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 #dots
 config files for stuff i want to look nice.
+
+there's a package file too. `paru -S --needed - < pkglist.txt` will reinstall all my packages from that.
diff --git a/pkglist.txt b/pkglist.txt
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+7zip
+amd-ucode
+bambustudio-bin
+base
+base-devel
+bat
+bind
+bluez
+bluez-utils
+bolt
+brightnessctl
+btop
+cantarell-fonts
+clang
+cups
+cups-pdf
+direnv
+discord
+dunst
+e2fsprogs
+emacs-wayland
+eza
+fastfetch
+fd
+firefox
+flatpak
+foomatic-db
+foomatic-db-engine
+foomatic-db-nonfree-ppds
+foomatic-db-ppds
+freerdp
+gdb
+ghostty
+gimp
+git
+go
+gutenprint
+imagemagick
+inetutils
+kanshi
+keychain
+lazygit
+lib32-mesa
+lib32-pipewire
+lib32-vulkan-radeon
+libreoffice-fresh
+linux
+linux-firmware
+linux-lts
+lldb
+luarocks
+man-db
+man-pages
+mosh
+nano
+networkmanager
+nnn
+noto-fonts
+noto-fonts-cjk
+noto-fonts-emoji
+noto-fonts-extra
+nss-mdns
+omnissa-horizon-client
+openssh
+pacman-contrib
+paru
+paru-debug
+pavucontrol
+pcsc-tools
+pipewire
+pipewire-alsa
+pipewire-jack
+pipewire-pulse
+ranger
+reflector
+ripgrep
+rustup
+sbcl
+stow
+sway
+sway-contrib
+swaybg
+swayidle
+swaylock
+system-config-printer
+texinfo
+texlive-bibtexextra
+texlive-fontsrecommended
+texlive-latex
+texlive-latexextra
+texlive-plaingeneric
+texlive-xetex
+the_silver_searcher
+tlp
+tmux
+ttf-dejavu
+ttf-fira-code
+ttf-hack-nerd
+ttf-liberation
+unzip
+vlc
+vlc-plugin-ffmpeg
+vulkan-radeon
+waybar
+weechat
+wget
+wimlib
+wireplumber
+woff2-font-awesome
+wofi
+xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
+xdg-user-dirs
+xorg-xwayland
+yubico-authenticator-bin
+zoom
+zsh