I3 Alternatives

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picom

52 755 0.0 C i3 VS picom

A lightweight compositor for X11 (previously a compton fork) (by ibhagwan)
Gruvbox-GTK-Theme

11 437 3.2 CSS i3 VS Gruvbox-GTK-Theme

A GTK theme based on the Gruvbox colour palette.
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Black Screen after modprobe amdgpu
1 project | /r/LFS | 7 Aug 2022

So I compiled Xorg, i3-rounded from https://github.com/resloved/i3, and all the required libraries. doing modprobe amdgpu, then blindfoldedly typing startx with .xinitrc having the singular line exec i3 made it display i3wm. So I would assume other linux distros have some sort of startup shell with graphics support or something
I want to try Window Managers and need some advice.
1 project | /r/linuxmasterrace | 16 Jul 2022

If you want rounded corners you have to compile this yourself
How can I get rid of black color behind the round corner ? Make it transparent
2 projects | /r/i3wm | 12 Jan 2022

Are you using rounded i3 gaps? If not theme wants to be rounded but i3 is not. Try changing to i3-gaps-rounded.
Rounded corners and borders
1 project | /r/i3wm | 18 Nov 2021

I don't think rounded corners are available in i3 or i3-gaps. Try a fork like https://github.com/resloved/i3.
Round corners for windows?
1 project | /r/i3wm | 26 Oct 2021

I have installed i3-gaps. i3 has https://github.com/resloved/i3/pull/3 for rounded corners. But putting border_radius on config shows an error. Has the feature been removed?
Curve screen corners like elementary OS?
1 project | /r/linuxquestions | 21 Oct 2021

Not with vanilla i3, but if you install a fork like this it should work.
Install i3wm fork
1 project | /r/i3wm | 20 Feb 2021

On the github link you provided, there are instructions on installing here, which leads you here
problem with rounded edges.
2 projects | /r/i3wm | 31 Dec 2020

Yeah, the thing is i3-gaps-rounded is a bit behind and also is/becoming abandoned . It is working ok right now (had it myself until recently), but I wouldn't recommend it as future proof solution.
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