my main problem right now with vm is that my keyboard layout is totally different when I log into i3, half the keys are switched for no reason and that makes some commands even unexecutable
#how do I learn better about i3 vm?
sonic iris
stable pewter
u can play with Regolith linux in VM
or install onboard in whatever distro ur on. then u can use onboard to type some things
left prism
why not change the keyboard layout?
when you did the installation you should have had an option to set the keyboard layout to the same as the host also but you can of course still change it
sonic iris
or install `onboard` in whatever distro ur on. then u can use onboard to type so...
what is regolith?
Mint
sonic iris
when you did the installation you should have had an option to set the keyboard ...
so you happen to have any idea of how can I change it?
I asked for help somewhere else and got the answer: you should look if you can do that through your config file
and I kinda found a way to access this file
I just need to open it with a text editor
but I don't know any text editor for Mint :/
wait, can I install Vim on Mint???
sonic iris
dont u have a Linux Mint cinnamon?
I believe I do have but what are you referring to, exactly?
stable pewter
it's a text editor
are u like totally new?
Cinnamon is the default, and true flagship desktop environment that Mint ships with
many xapps are crafted in-house for it
left prism
i3 is entirely and only configured via its config file and is oft used with other things that share the same philosophy
stable pewter
xed - full featured text editor, bit richer than good ol' Windows Notepad
pix - well featured photo editor for basic stuff, and for viewing
celluloid - audio/video media player
xviewer- basic fast image viewer
nemo - the default file manager coming with cinnamon
i3 is a hardcore nerd/advanced user's environmentu gotta put together
left prism
for instance if you want to run something automatically at start up you add a line to i3's config that begins exec program arguments beware this will be executed with /bin/sh which doesn't share all of say bash's functionality or its shell config
stable pewter
it's a barebones window manager n comes with nothing. u gotta assemble it to have stuff that even remotely resembles a desktop
left prism
what you may instead want to do is have a startup script somewhere in whatever your preferred shell script and exec that
you CAN use other things to configure some aspects of your environment for example you can run lxappearance to set gtk and icon themes for gtk apps and qt5ct/kvantum to configure QT stuff
but you should expect to configure a lot with text files
stable pewter
Regolith linux is an Ubuntu-based full linux distribution that just so happens to come with i3 window manager somewhat configured, and it has shortcuts listed i think on a desktop wallpaper
left prism
I'm of two minds on Regolith , on the one hand it seems to be more friendly out of the box than plain old i3 BUT anything that is configured for you tends to be A) more complicated out of the box and B) sometimes have some degree of indirection eg you can't change the default config you have to change other things because it generates or ties things together somehow
stable pewter
alright im out. OP has some deep learning to do
left prism
left prism
so my suggestions are create a startup script and exec that in your config file, feel free to use nano or a gui text editor if you don't already know and love vim
use the assign statement to tie certain workspaces to certain monitors
if dealing with multiple monitors
stable pewter
if dealing with multiple monitors
wouldn't arandr on startup work nicely with multimonitor init? it has a nice way to save display profiles and a default profile
left prism
this is not to setup the monitors its to decide which monitor a workspace belongs on
left prism
workspaces are per monitor but unique across all monitors thus say you have two monitors A and B and A has workspace 1 and B has 2, well only those 2 presently exist
stable pewter
i would deeply hate to complicate it beyond that.
left prism
say you press windows key + 3 which will by default navigate to workspace 3, since it doesn't exist yet it will be created on whichever monitor has focus
I prefer to always use the same workspaces for the same things so its nicer to say that 3 is always on the left monitor that way when you press windows key + 3 even if you are presently on the right monitor you will switch to the left monitor and create 3 there
If you always arrange things the same way the alternative is to press windows key + left and THEN press windows key + 3 which to me is a little more friction
sonic iris
are u like totally new?
<30d into Linux
left prism
kinda feel like i3 and stuff configured via config file might be jumping into the deep end
you can learn about stuff like text editors and shell scripts and terminals from within a friendly environment like cinnamon quite easily
sonic iris
alright im out. OP has some deep learning to do
yeah, I see that 😂
sonic iris
kinda feel like i3 and stuff configured via config file might be jumping into th...
at this point it feels kinda pointless to assume that but I haven't understood most of what you guys said
cause you probably already know
well, I just wanted to enjoy Linux at its max potential
but also finding a balance between productivity and stability
that's why I've stuck to Mint ever since I started with Linux
I'm an artist, my main focus on Linux is producing art
so it wouldn't be the smartest decision to go for these wm
at least for now