# Open Suck **Latest changes based off OpenBSD 7.5** Lightweight Desktop installer for OpenBSD based on the suckless philosophy. Includes my own custom set of suckless tools (dwm, slstatus, dmenu, etc.) ![Screenshot of dwm running on OpenBSD](./open-suck-75.png) Successfully installed on: - ThinkPad X201 - ThinkPad X220 - ThinkPad X260 - Lenovo M73 Tiny ## What You Get The Open Suck installer gives you the absolute barebones desktop experience: - `dwm` for window management - `ranger` for your file browser - `qutebrowser` as your core web browser - `aerc` for your terminal-based mail client - `slock` for screen locking - `scrot`/`slop` for simple screenshot utilities - `feh` for your image/file viewing - `dunst` for notifications ## Downloading 1. Download the latest OpenBSD iso and follow the installer 2. Install `git`, `vim`, `bash` 3. Edit/create doas permissions (`/etc/doas.conf`): ``` permit nopass :wheel ``` Now logout and log back in as your main user. --- Clone the main installer project: `git clone https://git.sr.ht/~bt/open-suck-installer` `cd open-suck-installer` ## Installing 1) Install dependencies by running `./install-dependencies.sh`. The script will simply read required packages from `dependencies.txt` and run `pkg_add`. 2) Compile and install suckless software by running the `./install.sh` 3) Core program files (dwm, dmenu, etc) will be placed inside a newly created `open-suck-core` directory. Feel free to delete, rename or move this. ## TL;DR ```sh cd open-suck-installer # CD into this repository doas sh ./install-dependencies.sh # Install OpenBSD packages doas sh ./install.sh # Install suckless tools cp .xinitrc ~/.xinitrc # Apply .xinitrc ``` Reboot the machine. Log in as your main user. Run: ``` startx ``` --- ## Optimizing OpenBSD ### Improving Battery Performance Properly setup apmd: ``` rcctl enable apmd rcctl set apmd flags -A rcctl start apmd ``` ### Setup WiFi > The following assumes you have installed/setup the proper firmware updates for your hardware. ``` ifconfig iwn0 up ifconfig iwn0 scan echo "join WIFI-NAME wpakey PASSPHRASE" >> /etc/hostname.iwn0 echo "dhcp" >> /etc/hostname.iwn0 echo "inet6 autoconf" >> /etc/hostname.iwn0 echo "up powersave" >> /etc/hostname.iwn0 dhclient iwn0 ``` Take note of the `iwn0`, as this might differ on your machine. You might also need to run `doas sh /etc/netstart` after.