packages

shell
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zsh,is the shell
zsh-syntax-highlighting,provides syntax highlighting for shell
zsh-completions,provides completions for shell

services
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ufw,simple firewall for network protection
tlp,provides power management features for laptop
thermald,provides protection from overheating on intel
pacman-contrib,required for paccache to enable auto cleaning of residual packages

drivers
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vulkan-intel,enables vulkan support
mesa,required for 3D acceleration

display
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xorg-xinit,used to startx
xorg-server,is the display server
xorg-xset,required for increasing key repeat rate
xorg-xsetroot,required for setting cursor and stuff
xorg-xev,for identifying keycodes
brightnessctl,for controlling brightness
xwallpaper,sets the wallpaper
picom,is the compositor
arandr,allows customization of displays

window manager
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dwm,is the window manager
dwmblocks,is the status monitor

sound
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pipewire,is the audio system (select wireplumber as session manager)
pipewire-pulse,gives pipewire compatibility with pulseaudio
pipewire-alsa,gives pipewire compatibility with alsa
pulsemixer,is an audio controller
pamixer,is a command-line audio interface
alsa-utils,cli utility for managing alsa

media
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mpd,is a media player daemon for local files
mpd-mpris,mpris interface for mpd
ncmpcpp,ncurses based console media player for interfacing with mpd
mpv,is a minimalist video player
ffmpegthumbnailer,gives video thumbnails for ranger

pdf
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zathura,is a pdf viewer with vim bindings
zathura-pdf-mupdf,provides mupdf backend for zathura
poppler,pdf rendering library for manipulating pdfs and also generating previews

bluetooth
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bluez,provides the bluetooth stack
bluez-utils,provides bluetoothctl to interact with bluetooth stack
blueman,gui tool for managing bluetooth connections

compressed
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unzip,extract zip files
unrar,extract rar files
zip,create zip files
atool,create and extract archives

tools
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libva-utils,provides tools for verifying hardware acceleration
intel-gpu-tools, tools for monitoring gpu usage
htop,task manager tool
unclutter,hides an idle mouse pointer
wget,is a network downloader
python-pywal,autogenerates colorschemes from images
xdotool,cli tool for X11 automation
neofetch,provides info with eye candy
xclip,cli interface to the X11 clipboard
maim,is a screenshot utility
fzf,is a fuzzy finder
dunst,is a notification daemon
libnotify,lib for sending notifications
xss-lock,automatically listens for events (dpms, suspend etc.) and invokes locker
slock,is the suckless locker program
tree,tree viewer for filesystem
openssh,tool for connecting with ssh (git, etc.)
bc,is a powerful calculator
figlet,provides ascii graphics
net-tools,utilities for checking network connections
aria2,is a cli downloader
udevil,mounting tool
exfat-utils,utilities for exfat fs
bat,provides highlighting & syntax for previews
ranger,file manager
ueberzug,image previewer

keyring
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gnome-keyring,is the system keyring
libsecret,allows other applications to request secrets from keyring

applications
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st,is the terminal
dmenu,extensible menu which also provides an app launcher
lsd,ls but with icons and colors
spotifyd,is a lightweight daemon for spotify
playerctl,is an mpris controller for audio
code,an open source version of vscode editor
brave-bin,default browser
google-chrome,fallback browser
yay,aur helper and wrapper for pacman
spotify-tui,rust based client for interactive with spotifyd

programming
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nodejs,event based javascript runtime
npm,package manager for node

fonts
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noto-fonts,base fontset with large unicode coverage
noto-fonts-emoji,provides the emojis
libxft-bgra,fixes emojis in dmenu
nerd-fonts-source-code-pro,monospaced fonts with glyphs