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+.git
+bspwm
+README.md
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 > _old bspwm-setup can be found in [`/bspwm`](/bspwm)_
 
+Btw, for symlinks I use GNU stow. I run `stow .` in this repo locally to automatically create them. 
+
 ### List of stuff
 
 |Distro|[Arch](https://archlinux.org/)|