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qubes-dwm

dwm (https://dwm.suckless.org) for Qubes OS 4.0.x / 4.1.x.

Topbar and border color of windows are colored according domain color. Furthermore window title include domain name in bracket, according to https://qubes-os.org/doc/gui.

Screenshot

dmenu patch

You can download dmenu for Qubes OS at https://github.com/raffaeleflorio/qubes-dmenu

Installation

Clone this repo in a vm:

$ git clone https://github.com/raffaeleflorio/qubes-dwm.git

Check signature (you can get my pgp key from https://raffaeleflorio.github.io or from https://pgp.mit.edu, of course check its fingerprint):

$ git log --show-signature -1

Install dependencies, apply the patch and build dwm:

# make dep
$ make

Install in Dom0:

Dom0# qvm-run --pass-io <vmname> "cat /path/to/qubes-dwm/dwm/dwm" > /usr/local/bin/dwm
Dom0# chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/dwm
Dom0# qvm-run --pass-io <vmname> "cat /path/to/qubes-dwm/launchdwm" > /usr/local/bin/launchdwm
Dom0# chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/launchdwm
Dom0# qvm-run --pass-io <vmname> "cat /path/to/qubes-dwm/qubes-dmenu-sensible" > /usr/local/bin/qubes-dmenu-sensible
Dom0# chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/qubes-dmenu-sensible
Dom0# qvm-run --pass-io <vmname> "cat /path/to/qubes-dwm/qubes-run-sensible" > /usr/local/bin/qubes-run-sensible
Dom0# chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/qubes-run-sensible
Dom0# qvm-run --pass-io <vmname> "cat /path/to/qubes-dwm/qubes-sensible-vm-settings" > /usr/local/bin/qubes-sensible-vm-settings
Dom0# chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/qubes-sensible-vm-settings
Dom0# qvm-run --pass-io <vmname> "cat /path/to/qubes-dwm/dwm.desktop" > /usr/share/xsessions/dwm.desktop

Log out, choose dwm as session, log in and use it!

If you encounter some problems, contact me!

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