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Getting Familiar

Getting Familiar

After installtion, now we need to get familar with Aurora.

Important

After installation please restart your session

After your first login, you should see Aurora's Welcome app. It will welcome you to the system everytime you log in.

Welcome app

This is a gtk app. You can close this welcome app by pressing ESCAPE key.

Keybinds help

As you can see, you need to know some keybinds to get familiar. Press SUPER + H to launch keybinds help app. It will guide you with keybinds.

Important

Super key mean Window key on your keyboard

Some crucial keybinds

Keybind Action
SUPER + H To open the keybinds help app
SUPER + R to launch app launcher
SUPER + Q To launch default terminal
SUPER + C To close active window

If you are new to Hyprland, you may wonder what’s that in the top. It’s Waybar. It is very useful for Hyprland users. You can see currently it shows you the workspaces number (which is 10 in Aurora by default). It also shows clock (you can see calender by hovering it). Also volume level and battery percentage and wifi and bluetooth, etc.

TUIs in Aurora

Aurora comes with bunch of useful TUIs. Which are very useful.

Wifi Manager

wifitui

Bluetooth Manager

bluetui

Playback manager

wiremix

Weather Monitor

weathr

System resources monitor

bottom

Battery monitor

jolt

These TUIs helps Aurora to be more user friendly and aesthetic

You can view Aurora’s settings by pressing SUPER + SHIFT + Z

Important

Super key means the Window key in your keyboard