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 # niri-dotfiles
 
-my simple, portable niri dotfiles
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+my simple, portable niri dotfiles
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+as you can see, theres very little stuff here. this is because i keep most apps to their defaults aside from ones i give dotfiles for.
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+i also avoid noctalia, dank material shell, etc, because i believe those werent how niri was meant to be and are bloated.
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+put a wallpaper in "~/.nunewall", edit your timezone in waybar, etc.
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+you're on your own here.
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+these should be compatible with most distros.
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+![wallpaper, featuring animated blitzwing](https://codeberg.org/gigirassy/niri-dotfiles/raw/branch/main/images/.nunewall/image.png)
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