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What is i3?
i3 is a tiling window manager designed for X11, inspired by wmii, and written in C. It supports overlapping and grouping of windows, which it manages dynamically. Configuration is handled through a plain text file, and i3 can be extended using its Unix Socket and JSON-based IPC interface with many programming languages.
Like wmii, i3 uses a control system very similar to vi. By default, the active window selection is controlled by [Mod1] (Alt key/Super key) and the keys in the middle row of the right hand [Mod1]+J, K, L, ;, while window movement is managed by adding the Shift key [Mod1]+[Shift]+J, K, L.
Installation
$ sudo apt install i3