Fedora i3 SIG May 2021

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Feedback on F34 i3 Spin
by Casey Witt 20 Sep '21

20 Sep '21

Hi all, Below are my notes (written in markdown) about the tweaks I made after installing the new F34 i3 spin. Perhaps some of them are interesting either for integration into F35 version, or perhaps as part of a write-up about using the i3 spin. Cheers, Casey # Essential Tweaks to Fedora 34 i3 Spin (essential for me at least) 1. general system update ``` sudo dnf update ``` 2. fix 4k display issues (to scale the display by 2X) ``` # install xrandr which is used to change display properties sudo dnf install xrandr # create a shell script to scale the display sudo cat > /usr/share/lightdm/display.sh <<EOF #!/usr/bin/env sh [ -n "$DISPLAY" ] && /usr/bin/xrandr --output eDP --scale 0.5x0.5 EOF sudo chmod +x /usr/share/lightdm/display.sh # configure lightdm to run the shell script when showing the greeter and when starting a new session sudo sed -i '/greeter-setup-script=/ s/.*/greeter-setup-script=\/usr\/share\/lightdm\/display.sh/' /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf sudo sed -i '/session-setup-script=/ s/.*/session-setup-script=\/usr\/share\/lightdm\/display.sh/' /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf ``` 3. install `xss-lock` (this is already included in the default i3 config file) to enable auto start of i3lock when the display is locked; and add a keybinding (mod+shift+p - but use a keycode since I am using Dvorak keyboard layout (which maps this to mod+shift+l in Dvorak)) to lock the screen ``` sudo dnf install xss-lock echo 'bindcode $mod+Shift+33 exec --no-startup-id loginctl lock-session' >> ~/.config/i3/config ``` 4. replace urxvt terminal with alacritty (why bother configuring uxrvt to be usable when there are other terminals that work out of the box?). ``` sudo dnf install alacritty sudo dnf remove rxvt-unicode ``` 5. replace dmenu with rofi (using the default config included in the default i3 config file) ``` sudo dnf install rofi # comment out the line that exec's dmenu sed -i '/exec --no-startup-id dmenu_run/ s/^/# /' ~/.config/i3/config # uncomment the line that runs rofi sed -i '/rofi -modi-drun/ s/^# //' ~/.config/i3/config ``` 6. use Hack font instead of monospace for i3 title bars and i3status (it seems Hack is installed by default but I don't really understand how fonts work or how to verify this) ``` sed -i '/^font / s/.*/font pango: Hack Regular 10/' ~/.config/i3/config ``` 7. configure trackpad natural scrolling and tap to click ``` sudo cat > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-trackpad.conf <<EOF Section "InputClass" Identifier "libinput touchpad catchall" MatchIsTouchpad "on" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" Option "Tapping" "True" Option "TappingDrag" "True" Option "NaturalScrolling" "True" Driver "libinput" EndSection EOF ```

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i3 config partial PR
by Ken Gilmer 03 Jun '21

03 Jun '21

Hi Fedora i3 spin team, Just wanted to let you know about an ongoing discussion about the addition of config partials in i3. I believe this change may impact your project, FYI: https://github.com/i3/i3/issues/4192 https://github.com/i3/i3/pull/4420 cheers ken

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Re: [Sway] Re: Sway Spin
by Dan Čermák 31 May '21

31 May '21

Hi Mike & Jan, Jan Staněk <jstanek(a)redhat.com> writes: > Hi Mike, > there is now an i3 spin of Fedora [1], so you can start by looking at that. I have CC'd the i3 SIG mailinglist. > Making the spin official would be a bit longer process, but AFAIK good > start would be preparing a kickstart file. > There will be further questions about what to actually include etc., > but this could get you started This is actually the hardest part of the whole process: selecting the "right" applications to include, so that you can provide a polished user experience with sensible defaults. In case you want to take a look at the technical details, you'll find the kickstarts for the i3 spin on pagure [1] and the instructions how to build the isos locally on the docs page [2]. I'd also like to mention that the i3 SIG keeps getting the question "Why not sway?" pretty frequently, thus I assume that there is definitely a demand for a sway spin. If you can find enough interested contributors, then it would be certainly possible to create a sway spin and build upon the bits and pieces that the i3 SIG learned (and collaborate as much as possible). Cheers, Dan Footnotes: [1] https://pagure.io/i3-sig/Fedora-i3-Spin/tree/main [2] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/i3/kickstart/#build-iso

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Fw: REMINDER: Fedora 34 Change complete (testable) deadline in two weeks
by Justin W. Flory 21 May '21

21 May '21

Friendly reminder that 9 February is the deadline for any changes to be made in the Spin. We can revisit in our next meeting. \-- Cheers, Justin W. Flory (he/him) https://jwf.io Sent from ProtonMail mobile \-------- Original Message -------- On Jan 26, 2021, 08:36, Ben Cotton < bcotton(a)redhat.com> wrote: > > > > The change complete (testable) deadline for Fedora 34 changes is > Tuesday 9 February. At this point, changes should be in a testable > state. Please indicate this by setting the tracker bug for your change > to MODIFIED. > > Other upcoming schedule milestones: > \* 2021-02-09 — Fedora 34 branches from Rawhide > \* 2021-02-23 — Change completion deadline (100% code complete) > \* 2021-02-23 — Beta freeze begins > > For more information, see the schedule\[1\] > > \[1\] https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-34/f-34-key-tasks.html > > \-- > Ben Cotton > He / Him / His > Senior Program Manager, Fedora & CentOS Stream > Red Hat > TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis > \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ > devel-announce mailing list -- devel-announce(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-announce-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing\_list\_guidelines][https_fedoraproje…] > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel-announce@lists.fedorapr… > [https_fedoraproject.org_wiki_Mailing_list_guidelines]: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

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