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Trying out Arch linux and i3 window manager.

Prathamesh Mali on November 04, 2020

Entering into the realm of Arch linux. Previously I was using PopOS a debian based distribution mainly Ubuntu. It felt pretty bloated with the g...
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Adil Jafar

Try a different terminal maybe..? Like kitty or urxvt because they look wayyy better and are easy to customize as well

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Prathamesh Mali

Thanks for suggestion I'll try it. Do you know any good tutorials about customizing i3 statusline

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Adil Jafar

i3 status and i3bar are good but have you checked out polybar?

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Prathamesh Mali

Yes I know but how can I customize them
any good reference?

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Prathamesh Mali

Thanks 😁 👍

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Adil Jafar

you could find a good one from r/unixporn and customize it

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HaxNet

You're using Manjaro, that's not real Arch.
Title is misleading. Try to install Vanilla Arch first and you will find Manjaro is just ehh.

I love using i3wm, urxvt works great with it.

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Prathamesh Mali

I've switched to arch this year 😁. And the ditro that I'm using in the post is manjaro i3 community version it's barebones distro with just i3 wm no DE. So for anyone coming from ubuntu or popOs it's a big deal for me.

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HaxNet • Edited

Yes but Manjaro does not equal Arch.

A close derivative Arch would be Archlabs. Try this one out. I use Archlabs now because it's the closest one to Vanilla Arch that I know of.

I went from Ubuntu to Arch. It really isn't hard to install. I don't use any DE. I only use i3. It's just awesome

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LinuxGeezer • Edited

I'm confused, is it i3 or Awesome? [/smartass]

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HaxNet

i3. I don't like Awesome.

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Chittoji Murali Sree Krishna • Edited

I use vanilla arch with i3 , it pretty fast even on hdd it boots less than 15sec, I use alacrity as terminal with a fish shell, as a Linux distro, this is by far the best, i tried almost all major distros, but nothing is as blazing fast as arch.

my config files for i3:

github.com/ChittojiMuraliSreeKrish...

for arch installation steps:

Load the iso into pendrive or cd
codepen.io/murali-sree-krishna/pen...

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Shiv Shreyas

Hey! Even I'm trying out window managers and wanted to try out i3 can you please guide me a bit if you don't mind T_T?

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Erfizt

Thank you very much