I3 Alternatives
Similar projects and alternatives to i3
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wslg
Enabling the Windows Subsystem for Linux to include support for Wayland and X server related scenarios
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flameshot
Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software :desktop_computer: :camera_flash:
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Scout APM
Scout APM: A developer's best friend. Try free for 14-days. Scout APM uses tracing logic that ties bottlenecks to source code so you know the exact line of code causing performance issues and can get back to building a great product faster.
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Reviews and mentions
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Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers
i3* does that. You specify a set of workspaces and their screens. Personally I go a step further and set programs to specific workspaces as well.
This works really nice with a docked/undocked setup. When the additional monitors are disconnected, all workspaces move to the main(laptop) display.
eg, I have workspaces 1,2,5,9 on monitor 1 and screens 3,4,6,7,8,10 on monitor 2. When undocked all 10 workspaces move to the laptop screen.
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Looking for more CLI and less GUI based Distro
Try i3 or sway or bspwm, you can install them and switch to them from your session manager, you don't have to uninstall anything, and you can come back to regular Ubuntu anytime ;)
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Make dmenu read .desktop apps
I had posted a mp4 of just this sort of script (WIP) to another reply in this thread, Based on i3-dmenu-desktop (short perl version)
- resizing floating windows requires pixel-perfect click on border
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PyGaze – open-source eye-tracking software and more
I am mostly mouse-free too, so I feel inclined to answer.
For many pieces of software it's possible to use it with a keyboard-only. This is neccessary for accessibility, but it's also just what the good old hotkeys do.
Doesn't work for everything but it already gets you very far.
On top of that, there is some software that is made to cater specifically to keyboard-only use. Many tiling window manager work well with just a keyboard ( I personally am partial to i3[0]) and even for webbrowsers there are extensions like tridactyl[1] that make it easier to use without a mouse. That doesn't work for everything. It's possible to do 3d work without a mouse - but I find it easier to have access to a mouse. Specifically a trackpad.
This can of course be turned on it's head, and you can use something like dasher[2] to do your typing and - to get this back on topic - dasher can be used together with eye tracking to live a "keyboard free life"
- i3 4.20 -- can someone give some context on what the Dex point means?
- Finally embraced Cosmic after two years of using i3wm - after few tweaks it works and looks great!
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How to understand the Simple Terminal (ST) source code?
It might be easier to wrap your app with a shell script that launches a system terminal. Here's a modified version of i3-sensible-terminal:
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Programs that are holding me back from completely switching to Linux (Manjaro)
I personally use it from i3wm with a shortcut
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what's the minimum machine I need for arch Linux to perform properly.
Other DEs/WMs don't require that much RAM and disk space but they might be harder to learn (see Cinnamon, i3, dwm).
- Tiling window manager guide?
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Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI
I don't think he is referring to an i3 processor, but rather https://i3wm.org/
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i3-config-wizard error
I found this, that seems similar, but I don't know what to do
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[PSA] We're moving to GitHub Discussions!
That is why we have decided to move the official support channel from this Subreddit to GitHub Discussions. Of course we will not shut down this Subreddit, but it will be a completely independent community from now on.
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Switching to the I3 Window Manager
There was a discussion about implementing a similar feature natively, but it didn't go anywhere.
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i3/i3 is an open source project licensed under BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License which is an OSI approved license.
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