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Arch Linux tweaks

This is a collection of the tweaks and modification I've made to my Arch Linux installation over the months. These may be applicable to other distros, but please check first before doing anything. I also included Arch Wiki references for all the procedures I mentioned. My recommendation is not to blindly follow this gist but to always check with the Arch Linux wiki first. Things move fast and by the time you're reading this my gist may be out of date. Lastly, the golden rule: never execute a command you don't understand.

Installing the KDE Plasma desktop

My current DE of choice is KDE's Plasma. I find it just about perfect.

There are various ways to install it on Arch. The most popular one is to install plasma and plasma-applications, but I don't like doing that because it comes with too many programs I'll never use. I, instead, install the base plasma group, remove the few extra packages that come with it, then I finish off by installing a few KDE apps that don't come with th

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	#!/bin/bash

	set -euo pipefail

	# Directory setup
	APP_DIR="${HOME}/Applications"
	ICON_DIR="${HOME}/.local/share/icons"
	DESKTOP_DIR="${HOME}/.local/share/applications"
	BIN_DIR="${HOME}/.local/bin"

	from telethon.sync import TelegramClient
	from telethon.tl.functions.messages import GetDialogsRequest
	from telethon.tl.types import InputPeerEmpty
	# Go to https://my.telegram.org/apps, sign in, go to API development tools, create an app, copy and paste below:
	api_id = 123456
	api_hash = '303xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
	phone = '+xxxxxxxxxxxx'
	client = TelegramClient(phone, api_id, api_hash)
	client.connect()
	if not client.is_user_authorized():

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Arch Linux tweaks

Installing the KDE Plasma desktop

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