i3 Tweaks

This repository contains configurations and customizations for the i3 window manager on Linux include required packages.

Screenshots

Old Configuration View

New Configuration View

Installation

To use these configurations, follow these steps:

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/hamadismail/i3-tweaks.git

2. Navigate to the repository directory:

   cd i3-tweaks

3. Copy the configuration files to your i3 config directory:

   cp -r .config/i3 ~/.config/

4. Restart i3 to apply the new configurations.

Configuration

Flatpak

To configure flatpak, follow these steps:

1. Get access the filesystem:
   System mode

   sudo flatpak override --filesystem=$HOME

   User mode

   flatpak --user override --filesystem=$HOME

2. Get access the themes and icons:
   For color theme

   flatpak --user override --env=GTK_THEME=Theme-name

   For icon theme

   flatpak --user override --env=ICON_THEME=Icon-name

3. Open link in browser tab:
   Manually try to open a URL from the flatpak sandbox

   flatpak run --command=xdg-open com.spotify.Client https://www.google.com

   That is supposed to request a new browser tab or window, requested from within the sandbox

   Check if xdg-desktop-portal is installed:

   sudo pacman -S xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-gtk

   Restart the portal services:

   systemctl --user restart xdg-desktop-portal
   systemctl --user restart xdg-desktop-portal-gtk

   Fixing postman crashing issue:
   Go to the location

   ~/.var/app/com.getpostman.Postman/config/Postman/proxy

   And use this command

   openssl req -subj '/C=US/CN=Postman Proxy' -new -newkey rsa:2048 -sha256 -days 365 -nodes -x509 -keyout postman-proxy-ca.key -out postman-proxy-ca.crt

Disk Encryption and Decryption Using LUKS

🔐 Create Disk Encryption:

1. Add Disk Encryption

sudo cryptsetup -y luksFormat /dev/sdX

replace X with your disk

2. Open Encrypted Disk

sudo cryptsetup -v luksOpen /dev/sdX <name-encrypted-disk>

3. Format the Encrypted Disk

sudo mkfs.exfat /dev/mapper/<name-encrypted-disk>

4. Mount the Encrypted Disk

sudo mount /dev/mapper/<name-encrypted-disk> /mnt/<directory-name>

5. Unmount the Encrypted Disk

sudo umount /mnt/<directory-name>

6. Close the Encrypted Disk

sudo cryptsetup -v luksClose <name-encrypted-disk>

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❌ Remove Disk Encryption:

1. (Erase Disk)

sudo cryptsetup erase /dev/sdX

2. Format the Disk for Normal Use

sudo mkfs.exfat /dev/sdX

Check Disk Read and Write Speed

Write Speed:

sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=testfile bs=1M count=1024 oflag=direct

Read Speed:

sudo dd if=testfile of=/dev/zero bs=1M count=1024 iflag=direct

Usage

After installation, you can use the following keybindings (or whatever custom bindings you have set up):

• Mod + Enter: Open terminal
• Mod + d: Open dmenu
• Mod + q: Close window
• Mod + h/j/k/l: Navigate windows

For more details, refer to the configuration files.

Contributing

If you have suggestions for improvements or new features, feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.