🌸 Rosé Pine Sway & Waybar Setup — Arch Linux

A modern, fluid, and cohesive Wayland desktop environment powered by Sway, Waybar, SwayNC, and Wofi, fully styled with the Rosé Pine color palette and Ioskeley Mono typography.

📸 Desktop Overview

Window Manager: Sway (Wayland i3-compatible compositor)
Status Bar: Waybar (Rosé Pine pills with real-time system monitors for Network throughput, CPU, Memory, Disk, plus interactive popups for Calendar & wttr.in Weather)
On-Screen Display (OSD): SwayOSD (GTK layer-shell HUD for volume, mic, and brightness controls with Rosé Pine styling)
Control Center & Notifications: SwayNotificationCenter (swaync Control Center with audio mixer, per-app volume sliders, backlight, Wi-Fi networks, Bluetooth devices, and screenshot tool)
App Launcher & Menus: Wofi (App launcher, Clipboard history, Wi-Fi manager, Bluetooth manager, Power menu, Wallpaper selector, and System Shortcuts cheat sheet)
Wallpaper Daemon: awww (Smooth animated wallpaper transitions)
Screenshot & Annotation: Swappy + grim + slurp + wl-clipboard (High-contrast studio editor)
Terminal: Foot & WezTerm
Typography: Ioskeley Mono & IoskeleyMono Nerd Font Mono
Theme & Colors: Rosé Pine Dark (#191724 Base, #1f1d2e Surface, #ebbcba Rose, #eb6f92 Love, #31748f Pine, #9ccfd8 Foam, #c4a7e7 Iris)

🚀 From Barebones Arch to Current State

Follow these step-by-step instructions to recreate this exact environment from a fresh, minimal Arch Linux installation.

1. Base System & Essential Wayland Packages

Ensure your base Arch installation is up-to-date and install the core audio, Wayland, Sway, and utility packages:

# Update system
sudo pacman -Syu

# Base Wayland, Compositor & Graphics
sudo pacman -S --needed \
    sway swaylock swayidle xorg-xwayland \
    polkit polkit-gnome \
    xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-wlr xdg-desktop-portal-gtk

# Status Bar, OSD, Terminals & Shells
sudo pacman -S --needed waybar swayosd foot wezterm zsh bash curl git jq btop

# Audio & Media Controls
sudo pacman -S --needed \
    pipewire pipewire-pulse pipewire-alsa wireplumber \
    pavucontrol playerctl brightnessctl

# Networking & Bluetooth
sudo pacman -S --needed \
    networkmanager network-manager-applet bluez bluez-utils

# System Daemons & Utilities
sudo pacman -S --needed \
    upower chezmoi \
    grim slurp swappy wl-clipboard cliphist

# GTK Theming & Engines
sudo pacman -S --needed \
    gtk3 gtk4 gnome-themes-extra gsettings-desktop-schemas gtk-layer-shell

2. AUR Helper & AUR Packages

Install an AUR helper (such as yay or paru) and install the remaining components:

# Install yay (if not already installed)
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git /tmp/yay
cd /tmp/yay && makepkg -si && cd ~

# Install SwayNC, Wofi, and Awww from AUR
yay -S --needed \
    sway-notification-center \
    wofi \
    awww

3. Enable System Services

Enable the essential background daemons:

# Network & Bluetooth
sudo systemctl enable --now NetworkManager
sudo systemctl enable --now bluetooth

# Enable pipewire user services (runs automatically on login)
systemctl --user enable --now pipewire pipewire-pulse wireplumber

4. Typography (Ioskeley Fonts)

Make sure Ioskeley Mono and IoskeleyMono Nerd Font are installed in ~/.local/share/fonts/ or /usr/share/fonts/:

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts
# Copy your Ioskeley font files into ~/.local/share/fonts/
# Update font cache:
fc-cache -fv

Verify the font is available:

fc-list : family | grep -i "Ioskeley"

5. Apply Dotfiles with Chezmoi

Initialize and apply this dotfiles repository:

# Apply dotfiles directly from your repository:
chezmoi init <your-git-repo-url>
chezmoi apply

# Ensure all scripts in ~/.local/bin are executable:
chmod +x ~/.local/bin/*

Make sure ~/.local/bin is in your PATH (already included in .zshrc and .bashrc).

6. Wallpapers Directory

The wallpaper switcher expects wallpapers in ~/Pictures/Walls/:

mkdir -p ~/Pictures/Walls ~/Pictures/Screenshots
# Add your favorite wallpapers (.png, .jpg, .webp) to ~/Pictures/Walls/

Press Super + Shift + B to open the wallpaper picker, or Super + Ctrl + B for random wallpaper selection.

7. Start Sway Session

Launch Sway:

sway

🐧 Installation Guide for Ubuntu 26.04 (LTS Base)

You can run this exact desktop setup on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Because LTS repositories can sometimes lag behind the fast-moving Wayland ecosystem, follow these steps to install the latest tools via official PPAs, modern package managers, and standalone binaries.

1. Add PPAs & Repositories for Latest Sway & WezTerm

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y software-properties-common curl gpg wget

# 1. PPA for Latest Sway & Wayland components
# (Ubuntu Sway Remix project PPA or community backports)
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ubuntusway-dev/stable
# Alternative: sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:pgentili/sway

# 2. WezTerm Official APT Repository (Optional)
curl -fsSL https://apt.fury.io/wez/gpg.key | sudo gpg --yes --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/wezterm-fury.gpg
echo 'deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/wezterm-fury.gpg] https://apt.fury.io/wez/ * *' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/wezterm.list

sudo apt update

2. Install Core Packages & Dependencies

sudo apt install -y \
    sway swaylock swayidle xwayland \
    waybar sway-notification-center wofi btop \
    foot wezterm zsh bash curl git jq \
    pipewire pipewire-pulse wireplumber pavucontrol playerctl brightnessctl \
    network-manager bluez bluez-tools upower \
    grim slurp swappy wl-clipboard \
    xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-wlr xdg-desktop-portal-gtk \
    libgtk-3-bin libgtk-4-bin gsettings-desktop-schemas libgtk-layer-shell0

3. Install Latest Modern Tools on LTS

Some newer Wayland tools are best installed directly via their official installers or release binaries:

A. Chezmoi (Dotfile Manager)

sh -c "$(curl -fsLS get.chezmoi.io)" -- -b ~/.local/bin

B. Cliphist (Wayland Clipboard Manager)

mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
# Download latest Linux x86_64 binary
curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/sentriz/cliphist/releases/latest \
  | jq -r '.assets[] | select(.name | test("linux_amd64")) | .browser_download_url' \
  | wget -qi - -O ~/.local/bin/cliphist
chmod +x ~/.local/bin/cliphist

C. Awww (Smooth Animated Wallpaper Daemon)

Install via Rust Cargo (or download precompiled binary from awww releases):

sudo apt install -y cargo libwayland-dev libxkbcommon-dev
cargo install awww
# Ensure ~/.cargo/bin or ~/.local/bin is in your PATH

4. Enable Services & Permissions

# Add user to hardware groups
sudo usermod -aG video,input,audio $USER

# Enable system network and bluetooth daemons
sudo systemctl enable --now NetworkManager
sudo systemctl enable --now bluetooth

# Enable PipeWire audio services for the current user
systemctl --user enable --now pipewire pipewire-pulse wireplumber

5. Install Ioskeley Fonts

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts
# Copy Ioskeley font files into ~/.local/share/fonts/
fc-cache -fv

6. Apply Dotfiles

# Initialize and apply dotfiles
chezmoi init <your-git-repo-url>
chezmoi apply

# Make all helper scripts executable
chmod +x ~/.local/bin/*

7. Launching Sway on Ubuntu

You can select Sway directly from the GDM/SDDM login screen menu, or launch it from a TTY:

sway

⌨️ System Shortcuts Reference

All shortcuts can be searched on the fly by pressing Super / Cmd + K:

🚀 Applications & Launchers

Shortcut	Action
`Super` + `Return`	Launch Foot Terminal
`Super` + `D`	Application Launcher (Wofi)
`Super` + `K`	System Shortcuts & Keybinds List (Wofi)
`Super` + `Shift` + `V`	Clipboard History Manager (`cliphist`)
`Super` + `Shift` + `W`	Wi-Fi Network Selector (`nmtui` in floating window)
`Super` + `Shift` + `B`	Wallpaper Switcher Menu (`awww`)
`Super` + `Ctrl` + `B`	Set Random Wallpaper
`Super` + `Shift` + `E`	Power & Session Menu (Lock, Suspend, Reboot, Shutdown)
`Super` + `N` / `Super` + `Shift` + `N`	Toggle Notification Center (`swaync`)

🪟 Window Management

Shortcut	Action
`Super` + `Shift` + `Q`	Close / Kill Focused Window
`Super` + `F`	Toggle Fullscreen
`Super` + `Shift` + `Space`	Toggle Floating / Tiling Mode
`Super` + `Space`	Swap Focus: Tiling $\leftrightarrow$ Floating
`Super` + `A`	Focus Parent Container
`Super` + `R`	Resize Mode (`Arrows` / `HJKL`, `Esc` to exit)
`Super` + `B` / `Super` + `V`	Split Container Horizontally / Vertically
`Super` + `S` / `Super` + `W` / `Super` + `E`	Stacking / Tabbed / Toggle Split Layout
`Super` + `Shift` + `C`	Reload Sway Configuration

📸 Screenshots

Shortcut	Action	Output
`Super` + `Shift` + `S` or `Super` + `Print`	Select Area $\rightarrow$ Annotate in Swappy	Clipboard / `~/Pictures/Screenshots/`
`Super` + `Ctrl` + `S`	Quick Area Selection	Directly copied to Clipboard
`Print` or `Ctrl` + `Print`	Quick Full Screen	Directly copied to Clipboard
`Super` + `Shift` + `Print`	Area Selection	Saved to `~/Pictures/Screenshots/`
`Shift` + `Print`	Full Screen	Saved to `~/Pictures/Screenshots/`

👆 Touch & Gesture Controls (ThinkPad / External Touchscreens)

3-Finger Horizontal Swipe: Switch to previous / next workspace
4-Finger Horizontal Swipe: Move focused window to previous / next workspace
4-Finger Pinch Outward: Fullscreen toggle
4-Finger Pinch Inward: Floating toggle
Touch Tiling Drag: Enabled (drag floating or tiled windows with touch)

📁 Repository Structure

~/.local/share/chezmoi/
├── README.md                           # This guide
├── OS.md                               # Comprehensive system configuration blueprint
├── dot_bashrc                          # Bash configuration
├── dot_bash_profile                    # Bash profile & Wayland environment
├── dot_zshenv                          # Zsh environment variables
├── dot_zshrc                           # Zsh interactive configuration
├── dot_config/
│   ├── sway/
│   │   └── config                      # Sway window manager configuration
│   ├── waybar/
│   │   ├── config.jsonc                # Waybar top bar layout & system monitors
│   │   ├── style.css                   # Waybar Rosé Pine CSS theme
│   │   └── scripts/
│   │       ├── executable_calendar_menu.py    # Compact interactive calendar popup
│   │       ├── executable_weather_menu.py     # Live weather card & 3-day forecast
│   │       ├── executable_weather.py          # wttr.in weather data provider & cache
│   │       ├── executable_notifications.py    # SwayNC unread count streaming helper
│   │       ├── executable_bluetooth_menu.py   # Standalone Bluetooth device popup
│   │       ├── executable_wifi_menu.py        # Standalone Wi-Fi network popup
│   │       └── executable_volume_menu.py      # Standalone volume & audio popup
│   ├── swaync/
│   │   ├── config.json                 # SwayNotificationCenter Control Center layout
│   │   └── style.css                   # SwayNC Rosé Pine CSS theme
│   ├── swayosd/
│   │   ├── config.toml                 # SwayOSD server thresholds & durations
│   │   └── style.css                   # SwayOSD Rosé Pine HUD theme
│   ├── wofi/
│   │   ├── config                      # Wofi general settings
│   │   └── style.css                   # Wofi Rosé Pine CSS theme
│   ├── foot/
│   │   └── foot.ini                    # Foot terminal Rosé Pine configuration
│   ├── swappy/
│   │   └── config                      # Swappy annotation defaults
│   ├── gtk-3.0/
│   │   ├── gtk.css                     # Swappy high-contrast studio theme
│   │   └── settings.ini                # GTK3 dark mode & Ioskeley font settings
│   ├── gtk-4.0/
│   │   ├── gtk.css                     # GTK4 dark styling
│   │   └── settings.ini                # GTK4 dark mode & Ioskeley font settings
│   ├── environment.d/                  # Wayland desktop environment defaults
│   ├── keyd/                           # Keyboard remap configurations
│   └── nvim/                           # LazyVim Neovim configuration
└── dot_local/
    └── bin/
        ├── cliphist-daemon             # Background clipboard watcher
        ├── executable_lockscreen       # Random lockscreen wallpaper script
        ├── executable_nuvio            # Display-adaptive UI scaler & hardware launcher
        ├── executable_wofi-bluetooth   # Bluetooth device manager & pairer
        ├── executable_wofi-clipboard   # Clipboard search and paste menu
        ├── executable_wofi-power       # Power & session action menu
        ├── executable_wofi-shortcuts   # System shortcuts cheat sheet
        ├── executable_wofi-wallpaper   # Animated wallpaper selector
        └── executable_wofi-wifi        # Wi-Fi network selector

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🌸 Rosé Pine Sway & Waybar Setup — Arch Linux

📸 Desktop Overview

🚀 From Barebones Arch to Current State

1. Base System & Essential Wayland Packages

2. AUR Helper & AUR Packages

3. Enable System Services

4. Typography (Ioskeley Fonts)

5. Apply Dotfiles with Chezmoi

6. Wallpapers Directory

7. Start Sway Session

🐧 Installation Guide for Ubuntu 26.04 (LTS Base)

1. Add PPAs & Repositories for Latest Sway & WezTerm

2. Install Core Packages & Dependencies

3. Install Latest Modern Tools on LTS

A. Chezmoi (Dotfile Manager)

B. Cliphist (Wayland Clipboard Manager)

C. Awww (Smooth Animated Wallpaper Daemon)

4. Enable Services & Permissions

5. Install Ioskeley Fonts

6. Apply Dotfiles

7. Launching Sway on Ubuntu

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🌸 Rosé Pine Sway & Waybar Setup — Arch Linux

📸 Desktop Overview

🚀 From Barebones Arch to Current State

1. Base System & Essential Wayland Packages

2. AUR Helper & AUR Packages

3. Enable System Services

4. Typography (Ioskeley Fonts)

5. Apply Dotfiles with Chezmoi

6. Wallpapers Directory

7. Start Sway Session

🐧 Installation Guide for Ubuntu 26.04 (LTS Base)

1. Add PPAs & Repositories for Latest Sway & WezTerm

2. Install Core Packages & Dependencies

3. Install Latest Modern Tools on LTS

A. Chezmoi (Dotfile Manager)

B. Cliphist (Wayland Clipboard Manager)

C. Awww (Smooth Animated Wallpaper Daemon)

4. Enable Services & Permissions

5. Install Ioskeley Fonts

6. Apply Dotfiles

7. Launching Sway on Ubuntu

⌨️ System Shortcuts Reference

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