Da Window Manager aka the Dynamic one
either go for sources or with binaries
apt install suckless-tools apt install stterm apt install dwm update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator --> /usr/bin/st
as for slstatus, you still need to proceed from source.
enable for both X and Xsession
as root
vi /usr/share/xsessions/custom.desktop [Desktop Entry] Name=Xsession Exec=/etc/X11/Xsession ^D
as user
vi ~/.xinitrc
#!/bin/bash
#xrandr --output HDMI-A-1-0 --mode 2560x1440 --right-of eDP
xrandr --output HDMI-A-1-0 --auto --right-of eDP-1-0
mate-settings-daemon &
xsetroot -solid black
#conky -d
#gnubiff --systemtray &
#xautolock -notify 10 -notifier 'notify-send "Screen will lock in 10 seconds"' \
# -time 5 -locker "xtrlock" &
# -time 5 -locker "xlock" &
slstatus &
exec dwm
ln -s .xinitrc .xsession
# let DWM handle brightness elge ALL = NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/brightnessctl
see video
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CustomXSession
https://medium.com/hacker-toolbelt/dwm-windows-manager-in-ubuntu-14958224a782
https://github.com/algiuxass/dwm-dotfiles
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/12072/how-do-i-get-current-keyboard-layout https://github.com/grwlf/xkb-switch https://github.com/nonpop/xkblayout-state
https://gist.github.com/sergeykish/765118/017d4d7d31d0be5d26cfd67a976a8e874171016d
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=46581 http://members.dslextreme.com/users/jbromley/files/ruby-xkb.tar.bz2 https://sourceforge.net/projects/xxkb/
got showlayout.sh from there! https://superuser.com/questions/1300091/show-current-keyboard-layout