dots VS .dotfiles

Compare dots vs .dotfiles and see what are their differences.

dots

My growing collection of dotfiles, along with an install script (by arjvik)

.dotfiles

Dotfiles for all my machines running Ubuntu or Manjaro with i3-gaps and polybar. (by iFreilicht)
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dots .dotfiles
2 1
13 10
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2.0 7.9
11 months ago 7 days ago
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dots

Posts with mentions or reviews of dots. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-06-12.

.dotfiles

Posts with mentions or reviews of .dotfiles. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-14.
  • What Distro are you currently using?
    3 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 14 Apr 2023
    Haha I love the way you use nix-env inside a bash script. You could also put the packages you want to install into a .nix file and install that, but I totally get it, using nix-env is much easier than learning a new language.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing dots and .dotfiles you can also consider the following projects:

bspwm-dots - Ozoz dotfiles for bspwm, i3WM

ubuntu-on-android - Run Ubuntu with pre-installed Desktop Environments in android/termux with ease! Everything is preinstalled so just download install and done๐Ÿš€๐Ÿš€

dotfiles - .files, that makes my Linux machine awesome.

dotfiles - Config files for Linux, i3-gaps, polybar, vim, tmux, zsh, alacritty, rofi & more

dotfiles - Configuration files for LEV Linux

dotfiles - Configuration files for my new workspace using EndeavourOS and Qtile.

dotfiles - Contains all the files I use for my setup.

polybar-themes - A huge collection of polybar themes with different styles, colors and variants.

dotfiles - My personal dotfiles