On 29 Dec 2015, Bennett Piater wrote:
I'm another extremely satisfied i3wm user.
Dmenu is amazing, and everything about i3 is so clean. The config file syntax, the design principles, the container system, the looks...
I use ranger as a (text-mode) file manager and dolphin when I want a graphical one. Gwenview as image viewer. I tend to like KDE apps though. I use VimFX for Firefox.
It's incredibly fast, stable and very configurable while remaining much more approacheable than awesome. You can even upgrade it without logging out and back in or losing the layout, which is a *huge* bonus. You can have x sessions running for months without having to log out.
I have decided. I don't think I'll ever leave i3.
I agree that i3 is good but I find that spectrwm has the same merits and, at least for me, is more intuitive to use. It too has a simple configuration file and changes can be made on the fly. At least worth a look, I suggest, for anyone who is interested in tiling WMs. -- Anthony Campbell http://www.acampbell.uk