i3

Thinkpad E14 2nd Gen

This directory contains the settings/config files used in setting up the new Thinkpad E14 2nd Gen on March 2021.

Some of the configuration updates may require a reboot.

Requirements

• lxappearance

Installation Process:

sudo apt install lxappearance

• Flameshot

It is required for taking and editing screenshots. The Github release download Link is here.

Installation Process:

sudo apt install ./flameshot-0.9.0-1.debian-10.amd64.deb

• arandr

Installation Process:

sudo apt install arandr

• i3status

Installation Process:

sudo apt install i3status

• i3lock

Installation Process:

sudo apt install i3lock

• dmenu

Installation Process:

sudo apt install dmenu

Fonts

• Cascadia

Download the zip and then unzip

$ unzip CascadiaCode-2102.25.zip
$ ls
total 8980
drwxr-xr-x 3 w w 4096 Feb 26 02:00 otf
drwxr-xr-x 3 w w 4096 Feb 26 02:00 ttf
drwxr-xr-x 3 w w 4096 Feb 26 02:03 woff2
-rw-r--r-- 1 w w 8666729 Mar 20 17:43 CascadiaCode-2102.25.zip

Copy the ttf font to /usr/local/share/fonts

$ pwd
/usr/local/share/fonts
$ ls
cascadia
$ tree
.
└── cascadia
    ├── CascadiaCodePL.ttf
    ├── CascadiaCode.ttf
    ├── CascadiaMonoPL.ttf
    └── CascadiaMono.ttf

Then run fc-cache -f -v to recreate the font cache and check if the installation was successful:

$ fc-list  | grep cascadia
/usr/local/share/fonts/cascadia/CascadiaCode.ttf: Cascadia Code:style=SemiBold
/usr/local/share/fonts/cascadia/CascadiaCodePL.ttf: Cascadia Code PL:style=Bold

Icon Packs

La Capitaine.

Installation process:

cd ~/.icons
git clone https://github.com/keeferrourke/la-capitaine-icon-theme.git

Open lxappearance and select the icon pack La Capitaine

Theme

Open lxappearance and select the theme Matcha Dark Sea

Arandr Multi Screen setup and config

Open arandr by executing arandr from shell.

Configure based on the current scenario and save the config using Layout > Save As. Open the i3 config and add the content of the arandr config, like,

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exec_always xrandr --output VGA-0 --off --output LVDS --mode 1366x768 --pos 0x1080 --rotate normal --output HDMI-0 --primary --mode 1920x1080 --pos 0x0 --rotate normal

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This is what my basic setup looks like:

Updated i3status: