From XFCE + i3 to sway & co

So, sway is just the compositor and manager, so a lot of stuff is missing in terms of complete desktop experience provided by XFCE. Here is what I have come up with so far:

sudo apt-get install \
	alacritty \
	grim \
	keychain \
	libwayland-egl-backend-dev \
	lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings \
	pasystray \
	seatd \
	slurp \
	sway \
	sway-backgrounds \
	swaybg \
	swayidle \
	swaylock \
	waybar \
	wdisplays \
	wl-clipboard \
	wlogout \
	wofi \
	xdg-desktop-portal-wlr \
	xwayland

Unfortunately, then a lot of applications are running incredibly slow. Such as firefox, thunderbird, and for some reason then launching the waybar takes forever.

Then launch it with a script letsgo.sh:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

if [ "$(tty)" != "/dev/tty1" ]; then
  echo "Invalid tty($tty)"
  exit 0
fi

export CLUTTER_BACKEND=wayland
export ECORE_EVAS_ENGINE=wayland-egl
export ELM_ENGINE=wayland_egl
export GDK_BACKEND=wayland
export _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1
export MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1
export MOZ_WEBRENDER=1
export NO_AT_BRIDGE=1
export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland-egl
export QT_WAYLAND_DISABLE_WINDOWDECORATION=1
export QT_WAYLAND_FORCE_DPI=physical
export SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland
export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway
export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp
export XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=sway
export XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland
export PYTHON_KEYRING_BACKEND=keyring.backends.null.Keyring

eval $(keychain --eval --dir $HOME/.config/keychain --quiet --noask --agents gpg,ssh id_rsa)
exec sway

.

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