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As an i3-gaps user... I would try this.
by dave_sullivan 6y ago
As an i3-gaps user... I would try this.
- nobleach 6y agoI love how beautiful i3-gaps is. I worked awfully hard to get i3, Dunst, Polybar and many other tools to give me a WM only experience. And frankly, I hate that part of it. Simple things like configuring bluetooth, or switching audio... or working with multiple displays are just painful. I expected this when I started using Linux in 1996ish. That was part of the hobbiest experience. These days, I just want to get my work done, and if I can do it with a pretty experience, I'd prefer that. So if I do i3 again, it'll probably be with XFCE underneath unifying some of the experience. Gnome on the other hand, has its own set of issues that make it annoying. So I'm with you, I would try this.
- Galanwe 6y agoI did start using i3 with Xephyr (Xnest at the time) inside gnome. That could be something you want to try. It basically allows you to have a X11 window running i3 inside your usual gnome session. While in full-screen, that gave me a gnome workspace that was effectively i3.
- jeromenerf 6y agoYou can run "gnome-flashback" somehow below i3 using https://github.com/i3-gnome/i3-gnome https://github.com/i3-gnome/i3-gnome This is nothing too complicated, just a session with the right components selected to provide whatever services you need: display management, screen locking, WiFi, etc.