# i3-stones ## Dependencies ### For i3 - i3wm - polybar ### For sway - wl-root - grim - slurp - wl-clipboard - sway - swaybg - waybar ### Others (notifications and icons) - A Nerd Font (for icons) - tiramisu ## For brightness and media control: - brightnessctl (You have to add user to the following groups: video input) - playerctl ## For screen tearing: - Fix xorg config with appropriate driver. - Driver: - intel: xf86-video-intel - sudo -e /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf ``` Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Graphics" Driver "intel" Option "TearFree" "true" EndSection ``` ![stones](./screenshots/Screenshot_20240503_095414.png) ## Installing dependencies Package availability differs between distros — Arch has everything below in the official/multilib repos, no AUR needed. Gentoo's main tree is missing a few newer tools (noted below); those need the [GURU overlay](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:GURU) or manual/cargo install. ### Window manager & session (both i3 and sway) **Arch** ```bash sudo pacman -S i3-wm i3status i3blocks sway swaybg swaylock swayidle \ waybar polybar rofi alacritty dex snixembed \ xss-lock xorg-xset xclip scrot imagemagick i3lock \ network-manager-applet blueman gnome-keyring \ pipewire wireplumber pipewire-pulse pipewire-alsa pipewire-jack \ pasystray playerctl brightnessctl \ fcitx5 fcitx5-im fcitx5-configtool ``` **Gentoo** ```bash sudo emerge --ask \ x11-wm/i3 x11-misc/i3status x11-misc/i3blocks \ gui-wm/sway gui-apps/swaybg gui-apps/swaylock gui-apps/swayidle \ gui-apps/waybar x11-misc/polybar x11-misc/rofi x11-terms/alacritty \ x11-misc/dex x11-misc/snixembed \ x11-misc/xss-lock x11-apps/xset x11-misc/xclip media-gfx/scrot \ media-gfx/imagemagick x11-misc/i3lock \ net-misc/networkmanager net-misc/network-manager-applet net-wireless/blueman \ app-crypt/gnome-keyring \ media-video/pipewire media-video/wireplumber media-sound/playerctl \ app-i18n/fcitx app-i18n/fcitx-qt app-i18n/fcitx-gtk ``` - `brightnessctl` is **not in the main Gentoo tree** — install from the GURU overlay (`sudo emerge --ask brightnessctl`, after enabling GURU below) or build from source. Add your user to the `video` and `input` groups either way. - PipeWire's PulseAudio/ALSA/JACK compatibility on Gentoo is controlled by USE flags (`pulseaudio`/`alsa`/`jack`... check `equery u media-video/pipewire`) rather than separate packages. - `pasystray` (systray volume icon) is not in the main tree either; the GURU overlay or `pavucontrol` are common substitutes. Enable the GURU overlay once, needed by several packages below: ```bash sudo eselect repository enable guru sudo emerge --sync guru ``` ### Wayland screenshots, clipboard, and screen sharing (sway) These are the pieces the Print-key bindings and screen sharing/recording in `sway/config` depend on — without `xdg-desktop-portal-wlr` specifically, no app (browser tab share, Discord, OBS) can capture the screen at all. **Arch** ```bash sudo pacman -S grim slurp wl-clipboard cliphist \ xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-wlr xdg-desktop-portal-gtk \ wf-recorder obs-studio ``` **Gentoo** ```bash sudo emerge --ask \ gui-apps/grim gui-apps/slurp gui-apps/wl-clipboard \ sys-apps/xdg-desktop-portal gui-libs/xdg-desktop-portal-wlr sys-apps/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk \ media-video/wf-recorder media-video/obs-studio ``` - `cliphist` (clipboard history) is not in the main tree — GURU overlay. After installing the portal packages, restart the portal service so it picks up the new backend: ```bash systemctl --user restart xdg-desktop-portal ``` ### AMD GPU stack (mesa/RADV/amdgpu) **Arch** ```bash sudo pacman -S mesa lib32-mesa vulkan-radeon lib32-vulkan-radeon \ xf86-video-amdgpu linux-firmware-amdgpu libvdpau-va-gl ``` Mesa on current Arch already bundles the VA-API driver (`radeonsi_drv_video.so`) and there's no separate `mesa-vdpau`/`lib32-mesa-vdpau` package anymore — `libvdpau-va-gl` is the VDPAU-to-VA-API translation layer that replaces it. **Gentoo** ```bash # In /etc/portage/make.conf: # VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu radeonsi" sudo emerge --ask media-libs/mesa media-libs/vulkan-loader \ x11-drivers/xf86-video-amdgpu media-video/libvdpau media-libs/libvdpau-va-gl ``` Make sure `mesa` is built with `USE="vulkan"` and, for 32-bit/Steam compatibility, `ABI_X86="32 64"` in `package.use`. ### Gaming & performance **Arch** ```bash sudo pacman -S gamemode lib32-gamemode mangohud lib32-mangohud ``` **Gentoo** ```bash sudo emerge --ask games-util/gamemode ``` - `mangohud` is **not in the main Gentoo tree** — GURU overlay (`sudo emerge --ask games-util/mangohud` after enabling GURU). ### GPU monitoring & tuning **Arch** ```bash sudo pacman -S radeontop amdgpu_top nvtop lact lm_sensors ``` **Gentoo** ```bash sudo emerge --ask app-misc/radeontop sys-process/nvtop sys-power/lm-sensors ``` - `amdgpu_top`, `lact`, and `corectrl` (fan curves/overclocking GUIs) are not in the main tree — GURU overlay, or install `lact`/`amdgpu_top` via `cargo` since both are Rust tools. ### Razer peripherals (polling rate, DPI, RGB) **Arch** ```bash sudo pacman -S openrazer-daemon openrazer-meta polychromatic sudo gpasswd -a $USER plugdev ``` **Gentoo** ```bash sudo emerge --ask sys-apps/openrazer sudo gpasswd -a $USER plugdev ``` - Gentoo ships a single unified `sys-apps/openrazer` package (driver + daemon together) rather than split `-daemon`/`-meta` packages. `polychromatic` (GUI) is not in the main tree — GURU overlay. ### Notifications & fonts **Arch** ```bash sudo pacman -S ttf-firacode-nerd # tiramisu (notification daemon) is AUR-only on Arch: yay -S tiramisu ``` **Gentoo** ```bash sudo emerge --ask media-fonts/nerd-fonts ``` - `tiramisu` is not in the main Gentoo tree — GURU overlay or build from source (https://github.com/Sweets/tiramisu). ### PipeWire launcher (Gentoo only) `sway/config` calls `gentoo-pipewire-launcher`, the community launcher script documented on the [Gentoo PipeWire wiki page](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/PipeWire) — it's a shell script you place on your `PATH` yourself, not a portage package. ## Vim ### Vimplug #### Neovim ``` sh -c 'curl -fLo "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/nvim/site/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim' ``` #### Vim ```sh curl -fLo ~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim ``` ### Conquer of Completion - Requirements: - Nodejs ### coc.nvim ``` :CocInstall coc-pairs coc-json coc-tsserver coc-snippets ``` ### coc.vimtex ``` :CocInstall coc-vimtex ```