monakhos/README.md

# MonakhOS: My general workstation environment

Code name given on 2024-05-16 : "MonakhOS"

Architecture:
- Sway

- A single `venv` in dots containing all utilities and libs

## Ansible

https://github.com/id101010/ansible-archlinux

## Getting started with a VM (qemu)

Cd in `sandbox_vms/vm1`

Create the QCow base image.

    ../../ansible/run_ansible_playbook.sh base.img

Run the image, use remmina to install with archinstall.

With Archinstall add:
- desktop profile
    - sway
    - ly greeter
- networkmanager

Create snapshot to be able to quickly restart the ansible script with a clean image

    qemu-img create -f qcow2 -b base.img -F qcow2 after_arch_install.img

    qemu-img create -f qcow2 -b after_arch_install.img -F qcow2 after_ssh_init.img

    qemu-img create -f qcow2 -b after_ssh_init.img -F qcow2 ready_for_ansible.img



## Steps to install

- find a new name for the device eg. blackjack
- connect to wifi
- enable ssh server to access it from the exterior
- generate ssh key
- add sshkey to forge.lefuturiste.fr

### Generate a unprotected default ssh key

```
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "mbess@blackjack"
```

no passphrase

> ECDSA-SK, Ed25519 and Ed25519-SK keys have a fixed length and the -b flag will be ignored.

### Configure ~/.ssh/config

```
# set as default
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/unprotected_ed25519

Host *
    ServerAliveInterval 40

Host forge.lefuturiste.fr
    user git
    IdentitiesOnly yes
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/unprotected_ed25519

Host aur.archlinux.org
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_aur
    User aur
```

### Clone dots

```
cd ~
git clone git@forge.lefuturiste.fr:mbess/dots .dots
```

```
cd ~/.dots
python3 -m venv venv

pip install -r requirements.txt

# create symbolic link to access dots
ln -s ~/.dots ~/dots
```

### install yay

```
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay
makepkg -si
```

### configure Zsh

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Zsh



### configure xremap

    sudo systemctl daemon-reload

    sudo systemctl enable --now xremap


### Import and configure GPG keys

### Configure unix password manager

using `extra/gopass`

### Setup symbolic links to configs files

run the script `setup_dot.sh`

## Shell

### Fish

#### install fisher

https://github.com/jorgebucaran/fisher

use `fisher package`

#### fzf fish

https://github.com/PatrickF1/fzf.fish

require fd and bat

#### lfcd
https://github.com/gokcehan/lf/blob/master/etc/lfcd.fish

### Zsh

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=ud7YxC33Z3w
https://github.com/jeffreytse/zsh-vi-mode

How to handle different profiles

## Pacman packages

defined in dots file

arch_packages.yaml

## Sway

### swayidle

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/68694093/how-to-prevent-swayidle-from-execution-while-watching-a-film

## Greeter

Ly is a TUI greeter, it will show a terminal based login prompt

https://github.com/fairyglade/ly

## ansible

### auto run archinstall with ansible

- question: how to overwrite the drive config and set it to auto ?

https://archinstall.archlinux.page/


## Pistes

https://github.com/kewlfft/ansible-aur