I can't get the desktop background to stay even after editing : nano .config/i3/config with
feh --bg-scale /home/myuser/Pictures/wallpaper.jpg
does the line in your ~/.config/i3/config look like this?
exec feh --bg-scale /home/myuser/Pictures/wallpaper.jpg
If you don't have the exec in front, it may not work. I'm not 100% on that, but that's a potential issue.
Screen tearing is BAD !!!!! even on my desktop with Nvidia gpu...
That's an issue I've got (occasionally) as well. It's happening on Cinnamon as well as i3 though, so I think it's a driver issue rather than i3 specific. Are you running compton? If so, try using the --vsync
option. The arch wiki used to have something about this, but it's not there anymore for some reason...
VPN does not work? I had to log out of i3, log in to Gnome, turn on VPN then log out--> back in to i3.
That is a lot of work to just get VPN going, especially if I'm on the go.
I don't use a vpn often, I just handle it through the command line. You can use network manager within i3 though. open up dmenu and type network. it should be in the list. (I'm using rofi, so I had to open gnome-settings, then go to networking, but it may be different for you)
So no nautilus? I use evolution and evince a bunch, so this is kind of important. Kind of intergrated them into my work flow, even though evince is replaceable...
I wouldn't use nautilus. It has issues... I use thunar
which is similar, but doesn't include a "desktop" feature.
That's what I think is my problem. I have Fedora 23 Workstation and it came with Gnome. I still love gnome, just that on a laptop, i3 works very well.
Nothing wrong with having gnome on there. I'd look at a guide for uninstalling gnome from fedora workstation if you're looking to remove it though.
Also, I love i3. I can't believe it took me so long to start working with it.