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i3 tiling window manager, Install Fest 2018

i3 tiling window manager, Install Fest 2018

Ondrej Sika

March 03, 2018
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  1. i3
    tiling window manager
    Ondrej Sika
    [email protected]
    Install Fest 2018,
    CVUT, Praha, 3. 3. 2018

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  2. https://sika.link/if18

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  3. Ondrej Sika - Software Engineer @ Slush Pool
    - Consultant, Trainer
    - Scout, Libertarian

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  4. What is window manager?

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  6. My motivation behind i3?

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  7. Love minimalism ...

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  8. … hate Gnome 3!

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  9. Started looking for
    something useful.

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  11. i3

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  12. https://i3wm.org

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  13. i3
    features
    - tiling - no floating windows
    - no mouse needed
    - fast
    - minimalistic
    - No settings GUI
    - No file manager
    - No display manager

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  14. Installation
    If you already have a WM (eg.: Gnome), just install i3:
    sudo apt install i3
    If you don't have X server, you have to install it:
    sudo apt install xorg

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  15. Run
    If you have some display manager, in login window just
    select i3.
    If you don't have it, login to system and startx:
    startx

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  16. Demo time!

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  17. Configuration
    Config file location:
    /etc/i3/config
    ~/.i3/config
    ~/.config/i3/config
    /etc/i3status.conf

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  18. https://github.com/ondrejsika/i3-config

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  19. Summary
    Why i love i3 more than 7 years
    - boost productivity
    - it's fast
    - stable, minimalistic
    - no mouse needed

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  20. Thank you & Questions
    Ondrej Sika
    email: [email protected]
    web: ondrej-sika.cz
    twitter: @ondrejsika
    linkedin: /in/ondrejsika/
    Slides & materialy na https://sika.link/if18

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