- New installation method for sddm sugar candy theme. Instead of using yay, the installer will download the ZIP from the repository, extract it to the Downloads folder and copy the files to the destination folder.
- A gamemode can be toggled with SUPER+ALT+G. The gaming mode will disable the animations and blur.
- Hyprpaper is the default wallpaper engine. swww will not be installed by the installer anymore. You can still switch to swww in the Dotfiles Settings App (System tab) but you need to install swww manually with yay -S swww
- pfetch has been replaced with fastfetch (requires an update of the .bashrc) https://gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/dotfiles/-/issues/315
- Directory for wallpapers can be customized with new .settings/wallpaper-folder.sh https://gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/dotfiles/-/issues/325
- Screen shading possible with hyprshade. SUPER+SHIFT+S to toggle hyprshade. The shader can be defined with the shader module in waybar or in ~/dotfiles/.settings/hyprshade.sh
For auto-activation at a dedicated time please set the filter to off and follow the instructions here https://github.com/loqusion/hyprshade. https://gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/dotfiles/-/issues/329
- Nautilus defined as the new default file manager. Thunar is still available.
- Waybar can be toggles with SUPER+CTRL+B https://gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/dotfiles/-/issues/299
- During the installation of the keyboard, it can be selected between a desktop and laptop optimized configuration https://gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/dotfiles/-/issues/319.
- Pacman can be configured for parallel downloads, colors and more during the installation and with the ML4W Settings app https://gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/dotfiles/-/issues/316
- Image conversions with imagemagick can be enabled for wallpapers. Right click on wallpaper module in waybar. You can add more effects in ~/dotfiles/hypr/effects/wallpaper
- In the ML4W Dotfiles Settings App you can now switch between the wallpaper applications swww or hyprpaper. In case of issues with the default application swww you can select hyprpaper. The wallpaper application can also be disabled but background images for wlogout, hyprlock and rofi will be generated with the selected wallpaper.
PLEASE NOTE: Logout & Login is required after a change.
- New folder structure for backups: dotfiles-versions/backup holds the latest backup, dotfiles-versions/archive stores archived backups
- Installer can now backup configurations in .config before overwriting by dotfiles
- You can uninstall the ML4W dotfiles with the new uninstaller script starting from the ML4W dotfiles or by executing ~/dotfiles/uninstall.sh
- Using the hypridle.conf suggested by https://wiki.hyprland.org/Hypr-Ecosystem/hypridle/
- Force installation of sddm to fix theme issue with sddm-sugar-candy theme. sddm-git doesn't work with themes at the moment
- snapshot.sh script check now for required timeshift and (optional) grub-btrfs packages
- Waybar Bluetooth module now hides automatically if no bluetooth device is detected. Please check that "bluetooth" is not commented out in ~/dotfiles/waybar/modules.json
- Replace hypridle-git with hypridle and hyprlock-git with hyprlock
- Desktop file for ML4W Welcome App to be listed in application launcher + icon
- Display Manager SDDM and sugar-candy theme will be installed.
- Optional display manager disablement possible
- Select between hyprland or hyprland-git
- Arco Linux is now supported. Please choose hyprland-git and reinstall/force the installation of all packages during the installation/update script.
General:
- Adding icons to eza. Adding ls, ll, lt
- New alacritty.toml configuration file
Hyprland:
- New Waybar Module Idle Inhibitor to deactivate the automatic start of swaylock e.g. to watch videos or for online meetings
- Create own customization of ML4W waybar themes: https://gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/dotfiles/-/tree/main/waybar?ref_type=heads#define-your-own-config-and-stylecss-for-a-ml4w-theme
- Wallpaper selector now with preview thumbnails
- Settings script reworked completely. Implementation of custom modules are now possible.
- Waybar settings module to edit some ML4W waybar themes settings on the fly
- Waybar with Systray (can be hidden in settings script)
- SDDM settings module to update the SDDM background with current wallpaper
- All image formats are now supported for setting a wallpaper (jpg,jpeg,png,...)
Qtile:
- Removed wayland support due to many limitations. Installation script will rename /usr/share/wayland-sessions/qtile-wayland.session to qtile-wayland.bak to hide in sddm
- Switch to chromium as default browser (SUPER + B)
- Brave is alternative browser (SUPER + CTRL + B)
- Default animations back to standard ~/dotfiles/conf/animations-low.conf due to compatibility reasons. Enhanced animations available in ~/dotfiles/conf/animations-high.conf
- Thunar is default file manager now due to compatibility reasons
- Default icons set to Papirus icon theme
- GTK files updated and cleaned up. gtk-4.0 added (please check the ~/dotfiles/3-dotfile.sh for required symlinks)
- Default cursor set to Bibata Modern Ice
- 1-install.sh checks if base-devel is installed. Required to install and compile yay
- Updates custom waybar module to check available packages for updates (pacman and aur) plus color theme for number of available packages (waybar/modules.json)
- New installupdates script with Timeshift integration. Ask for name for the Timeshift before starting the updates (scripts/installupdates.sh)
- Waybar: Pywal colors for waybar now with relative link into ./cache/wal/ (waybar/style.css)
