i3 is a dynamic tiling window manager with clean, readable and documented code, featuring extended Xinerama support, usage of libxcb instead of xlib and several improvements over wmii.
probably the easiest dynamic window manager while also being feature-rich.
defaults are ok to begin with
very good documentation for users
very and easily customizable
has all the major container layouts out of the box: tiling, tabbed, stacked, floating
plust it has the very useful scratchpad (and sticking of windows)
resource usage is ok
has good performance
you can create customizable layouts
CONS
there are some annoying bugs related to the layouts
no way to restore sessions; however it's possible to create the customizable layouts (which has some degree of automation but still needs manual intervention) to sort of try and recreate those sessions
it will die with Xorg
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• Top positive commentalmost 2 years ago • 0 replies
Fast, well documented, easy to learn and configure.
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coralof
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• Positive comment • about 2 years ago • 0 replies
I was skeptical at first of how well a tiling window manager would work, but decided to give it a try (with a base Debian MATE environment), and it has worked surprisingly well, allowed for every customization that I've needed, and has greatly improved the speed of my workflow. Color me impressed!
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moitulok10
Comment • over 3 years ago • 0 replies
It's the best tiling window manager for my needs. Great documentation. Great config file syntax. Great performance.
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Fast, well documented, easy to learn and configure.
I was skeptical at first of how well a tiling window manager would work, but decided to give it a try (with a base Debian MATE environment), and it has worked surprisingly well, allowed for every customization that I've needed, and has greatly improved the speed of my workflow. Color me impressed!
It's the best tiling window manager for my needs. Great documentation. Great config file syntax. Great performance.