Support for a fork of i3lock called i38lock added. In stormus, install i38lock. To build from source, https://git.stormux.org/storm/i38lock This is more secure than the pin implementation but it remains available.

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@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Optional features use these packages when installed:
 - sox: for sounds.
 - tesseract: For OCR
 - xprintidle: [optional] For screen lock autolock on X11/i3
+- i38lock: [optional] Secure accessible screen locker. On Stormux, install it from the repository. It requires Cthulhu or Orca 50 or newer for screen reader feedback.
 - tesseract-data-eng: For OCR
 - udiskie: [optional] for automatically mounting removable storage
 - x11bell: [optional] Bell support if you do not have a PC speaker. Available from https://github.com/jovanlanik/x11bell
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@ Ratpoison mode is now enabled by default for better accessibility and ease of us
 
 During setup, the screen reader picker includes Cthulhu, Orca, and None. If no supported screen reader is installed, I38 assumes None and skips screen-reader startup. Setup also asks for the generated i3 window-title font size, defaulting to 12. I38 applies a larger mouse cursor size at startup when xrdb is available. If xzoom is installed when the i3 config is generated, I38 binds it as a lightweight magnifier. I38 also includes a keybinding to move the mouse pointer to the center of the focused window.
 
+During setup, I38 can configure one screen lock method. The legacy I38 PIN lock is a privacy screen only. I38Lock is a true PAM-backed screen locker, available at https://git.stormux.org/storm/i38lock and packaged in the Stormux repository. I38 offers I38Lock only when `i38lock` is installed and the screen-reader setup can support it: Cthulhu, or Orca 50 or newer. I38 does not enable the PIN lock and I38Lock at the same time.
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 ## GTK Application Sound Themes (Optional)
 
 This section is completely optional and separate from I38's window manager sounds. If you want GTK-based applications (like file managers, terminal emulators, text editors, etc.) to play sounds for their own events (button presses, menu navigation, dialog boxes, etc.), you can configure a GTK sound theme.