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iOctober 15th, 2017 | |
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iI converted my Mint laptop from KDE to i3 today based on some | |
ihelpful feedback on Mastodon. I had no idea that it was so easy to | |
iinstall another window manager and swap between them. All you have | |
ito do is install the package, log out, and log back in! | |
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iAnyway, i3 [0] is a fantastic minimalist window mananger that | |
itreats all your windows pretty much like tmux or screen treats | |
iterminals. You can split vertically, horizontally, resize, shift, | |
ilaunch things to different workspaces, etc. There's a ton of | |
iconfiguration you can do to really make it yours, but it's pretty | |
istellar with the defaults. I changed a few of the key mappings | |
iaround, added a screensaver and that's about it. | |
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iI also messed with systemd and put my suspend settings in when | |
iclosing the laptop lid. I've wrapped up screensaver and i3lock to | |
imake a cool minimal lock-to-resume thingy. Basically I feel like | |
ia wizard. All hail my basic linuxing! | |
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[0] i3 Window Manager |