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t0m5k1

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Registered: 2012-02-10

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Re: i3 desktop screenshots and config sharing

how do you like i3 in comparison to awesome?
I'm currently trying to decide whether to get into i3, awesome or herbstluft..

I can tell you from experience that, although awesome looks really great, i3 is so much easier to setup, understand and embrace. I haven't turned back ever since. The WM is a lot simpler and lighter too (not too many dependencies as awesome once had), configuration is dead easy to generate and edit, documentation is spot on. Definitely give it a try. Here, I found this one to help you out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSPcQ7Sdoh4

I don't about herbstluft though. You would have to ask someone else, sorry

I can't decide over awesome & i3.
I think if i3 had the ability of widgets like awesome I would move over but I really love awesome & find myself logged into that more than i3

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x33a

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Registered: 2009-08-15

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Re: i3 desktop screenshots and config sharing

BAM! Just switched from Awesome, and OpenBox before that:

http://s2.postimg.org/kvupspid1/1414792961.jpg

Hi, what are those programs you're using there >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>, on urxvts?

unsure what the top one is but it looks to be a wireless info screen, then we have iptraf followed by ncmpcpp at the bottom

It's not iptraf, it's iftop.

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tzoi516

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Registered: 2014-05-02

Posts: 76

Re: i3 desktop screenshots and config sharing

BAM! Just switched from Awesome, and OpenBox before that:

http://s2.postimg.org/kvupspid1/1414792961.jpg

how do you like i3 in comparison to awesome?
I'm currently trying to decide whether to get into i3, awesome or herbstluft..

If you need a menu system then might want to stay with Awesome. I find the i3 config file easier to read than Awesome's rc.lua, and I like how i3 implements windows a lot more. Also, it helps to watch the i3 video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWA8Pl57UBY

tzoi516

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Registered: 2014-05-02

Posts: 76

Re: i3 desktop screenshots and config sharing

BAM! Just switched from Awesome, and OpenBox before that:

http://s2.postimg.org/kvupspid1/1414792961.jpg

Hi, what are those programs you're using there >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>, on urxvts?

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daedalus.mythos

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Registered: 2014-11-07

Posts: 13

Re: i3 desktop screenshots and config sharing

BAM! Just switched from Awesome, and OpenBox before that:

http://s2.postimg.org/kvupspid1/1414792961.jpg

how do you like i3 in comparison to awesome?
I'm currently trying to decide whether to get into i3, awesome or herbstluft..

If you need a menu system then might want to stay with Awesome. I find the i3 config file easier to read than Awesome's rc.lua, and I like how i3 implements windows a lot more. Also, it helps to watch the i3 video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWA8Pl57UBY

I'm not quite sure what a menu system is, but thanks for the link, I'll check it out!

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tzoi516

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Registered: 2014-05-02

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Re: i3 desktop screenshots and config sharing

I'm not quite sure what a menu system is, but thanks for the link, I'll check it out!

The equivalent to a Start button, and then selecting your apps that way. With i3 it's mainly dmenu.

That being said, there are menu-like options out there.

okubax

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From: Kent, UK.

Registered: 2010-04-24

Posts: 210

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daedalus.mythos

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Registered: 2014-11-07

Posts: 13

Re: i3 desktop screenshots and config sharing

I'm not quite sure what a menu system is, but thanks for the link, I'll check it out!

The equivalent to a Start button, and then selecting your apps that way. With i3 it's mainly dmenu.

That being said, there are menu-like options out there.

I'm currently still using XFCE and I use the menu almost never, I use a keyboard shortcut to run program (xfce application finder). So I guess I'd be comfortable with dmenu..

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tzoi516

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Registered: 2014-05-02

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Re: i3 desktop screenshots and config sharing

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7530/15587145529_6624ec7c86_n.jpg

Is your ~/.i3/conky the same as one of your pastebin conky files?

okubax

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From: Kent, UK.

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Re: i3 desktop screenshots and config sharing

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7530/15587145529_6624ec7c86_n.jpg

Is your ~/.i3/conky the same as one of your pastebin conky files?

Yes, the most current though.

thiagowfx

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tzoi516

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Re: i3 desktop screenshots and config sharing

Crossposting to give i3 some love

Clean:

Dirty:

WM: i3
Email: Mutt
IRC: WeeChat
Terminal: rxvt-unicode
Info: Conky

okraits

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From: Germany

Registered: 2006-03-02

Posts: 142

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Re: i3 desktop screenshots and config sharing

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Work setup with i3, geany, some urxvtc's and lariza. Merging some commits of mine into the webkit2 branch of lariza. I'm going with the simple and clean fixed font. Linux rocks!

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X04D

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Registered: 2008-01-20

Posts: 22

Re: i3 desktop screenshots and config sharing

Just installed i3.  How do I get rid of the bar at the very top?

http://i.imgur.com/IsrsLEU.png

jasonwryan

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Registered: 2009-05-09

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Re: i3 desktop screenshots and config sharing

Just installed i3.  How do I get rid of the bar at the very top?

This isn't a support thread...

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x4fyr

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Registered: 2014-10-12

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Re: i3 desktop screenshots and config sharing

Crossposting to give i3 some love

Clean:
http://s13.postimg.org/vp5t0zhmr/1417631705.jpg

Dirty:
http://s23.postimg.org/3xeng9387/1417631676.jpg

WM: i3
Email: Mutt
IRC: WeeChat
Terminal: rxvt-unicode
Info: Conky

Can you post the config files. I actually wont get conky work with i3. Either I get a ordanary window, that gets scaled when other windows appear, or with `background yes` all my windows starts to disappear on every conky-update, and reappear when there is some action in these windos (most times the mouse_over)

tzoi516

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Registered: 2014-05-02

Posts: 76

Re: i3 desktop screenshots and config sharing

Can you post the config files. I actually wont get conky work with i3. Either I get a ordanary window, that gets scaled when other windows appear, or with `background yes` all my windows starts to disappear on every conky-update, and reappear when there is some action in these windos (most times the mouse_over)

http://pastebin.com/7J9abjkF

I have a regular .conkyrc file and use exec --no-startup-id conky in my # Autostart section

mattisan

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Re: i3 desktop screenshots and config sharing

Clean:

Dirty:

Fonts: Ubuntu & Edlo
GTK Theme: FlatStudio Dark
Icon Theme: Numix

dotfiles / config

ackt1c

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From: Visalia, California

Registered: 2012-10-10

Posts: 241

Re: i3 desktop screenshots and config sharing

Fast

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ereotav

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Registered: 2014-06-27

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BrunoPT

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Registered: 2013-11-19

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Name Taken

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Registered: 2014-04-09

Posts: 113

Re: i3 desktop screenshots and config sharing

No one has posted in months so I thought I would make a little demo of what I'm looking to put on my next laptop in a Docker container. Colors need adjusting and I didn't bother running Conky.

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Proinsias

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From: Glasgow

Registered: 2013-08-19

Posts: 121

Re: i3 desktop screenshots and config sharing

Not much change in config, but a change from 4:3 to 1080p, which is nice.

nichtarcher

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Registered: 2015-02-08

Posts: 2

Re: i3 desktop screenshots and config sharing

base system - ubuntu
satus line is conky but interactive

power discharge rate when idle and with the wlan off

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electro7

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Registered: 2015-02-13

Posts: 11

Re: i3 desktop screenshots and config sharing

Powerlining i3...

Bar > https://github.com/LemonBoy/bar
Hybrid colors and inspiration from w0ng > https://github.com/w0ng/vim-hybrid
Powerline fonts and themes > https://github.com/powerline/powerline

Last edited by electro7 (2015-02-13 18:34:36)

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