Linux Setup

Last updated on 2025-10-19 (history).

This page has list of things that makes linux experience better.

## System services 1

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# enables ssh-agent, which makes it possible to use ssh-add once and keep using
# it without needing to enter password again.
systemctl --user enable ssh-agent.service

And include this in your shell startup file (like .zshrc).

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export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/ssh-agent.socket

## Fonts

This list includes fonts for system, symbols, emojis and icons.

ttf-ms-fonts and ttf-mac-fonts make sure that some web pages using Microsoft or Apple fonts are rendered properly.

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paru -S \
  noto-fonts \
  ttf-liberation \
  ttf-dejavu \
  ttf-opensans \
  noto-fonts-cjk \
  noto-fonts-emoji \
  noto-color-emoji-fontconfig \
  awesome-terminal-fonts \
  woff2-font-awesome \
  ttf-mac-fonts \
  ttf-ms-fonts \

  1. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/SSH_keys ↩︎