A user friendly simple i3 setup that I made for family members that I decided to share with you! Best to install from a terminal only environment for a mostly bloat free experience.
Tested and working on Debian 12 Bookworm but should be good to go on many other distros with some slight alterations
dmenu, dunst, git, i3, network-manager-gnome, nitrogen, polybar, rofi, xorg, and alacritty.
arandr, curl, picom, powerline, libnotify-bin, light-locker, lightdm, starship, slick-greeter, and xautolock.
chromium, greenclip, gnome-text-editor, libreoffice, and nemo.
Note: You can go to ~/.config/polybar/modules and alter the App scripts as you like.
Easiest method is to run these commands in terminal:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install git wget
cd ~/
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TheTechRun/Simple-i3/master/install.sh
chmod +x install.sh
bash install.sh
Use the install.sh script that will install just the config files, fonts, icons, and themes.
You can download the install script and make it executable or just copy and paste in terminal. Be sure to Backup any configs and/or files that these might replace.
The app-install.sh will install the Optional Dependencies and Apps (mentioned in the sections above) on debian based systems using apt. You will need to run this script as sudo.
After running the install.sh, this simple command will run the app-install.sh:
sudo ~/.scripts/app-install.sh
Be sure to pay attention to the prompts and reboot.
Alter this script to work with your distro (dnf, pacman, etc) as you like.
Here's a video of install instructions as well.
$mod = Super Key
Control+Shift+T = Theme Switcher
Menu = SIMPLE Apps List
Alt+Space = FULL Apps List
Super+T = Terminal (Alacritty)
Super+Tab = Show/Switch Windows tabs
Super+L = Lockscreen (light-locker)
Super+P = Polybar
Super+C = Clipboard
Alt+L = Lockscreen (light-locker)
See ~/.config/i3/config for the rest of the keybinds.
This comes with 8 built in themes that can be switched on the fly (See Keybinds). The theme switcher changes the main color in i3, rofi, dunst, starship prompt, polybar, wallpaper, and GTK themes & icons.
