i3wm

[Tinuva]

How many of you tried this window manager?

It is not for the feint of heart, but I found that I really like it, especially if you are used to working in multiple remote ssh sessions this wm comes in quite handy using regular terminals.

Basically i3 is a tiling window manager, so you dont have to spend time resizing windows ect. It also however makes heavy use of the keyboard over a mouse, something I quite like. The only times I now need to use a mouse, is when I am in a browser ect.

I had LinuxMint on my laptop and wasn;t quite happy with any of the window managers, when I saw i3wm being mentioned on rackerhacker's blog, so I installed Ubuntu Minimal on my laptop, once I got a console login, to get the gui up I just did apt-get install lightdm i3 and boom I could start working from there. I find this window manager insanely fast on my core-i3 lappy, just the way I like it

So anyone else out there using it?

ps. Even though I am on Ubuntu, some interesting screenies and ideas at https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=103369&p=2

 

[ponder]

What sets it apart from other tiling wms?

 

[Tinuva]

What sets it apart from other tiling wms?

Good question. I personally haven't used another tiling wm, this is the first one I personally every tried. Haven't realized there could be more, but also, never thought such a wm may suite my work style.

They do list a few objectives on their website which sounds fine. I guess if that is not enough for you and you already have something that works for you, then there is probably not reason to switch.

Perhaps I should have asked what other tiling wms people are using?

 

[ponder]

Tried one or two before but they are not for me. If I was a coder or a sysadmin I could see their use but I just use a normal desktop for everyday stuff like most people out there I suspect. I've even tried tiling with Openbox using pytile.