rofi]]       | [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/st-distrotube][St]]         | [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/shell-color-scripts][Shell Color Scripts]] |
| [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/surf-distrotube][Surf]]      | [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.config/sxhkd][Sxhkd]]   | [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/wallpapers][Wallpapers]] | [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.config/xmobar][Xmobar]]     | [[https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/blob/master/.zshrc][Zsh]]                 |

* Who Am I?
I am Derek Taylor (DT), the creator of the DistroTube channel (also DT) on [[https://www.youtube.com/c/DistroTube][YouTube]]. In my videos, I focus a lot of my attention on minimal window managers such as openbox, dwm, qtile, i3 and xmonad. I also focus heavily on command line programs and extensible text editors such as Vim and Emacs. Viewers of my channel will often ask me for my configuration files for these programs. This repository serves a triple function:
1) As a place to point viewers who ask me for my configs.
2) As a learning resource for those that wish to study my configs.
3) As a backup and restore option for myself should the need arise.

* DistroTube On The Web
- [[https://www.youtube.com/DistroTube][YouTube]]
- [[https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2][Odysee (LBRY)]]
- [[https://distro.tube][Distro.tube]]
- [[https://fosstodon.org/@distrotube][Fosstodon (Mastodon)]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/distrotube/][r/DistroTube (Reddit)]]

* Support DT's Work
Making great content in the form of videos and in the form of these dotfiles is time consuming and a lot of work.  Since the pandemic, being a video content creator has been full-time job, and I need your support.  Consider subscribing to my Patreon or make a one-time donation through PayPal.  Those of you on Odysee can send LBC as a tip.

- [[https://www.patreon.com/distrotube][Patreon]]
- [[https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=derek%40distrotube%2ecom&lc=US&item_name=DistroTube&no_note=0&currency_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donateCC_LG%2egif%3aNonHostedGuest][PayPal]]
  
* How To Manage Your Own Dotfiles
There are a hundred ways to manage your dotfiles. Personally, I use the *git bare repository method* for managing my dotfiles. Here is an article about this method of managing your dotfiles: [[https://developer.atlassian.com/blog/2016/02/best-way-to-store-dotfiles-git-bare-repo/][https://developer.atlassian.com/blog/2016/02/best-way-to-store-dotfiles-git-bare-repo/]]

Other articles discussing dotfile management are listed below:
- [[https://distrotube.com/guest-articles/managing-dotfiles-with-rcm.html][Managing dotfiles with style with rcm]] (Ronnie Nissan)
- [[https://distrotube.com/guest-articles/interactive-dotfile-management-dotbare.html][Interactive dotfile management with dotbare]] (Kevin Zhuang)
  
* License
The files and scripts in this repository are licensed under the MIT License, which is a very permissive license allowing you to use, modify, copy, distribute, sell, give away, etc. the software. In other words, do what you want with it. The only requirement with the MIT License is that the license and copyright notice must be provided with the software.