Different UI after fresh install, not as shown on the webpage of I3wm

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I use i3wm as my primary DE.Yesterday, I did a fresh installation of i3wm, downloading iso from the Manjaro website. But after installation instead of getting Manjaro’s customized UI (i3-gaps and other panels) I got vanilla i3. I tried reinstalling the system but same thing continues. Also there are no softwares preinstalled like firefox which usually ships with Manjaro i3. Is there a way to get the Manjaro’s customization after installation? and why would this happen if I used the correct iso?

Thanks in advanced.

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You probably installed the minimal ISO …
Install manjaro-i3-settings then copy all files from /etc/skel/ to your home directory and restart i3wm.

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Are dot files and folders … aka they have a . at the begging of their name, hence are hidden by default in your File Manager. Either you enable to show them, or you do the copy via terminal.

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Sorry there are hidden files. Copied it to the home folder and restarted i3 but no changes.

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from this site:

i3 & sway are no longer offical, so you have to grab updated versions from community.

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Doing the install right now from that ISO, and the installer looks as is supposed to look

1280×665 195 KB

and the installed system looks as is supposed

1280×665 113 KB

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yeap, that’s how i remember it.
i prefer sway, much more tweakable.

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Are two different profiles, different ISO, different maintainers … not sure what the OP is looking for tho.

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yep, 2 different, yet kinda the same.
most people start with i3, then later move to sway. some just start with sway. i’ll add a link for him.

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Is i3 officialy supported by Manjaro team or only sway ?

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Official ISO are XFCE, KDE, and GNOME, as you can see on the page Manjaro - Downloads

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both i3 & sway are unofficial, been kicked to the curb. luckily there’s community versions.
just not enough user base to justify the work i would guess.

i just did my current install from minimal+sway & there’s a lot more settings than a normal desktop version, very time consuming to setup a wm to be on par to a desktop.

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