If you like you can switch from one bar system to the next. There are several choices. Here we will switch from the i3status bar to polybar. To start polybar we need to edit the file ~/.config/i3/config and search (CTRL + F) for the word polybar. Open the file with...
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What are your help me keyboard shortcuts
There are many shortcuts build into Xfce Openbox i3 Many of them are the same. So once you know them you can use them everywhere. I want you to know these 3 already now. They are the "get me out of here" shortcuts. Keyboard Shortcuts To Remember SUPER + Escape Kill...
How to switch your Openbox menu to the Openbox Minimal menu
Thanks to the fact that we have created ArcoLinuxB Openbox Minimal we now have a second kind of menu. A minimal one. Once you know your way around the system and know where all the core files are for openbox, you can access them via Thunar and edit them. No need for a...
All modules that are available for polybar – any desktop
Icons in polybarThe little icons you see in the polybar are defined by the font awesome-terminal-fonts. Changing the icons could not be easier. Surf to the website and copy/paste the icon you would like to have to your polybar config. ...
How to set wallpapers in xfce, openbox and i3
Since we have so many new wallpapers to choose from, it seemed a good idea to show you in one video how to set your wallpaper in xfce openbox i3 Submicron or Fernando Cruz, creator and donator of many beautiful wallpapers of ArcoLinux, has generously given us...
Arc-gtk-theme supplies support for Openbox – coming from Nico Hood – fix error
Arc-gtk-theme source on Arch repo has changed from horst3180 to nicohood. Nico provides us with Openbox support out-of-the-box. Horst did not. We can delete this package for the installation to continue. We do not need it anymore now. Thank you Nico for supporting...
Adding jgmenu to your polybar
In this article we installed jgmenu and talked about this new menu called jgmenu coming from this github. We can add this menu as well to polybar. Polybar is an alternative menu you can use on Openbox, i3, Bspwm and so many more. We will now show you how to get this...
Adding jgmenu to your openbox system
Jgmenu is an X11 menu intended to be used with Openbox and Tint2. If you miss a "start button and menu" in your Openbox system, Jgmenu can be a solution. We install it with sudo pacman -S jgmenu Then we need to add it to our tint2 menu with a few steps. We show you...
How to theme polybar to match an orange wallpaper
Polybar can be used in many desktops. We have already visited : Openbox i3 Bspwm We will need it for other desktop environments we will discover. It can be themed anyway you want. It takes some time to get used to but it can be fun. We learn how to search in the...
Xfce has been updated to have Rofi keyboard shortcuts
OPENBOXXFCEWe have learned in this article that there will be new keyboard shortcuts to add the functionality of Rofi to the Xfce desktop. Openbox and i3 had already Rofi. Without a new keyboard configuration nothing will change. You do not need to follow this...