Manjaro edition: Manjaro-i3

This post is about how I configure my Manjaro i3

Softwares to Install

  1. fcitx5 (no need to install sogou pinyin for linux anymore)
  2. deepin-wine-wechat
  3. deepin-wine-tim
  4. wps-office (together with ttf-wps-fonts)
  5. ttf-menlo-powerline-git (font for terminal)
  6. mpv (vedio player)
  7. netease-cloud-music
  8. Insync (sync a certain folder with google driver)
  9. variety (wallpaper software)
  10. picom
  11. albert (a fast launcher)
  12. vim (with vimplus)
  13. flameshot (screen capture tool)
  14. nerd-fonts-jetbrains-mono (font for vscode)
  15. ncdu (Simple ncurses disk usage analyzer)

Multiple Monitors

When we plug a HDMI/VGA cable into the computer, Manjaro i3 will not automatically display content in the external monitor. We need to use xrandr to set the display mode.

More specific usage can be found here: Multiple monitors.