clockmost-desktop

The recipe for my Linux desktop: CachyOS (Arch-based) installed with no desktop, then KDE Plasma 6 on Wayland with our own Endfield shell on top. Built and tried in a VMware VM first, then installed on the real machine (2026-10-14). The reasoning, decision log and the machine's full install log live in my private notes; this repo is the public, reproducible part.

Rule: every part is picked on purpose and written down here. If it's not in this repo, it isn't part of the build.

path	what
install/	the scripted install from the Arch ISO (disk, pacstrap, configure, data disks) - steps in install/README.md
packages/	package lists, one file per layer: base, plasma-core, login, gpu-amd [metal], apps, gaming, clockmost, dev, vm [VM]; clockmost-repo.txt = our own [clockmost] packages (shell, skins, desktop glue). Each pick has its reason as a comment
scripts/	install-list.sh: installs package lists by name (scripts/install-list.sh apps gaming)
dotfiles/	config files the setup doesn't write itself (Firefox policies, SDDM, kitty, KeePassXC, Spectacle, EQ profile)
TODO.md	what isn't done yet (and a Done list)

Per-user settings (dark mode, Xwayland scale, KeePassXC as the keyring, screenshot keys, ...) come from the [clockmost] packages' clockmost-desktop-setup steps, not from here.

Safety net: btrfs + snapper snapshots (snap-pac before/after every pacman run, limine-snapper-sync puts them in the boot menu): boot an older snapshot if a change breaks the system.