Awesome

CAFFEINE

Desktop environment for geeks.

Project goals

• Minimalistic
• Sleek
• Keyboard only
• Use console as much as possible
• Still usable

Basic blocks

• i3wm - Tiling window manager
• urxvt - Terminal emulator
• feh - Image viewer
• mpv - Movie player
• mpd - Music player daemon
• ncmpcpp - MPD Client

Installation (easy way)

• Install Xubuntu
• Open terminal and enter following commands
• sudo apt install git
• mkdir ~/Private && cd ~/Private
• git clone https://github.com/immstudios/caffeine && cd caffeine
• sudo ./install.sh to download and install software
• ./install.sh to deploy config files
• reboot and choose i3 session at the login screen

Raspberry Pi

Basic usage

Window management

• Hit Mod+Enter to open new terminal window (Mod=Windows key)
• Mod+arrow keys to switch between windows (you may use vim nav keys hjkl as well)
• Mod+(number) to switch workspaces
• Mod+shift+arrow keys - move window
• Mod+T - Tabbed mode
• Mod+S - Horizontal tiles
• Mod+V - Vertical tiles
• Mod+E - Swap horizontal/vertical
• Mod+R - Resize mode

Tools

• Mod+D to open application menu
• Mod+Ctrl+L - lock desktop
• Mod+Shift+E - logout/reboot/shutdown
• Print Screen - Save desktop screenshot to ~/Pictures/screenshots
• Alt+Print Screen - Save current window screenshot to ~/Pictures/screenshots

Useful commands

• mp start music player client

Customisation

• Put your desired desktop wallpaper(s) to ~/Pictures/wallpapers. They must be the same size as your screen.

Optional blocks

Can be installed using addons.sh script (work in progress)

• mutt / offlineimap / notmuch - E-mail
• weechat - Instant messaging
• gimp / inkscape / blender