(dunst) made sure dunst is started

dunst/.config/dunst/dunstrc

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     origin = top-right
 
     # Offset from the origin
-    offset = 12x80
+    offset = 6x80
 
     # Scale factor. It is auto-detected if value is 0.
     scale = 0

i3/.config/i3/config

@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ tiling_drag modifier titlebar
 # starting auxiliary applications #
 ###################################
 
+# start notification daemon
+exec --no-startup-id dunst
+
 # start compositor and polybar, etc.
 exec --no-startup-id picom -b
 
@@ -49,10 +52,6 @@ exec_always --no-startup-id bash ~/.config/polybar/launch_polybar.sh
 # screen before suspend. Use loginctl lock-session to lock your screen.
 exec --no-startup-id xss-lock --transfer-sleep-lock -- i3lock --nofork -e -c 7070bb
 
-# NetworkManager is the most popular way to manage wireless networks on Linux,
-# and nm-applet is a desktop environment-independent system tray GUI for it.
-exec --no-startup-id nm-applet
-
 
 ###########################
 # configuring keybindings #