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Here is my desktop configuration for the Niri wayland compositor.

Notes

  • Everything under .config/noctalia and most of what's under .config/nvim was generated by Noctalia and Lazyvim respectively.
    • Everything else I've created or edited extensively myself.
  • niri/outputs.kdl will always need to be edited to your monitor configuration

Dependencies

Required

  • Niri
    • Version 25.11 or higher (config is split into multiple files)
  • Noctalia's Dependencies Including Optional (except matugen)
    • Noctalia itself is included in these files
  • polkit-kde-agent
  • gnome-keyring
  • pipewire
    • wireplumber
    • pipwire-pulse
  • swayidle
    • to trigger sleep/lock after inactivity
  • power-profiles-daemon

Choice (will require editing configs to change)

  • Void Linux
    • The only void-specific config I'm aware of is the Update Count plugin for Noctalia
    • On systemd systems you may want to change some spawn-at-startup items to be systemd services
  • Alacritty
    • Terminal Emulator of choice
    • niri/binds.kdl
    • Noctalia Settings
      • Launcher -> Terminal Command
      • Plugins -> Update Count Settings -> Terminal Emulatorpolkit-kde-agent
  • SDDM
  • zfs-auto-snaphot
    • the zfs-auto-snaphot is setup to use zrep following this guide
    • Either set it up if you're using zfs or remove the cron files under /etc
    • requires cron (see below)
  • Nemo
  • Firefox
  • Element
  • Discord (flatpak)

Optional

  • Neovim
  • Seahorse
    • GUI to Manage gnome-keyring
  • Evolution
    • Needed to add calendars to evolution-data-server, which Noctalia uses to show calendar events
  • GNOME Calendar
    • GUI to view calendar, but is solely a calendar unlike Evolution
  • A cron implementation
    • I use snooze on void, you may want to convert the cron files to systemd timers if that is an option for you.