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For all the pains it introduces because everything Just Stops Working™, I find the i3 window manager to be fantastic for my windowing workflow. Once you have d
by pedrovhb 7y ago
For all the pains it introduces because everything Just Stops Working™, I find the i3 window manager to be fantastic for my windowing workflow.
Once you have decided what goes into each workspace and have a bit of muscle memory for the tiling, switching is instant and organizing is trivial. Never drag a window again!
These blog posts helped a lot in configuring some basic stuff (that IMO really should be available out of the box; I get that i3 is supposed to be light and customizable but it feels really user-hostile on a new install):
https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/creating-a-modern-tiling-desktop-environment-using-i3/ https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/creating-a-modern-tiling...
https://cravencode.com/post/essentials/enable-tap-to-click-in-i3wm/ https://cravencode.com/post/essentials/enable-tap-to-click-i...
- kortex 7y agoYeah I've seen i3 and it looks cool but does it work with regular graphical X window applications? It seems like it's mostly text based though I have seen images in panes.
- pedrovhb 7y agoYup, it works with everything, not text-based.
- lttlrck 7y agoI switched to i3 about 2 months ago. I had some false starts with tiling window managers before but i3 just clicked. It’s very easy to configure. I have a mix of 10 plus terminals, chrome, sublime text, slack and wireshark spread across multiple workspaces in various combinations and it’s brilliant. Some applications work better non-tiled, floating on top of the tiles and this can be configured. I have done that with wireshark.