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#1 2018-03-10 22:56:05
- ApricotRembrandt
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XFCE and i3 as Separate "Desktop Environments"
Hello all,
I would like to have a setup where I have both XFCE and i3 separate and choosable through my Display Manager. I know I can do this with multiple DEs pretty easily, but since i3 is actually just a window manager, I'm not quite sure how I could manage that. I've found a lot of stuff about using i3 as the window manager for XFCE, rather than xfwm, but that's not quite what I'm going for.
Is there a way I can treat i3 as a full-fledged DE for this purpose? Or can I stick i3 in essentially just a shell of a DE so that my DM can see it as a DE but it will function as plain i3?
For reference, I currently use LightDM as my Display Manager and XFCE as my DE.
Thanks for any help!
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#2 2018-03-10 23:03:18
- jasonwryan
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Re: XFCE and i3 as Separate "Desktop Environments"
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#3 2018-03-10 23:10:15
- ApricotRembrandt
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Re: XFCE and i3 as Separate "Desktop Environments"
After reading that I think I know how I should go about this, but I would just like some confirmation - if you don't mind.
Given that it looks like I should be able to create an i3.desktop file and put it in /usr/share/xsessions and then it will function the same way as choosing a new DE from LightDM? Is there any other configuration that needs to be done there?
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#4 2018-03-10 23:12:24
- jasonwryan
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Re: XFCE and i3 as Separate "Desktop Environments"
The only confirmation you need is to try it for yourself and see what happpens. Please don't expect to have your hand held.
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#5 2018-03-12 07:32:34
- goumba
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Re: XFCE and i3 as Separate "Desktop Environments"
When you installed i3 that desktop file should have been installed, enabling you to choose it from the DM. Have you checked that it does already exist? Did you restart the DM? It won't show up unless you do.
If the desktop file does not exist, something may have gone wrong during installation perhaps.
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