Gabriel Brown
d1b2cd2083
Theme.qml was the largest remaining thing in this desktop that could only be changed by editing a file, and typeface is the first thing someone changes when they want a desktop to feel like theirs. Interface font, icon font, and the base text size are settings now. The two font choices are deliberately separate lists. Theme.fontMono is used only to draw glyphs -- workspace pills, the status cluster, search icons -- so a plain monospace family there replaces every icon in the shell with tofu. The picker offers only Nerd Fonts for that slot and says why. Candidates are rendered in the family they name. A list of font names set in the current font tells you nothing about what you are choosing. The four type sizes derive from the base rather than being stored separately, so the relationship between body, caption, heading and title survives a change instead of four numbers drifting apart. hypr/looks.lua reads the same key. Following the preference only on the QML side would leave the compositor and the shell disagreeing about the interface font, which nobody notices until a tooltip renders in a different typeface. Only a family this machine reports is accepted: the value reaches hl.config as a string, and a settings file moved between machines will name fonts that are not installed. A missing family is reported rather than silently substituted by fontconfig. Also collapses the wallpaper grid to two rows. Sixty tiles is two screens of pictures on a page that also holds typography, window geometry and effects -- everything below it was unreachable without scrolling past all of them. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01BRvzt4H8XXLPVH5MyYdk9L
Panama
Formerly Sunhat. A personal config for Fedora, with the intention of helping a user set up their Fedora system with one command.
git clone https://git.gbrown.org/gib/Panama.git ~/.local/share/Panama
~/.local/share/Panama/install
install runs everything in setup/scripts/ in order:
| Script | Does |
|---|---|
install-packages |
Repos (RPM Fusion, Terra, Hyprland COPR), then the four package lists in setup/packages/ |
link-dotfiles |
Symlinks config/dot/<name> → ~/.config/<name> |
change-settings |
Copies config/copy/ over /, applies gsettings, enables user services |
Existing configs are moved to config/old/ rather than overwritten.
Desktops
Panama configures two desktops that coexist. Both sessions stay available in GDM, so you can switch back and forth while you settle in.
GNOME
The original setup: Forge for tiling, Dash-to-Dock, Openbar, Vitals,
AppIndicator support. Configured through config/dot/forge/ and gsettings.
Hyprland
A from-scratch replacement built to reproduce the GNOME setup closely enough that muscle memory transfers — same keybinds, same panel contents, same dock, same Tokyo Night Moon palette.
| Piece | What it is |
|---|---|
config/dot/hypr/ |
Compositor config. Lua, not hyprlang — see its README |
config/dot/quickshell/ |
The shell: bar, dock, Continuum overview, Panama Settings, Screen Intelligence, focus sessions, quick settings, notifications, screenshot UI |
config/dot/vicinae/ |
Raycast-style launcher, themed |
config/dot/uwsm/ |
Session environment (see the uwsm caveat in the hypr README) |
config/dot/wofi/ |
Fallback launcher, in case the shell fails to start |
config/dot/xdg-desktop-portal/ |
Portal backend routing |
Start here: config/dot/hypr/README.md — it
covers the Lua migration, the uwsm environment gotcha, the HDR decision, the
full keymap, and troubleshooting.
Log in as "Hyprland (uwsm-managed)", not plain "Hyprland".
Layout
bin/ Small user-facing commands on PATH
config/
bash/ .bashrc, aliases, env (env is gitignored)
copy/ Files copied verbatim over / (needs sudo)
dot/ Symlinked into ~/.config
old/ Backups of whatever was replaced (gitignored)
setup/
packages/ One package per line
scripts/ Run in order by ./install