r/i3wm • u/vaffanchulo • 1d ago
OC First time customizing i3
So, this PC's specs are already cr*p. The only suitable DE's for it are LXQT, LXDE, Mate and of course XFCE.
Since this pc is good only to take notes, to browse, to watch videos and to learn linux, what if I install something even lighter? Exactly, a window manager.
Hyprland was my first choice, though the gpu seems to not handle it well (despite being a wm), so I came up with i3, and I actually love this wm.
Also, another reason why I switched to i3 is that I needed something more organised. I feel like DE's are messy if I want to use this pc for a few purposes.
That's it
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u/vaffanchulo 1d ago
Details because I don't want to gatekeep something I've just added to my GUI (I'm a Linux noob :P)
Polybar & Rofi: https://github.com/adi1090x/polybar-themes
Fastfetch: https://discuss.cachyos.org/t/fastfetch-config-tinkering-show-off-your-fetch/18818/34 (changed colours and source)
Ascii: https://codeberg.org/permafrozen/ascii/src/branch/main
Wallpaper: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/luoxiaohei/images/5/52/Luo_Xiaohei_Movie1.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/985?cb=20240301120536
GTK: https://www.gnome-look.org/p/2013507
Icons: https://www.xfce-look.org/p/1002396
Font: JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Regular