A complete desktop that installs with one command: Material You colours from your wallpaper, a matching zsh and kitty setup, and a login screen that looks exactly like your lock screen.
git clone https://github.com/zorncbllr/zorncbllr-dots && cd zorncbllr-dots && ./install.sh
scheduleYour local time
What you get
Everything in one repo, one command to set it up.
Built around the Illogical Impulse shell, with the rough edges sanded off: a safe installer, a terminal that matches, and a login screen to finish the picture.
terminal
One command
./install.sh installs the packages, links the configs, sets up the system and the login screen. Running it again is safe.
link
Symlinks, not copies
GNU stow links every file, so your live config is the repo. Existing files are backed up first, and --dry-run shows exactly what would change.
palette
Colours from your wallpaper
Material You colours are generated from the wallpaper and reach the shell, the terminal and even the login screen.
lock
A login screen that matches
An SDDM theme that reproduces the lock screen: blurred wallpaper, cookie clock, pill-shaped islands, shape characters as you type.
code
zsh without the bloat
zsh, kitty, starship and fastfetch from plain Arch packages, with autosuggestions and syntax highlighting. No oh-my-zsh.
autorenew
Quiet and resumable
One line per step, retries on a flaky network, full details in a log. If something stops, run it again and it picks up where it left off.
verified
Tested from scratch
tests/fresh-arch.sh builds a fresh Arch container, runs the real installer and checks the result, including the login theme.
tune
Your settings stay yours
Defaults are seeded once and never overwrite an existing config. Machine-specific tweaks go in ~/.zshrc.local, untracked.
The look
Soft, dark, and consistent.
A monochrome Material You scheme with rounded shapes and springy motion. Click any screenshot to enlarge it.
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Login screen
Your lock screen, at the front door.
The SDDM theme is a port of the real lock screen components, so logging in feels like unlocking. Because SDDM already asked for the password, the shell's lock-on-startup is off by default.
keyboardTry the password field. Every key becomes a shape, as on the real thing.
Enter password
Demo only: nothing is checked or sent anywhere. Enter always answers "Incorrect password".
The installed theme
Wallpaper, palette and fonts come from your desktop
Unlock animation: blur drops, wallpaper zooms back, the clock glides to its desktop spot
Battery, sleep, reboot and power in the right island
Falls back gracefully without GPU effects
Install
Three steps, one command.
Arch Linux only. Run it as your normal user; it asks for sudo when it needs it. Anything it would overwrite is moved to ~/.dotfiles-backup-<time>/ first.
Clone
Keep the clone where you put it: the symlinks point into it.
git clone https://github.com/zorncbllr/zorncbllr-dots ~/zorncbllr-dots
cd ~/zorncbllr-dots
Preview, then install
The preview lists what would be linked and which of your files differ. The install does everything: packages, links, system setup, the login screen.
# see what would change, touches nothing
./install.sh --dry-run
./install.sh
Log out and back in
That applies the new groups and login shell, and shows the new login screen.
Options
--dry-run
Show what would be linked or backed up; change nothing.
--no-deps
Skip package installation and the python venv.
--no-system
Skip groups, services and the login screen.
--no-sddm
Don't install the login theme or enable SDDM.
--no-chsh
Keep your current login shell.
--sddm-only
Only (re)install the login screen, e.g. after changing the wallpaper.
--sddm-preview
Look at the login screen in a window; installs nothing, no root.
--verbose
Show all tool output instead of the one-line steps.
zsh kitty …
Only link these packages, e.g. ./install.sh zsh kitty.
To undo: ./uninstall.sh removes the symlinks (add --with-sddm to remove the login theme too). Packages and your backups stay.
Questions
Good to know.
Will it overwrite my configs?add
Not silently. Files that already exist are moved to a timestamped backup folder before linking, --dry-run shows which of your files differ from the repo, and the default settings are only seeded when no config exists.
Do I have to use SDDM?add
No. --no-sddm skips the login screen entirely. If another display manager (GDM, LightDM…) is already enabled, the installer installs the theme but leaves your display manager alone and tells you how to switch.
Does it work on other distributions?add
No, it targets Arch Linux: it uses pacman and yay and the Arch package names.
How do I refresh the login screen after changing my wallpaper?add
Run ./install.sh --sddm-only. The login screen can't read your home folder, so the installer copies the wallpaper and palette into the theme; re-running it picks up the current ones.
Where does this come from?add
It is a fork of end-4/dots-hyprland (Illogical Impulse) with a new installer, a zsh-first terminal, defaults of its own and the login theme. It stays under the same GPL-3.0 licence.
