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title: "LARBS"
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{{< img src="/pix/larbs.png" class=normal >}}
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LARBS is an efficient shell script that will install a fully-featured tiling window manager-based system on any Arch or [Artix](https://artixlinux.org) Linux-based system, without any of the routine of manual post-install processes and configuration.
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## Two types of LARBS users
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Is LARBS for you? Probably yes. I don't know how else you would've found this site. The script is for two types of people:
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1. People who already know their stuff and just want to automate installing a system without doing the boring stuff you've done a million times.
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2. Novices who want to use and learn about a leet hackerman computer setup like those in the movies for either efficiency or looking cool.
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No actual phonies allowed though.
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The goal of the system for novices is helping you understand how a good Unix system works and how it is modified.
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I give huge amounts of documentation for this, but this is not a hand-holding distro that does things automatically for you.
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Instead, you realize how easy it is to set things up automatically yourself.
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## Installation
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On a fresh installation of Arch Linux or Artix Linux, run the following:
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```fish
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curl -LO larbs.xyz/larbs.sh
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sh larbs.sh
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```
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LARBS will then guide you through installation, which is typically relatively snappy. On my slow internet, it takes around 10 minutes.
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Note that the LARBS scripts will not partition any drives or wipe anything, **but** when it deploys the dotfiles, it will overwrite any preexisting files: e.g. the LARBS bashrc will replace your old bashrc, etc. To avoid even this risk, you can tell LARBS to install for a new username and nothing will be overwritten.
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## No un-features
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- No proprietary software or spyware.
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- No snaps or flatpaks or Mac-lite garbage. GNU/Linux the way it's supposed to be.
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- No branding cringe. Once you run LARBS, you have **your own** system, not mine!
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## Programs
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Here are the main programs, all with extra information here:
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- [dwm](/dwm) -- the main graphical environment
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- [st](/st) -- the terminal
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- [dwmblocks](/dwmblocks) -- statusbar
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- [zsh](zsh) -- the shell
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- [Librewolf](librewolf) with the Arkenfox.js -- browser
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- [lf](/lf) -- file manager
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- [neomutt](/neomutt) -- email
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- [abook](/abook) -- extensible address book
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- [ncmpcpp](/ncmpcpp) -- music
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- [newsboat](newsboat) -- RSS feeds and news
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- [htop](htop) -- to look cool in screencaps... err... system monitor
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- [mpv](/mpv) -- video player
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- nsxiv -- image viewer
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## Learning the system is fun and easy!
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You can figure out about the system in a lot of different ways:
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- LARBS has a built-in readme document and list of all the many efficient keybindings that you can read [here](/larbs-dwm.pdf). By pressing <kbd>super + F1</kbd> at any time while in the system you can read this document.
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- The many illustrative videos on [Luke's YouTube channel](https://youtube.com/lukesmithxyz), some of which are easily watchable in LARBS by pressing <kbd>super + F2</kbd>.
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- The documentation on the <a href="https://github.com/lukesmithxyz/voidrice">Github</a> page.
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- By just installing it and diving in!
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