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Lenovo X1 Carbon 2015 - Fedora / bspwm

Install bspwm and sxhkd

See bpswm

Disable services i don't use

Disable fprintd:
```
dnf erase fprintd
```

X DPI

Determine display size xdpyinfo | grep -B 2 resolution and configure it in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/90-monitor.conf:

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier             "<default monitor>"
    DisplaySize            325 182    # In millimeters

X Cursor

Set cursor on bspwm startup in bspwmrc:

xsetroot -xcf /usr/share/icons/whiteglass/cursors/left_ptr 48

Fonts

Edit ~/.Xresources:

! Fonts {{{
Xft.antialias:	true
Xft.hinting:	true
Xft.rgba:	rgb
Xft.hintstyle:	hintfull
Xft.dpi:	200
! }}}

urxvt.font:	xft:DejaVuSansMono:size=8

Grub font size

Install grub2-tools:
```
sudo dnf install grub2-tools
```

Generate font for grub:

 sudo grub2-mkfont -s 32 -o /boot/grub2/LiberationMono.pf2 /usr/share/fonts/liberation/LiberationMono-Regular.ttf

Edit grub config:

sudo vi /etc/default/grub
#add the following lines:
GRUB_GFXMODE=auto
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD=keep
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
GRUB_FONT=/boot/grub2/LiberationMono.pf2
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
GRUB_TERMINAL=gfxterm

Generate new config:

sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg

Wallpaper

Install feh:
```
dnf install feh
```

Configure feh in bspwmrc:

feh --bg-center ~/Pictures/gradient-grey-wallpaper-for-2560x1440-62-539.jpg

bspwm config

Follow focus:
```
bspc config focus_follows_pointer true
```

Larger gaps / widths:

bspc config border_width         4
bspc config window_gap          24

Focused border color:

bspc config focused_border_color 	"#EB0000"

sxhkd config

Brightness

Install xbacklight:
```
sudo dnf install xbacklight
```

Add the configuration to ~/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc:

XF86MonBrightnessDown
 xbacklight -dec 10 
XF86MonBrightnessUp
 xbacklight -inc 10

Audio