How to install i3 Window manager on Ubuntu 20.04 or Debian 11 – Guide
What is Tilling Window Manager
It is a window manager with open non-overlapping screen in both grid and block form, compared to the normal window manager available on Mac, Windows and Linux based systems, which generally works in the stacked model. This means that when you open one window and then the second window, in the stack model, the second window overlaps with the first window. Tilling Window Manager doesn’t work like that. It opens the window in grid or block form. With the grow window manager, when you open a window, your grow manager positions those windows for you and you can use keyboard modifier keys to control them.
Features Powered by i3 Window Manager
How to Install and use i3 Window Manager on Ubuntu 20.04
Step 1: Prerequisites
a) You need to have an Ubuntu 20.04 server running. b) You must have the apt tool installed on your server. You can check 20 Useful for Ubuntu examples. to learn more about the apt-get tool. d) You must have sudo access to execute privileged commands. Please verify How to Add the user to Sudoers to learn more about providing sudo access to the user.
Step 2: Update your server
Before following the installation steps, it is always recommended to first update your Ubuntu machine with the latest updates available using the sudo apt-get update command, as shown below. This will download and install all stable updates from the Ubuntu repository.
Step 3: Install i3 Window Manager
To install i3 Window Manager, you need to use the sudo apt-get install i3 command as shown below. This command will remove all unnecessary packages and will download and install the i3 window manager along with its dependencies.
Step 4: Check the i3 Window Manager version
To check the i3 window manager, you can use the i3 –version command as shown below. As you can see from the output, the current version is 4.17.1
Step 5: Configure the i3 window manager on Ubuntu 20.04
After installing the i3 window manager, you need to restart your server using the init 6 command and then start your configuration. Immediately after the server restarts, you will see a login screen with different options. You need to select the i3 option highlighted below here. After selecting the i3 option and logging in with your user credentials, the screen below will appear. Here you will see to generate the configuration for i3 and to use the default setting. We will go with the first option and press In the next step, you will see the screen below, where you need to select or as its default modifier. Here, we will select the First option, that is, as the default modifier and then press In the next step you will see a blank screen which means the setup is complete and you can now start using it.
Step 6: Use the i3 Window Manager on Ubuntu 20.04
To start using the i3 Window Manager, you need to familiarize yourself with some keyboard keys based on the modifier selected in the previous step.
Step 7: Check the i3 Window Manager man page
You can also check the i3 window manager manpage using the i3 man command.
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