Jul 19, 2017 | ArchLabs, ArchLabs i3, i3, i3wm, Linux, Settings ArchLabs i3, Special
After pressing the startup button of your computer, you want to auto login and end up in i3. These settings are manipulated in /etc/lightdm/lighdm.conf. We have a menu that will make it easy to edit it. This menu is going to edit this file as sudo otherwise we can not... 
Jul 18, 2017 | ArchLabs, ArchLabs i3, i3, i3wm, Linux, Maintenance, Settings ArchLabs i3
After making the tutorial of changing the standard conky into AUR-Nemesis I noticed my i3wm was not coloring. I switched ssd’s and now I am on an older version of i3. How to have the latest configuration files of i3 on your computer? All new developments are... 
Jul 18, 2017 | ArchLabs, ArchLabs i3, Conky, i3, i3wm, Linux, Nemesis, Settings ArchLabs i3
We have recently created a conky to measure also the used memory for the study of my memory usage in this article. We want to have AUR-Nemesis conky in i3wm. All applications have been activated and Vivaldi with many tabs is open. This article is NOT about memory... 
Jul 16, 2017 | ArchLabs, ArchLabs i3, Desktop Tuning, i3, i3wm, Settings ArchLabs i3, Theming
After the creation of all the 103 extra Sardi icons it is time to make pimp my desktop. A beautiful wallpaper has been supplied by variety and I will make all other elements follow the coloring. My menu has been changed to a ‘bigger menu’. Variety... 
Jul 7, 2017 | ArchLabs, ArchLabs i3, i3, i3wm, Linux, Settings ArchLabs i3
We have decided to have two different compton files. One for ArchLabs Openbox in 1 ~/.config/compton.conf and one for ArchLabs i3 in 1 ~/.config/i3/compton.conf This means that you can try out other settings in one desktop environment and it will not influence the... 
Jul 7, 2017 | ArchLabs, ArchLabs i3, i3, i3wm, Linux, Settings ArchLabs i3
We invested a lot of time so that you have almost all shortcuts at your disposal you are already using in Openbox. ArchLabs i3 has 4 menu’s and can show all applications in the menu. Super + Shift + D = dmenu (this is the standard i3 menu) Super + F11/F12= rofi menu... 
Jul 7, 2017 | ArchLabs, ArchLabs i3, i3, i3wm, Linux, Settings ArchLabs i3
The easiest answer and it is a correct one is Read the config file The heart and brains of i3wm is all written down in ~/.config/i3/config. Follow the video to cover the basics. Super + F = full screen or focus and many other shortcuts Where to find help i3wm :... 
Jul 7, 2017 | ArchLabs, ArchLabs i3, i3, i3wm, Linux, Settings ArchLabs i3
In ArchLabs we decided to take a fork from the official i3wm i.e. i3 next gaps hosted on github. It allows us to have gaps and borders if we want. In this fashion we can see our wallpaper that is behind the windows. But we can decide to put the variables of borders... 
Jul 7, 2017 | ArchLabs, ArchLabs i3, i3, i3wm, Linux, Settings ArchLabs i3
This was one of the first things I had to figure out. Or i3wm is going to mirror everything, meaning same screen on both monitors or workspaces end up in the wrong monitor. Naturally I went to look for my solution here :... 
Jul 7, 2017 | ArchLabs, ArchLabs i3, i3, i3wm, Linux, Settings ArchLabs i3
This is a part of the config file that you change the most. Next release it will be changed as well. It is the part where you can make your personal touch. Your personal theming. I have made a personal theming project called Combustion you can follow as well. Near the... 
Jul 7, 2017 | ArchLabs, ArchLabs i3, i3, i3wm, Linux, Settings ArchLabs i3
We have geany and sublime-text installed and for the most work they are super tools. But I have learned that you should use the proper tool for the job. If there is a better tool you can use to see for example the color codes we have in our config file that we should... 
Jul 7, 2017 | ArchLabs, ArchLabs i3, i3, i3wm, Linux, Settings ArchLabs i3
We have the possibility to change the i3 bar. There are three major possibilities. i3status i3blocks conky They are situated near the bottom of the config. And even these three have separate lines to try out. All in all you have 7 possibilities to try out. All it... 
Jul 7, 2017 | ArchLabs, ArchLabs i3, i3, i3wm, Linux, Settings ArchLabs i3
In ArchLabs we decided to take a fork from the official i3wm i.e. i3 next gaps hosted on github. It allows us to have gaps and borders if we want. In this fashion we can see our wallpaper that is behind the windows. But we can decide to put the variables of borders... 
Jul 7, 2017 | ArchLabs, ArchLabs i3, i3, i3wm, Linux, Need to know, Settings ArchLabs i3
Since R2-D2 has now an extra desktop environment we can switch between openbox and i3 in the login manager. i3wm is actually a tiling window manager and more information about i3 can be found at https://i3wm.org. SUPER + X will help you get out of both Openbox and i3... 
