I3wm and Ubuntu 20.04 server without any useless packages
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Re: I3wm and Ubuntu 20.04 server without any useless packages
#2In this project, you can install i3 from the Ubuntu server without installing anything that you don't need.
Re: I3wm and Ubuntu 20.04 server without any useless packages
#3> without any useless packages
This is as opinionated as it can get. No specific mention of any of those packages either. So what am I looking at?
Re: I3wm and Ubuntu 20.04 server without any useless packages
#4> without any useless packages This is as opinionated as it can get. No specific mention of any of those packages either. So what am I looking at?
You are right, I should update readme for more detail. but mainly there is no dm ( display manager ) also I didn't add most of the gnome related packages
I will write a good comparison
Re: I3wm and Ubuntu 20.04 server without any useless packages
#5Why Ubuntu and not Debian for a project like this?
Re: I3wm and Ubuntu 20.04 server without any useless packages
#6How is this different from installing ubuntu and then installing i3 ?
Re: I3wm and Ubuntu 20.04 server without any useless packages
#7So I have no idea what the poster means by 'without any useless packages' but I can talk a little to why packaging i3 is good.
Firstly, I like i3. Of all the tiling Window managers I've tried it seems to be the best mix of minimal, easy to understand, easy to configure and brings all the benefits of tiling WMs in terms of workflow and aesthetics.
What i3 doesn't do out of the box is look very good or have many common tweaks and quality of life improvements. This is something where the i3 community spin of Manjaro [0] shines because it bakes all of this in and gives you a gorgeous, modern-looking WM as default.
Regolith [1] was the first attempt I saw at providing this out of the box, but I'd definitely be interested in ways and means of containerising configs and i3 setups so that they are more easily accessible and can be tried out more easily.
[0] https://manjaro.org/download/#i3 (Direct link is broken. Click 'Editions -> Community -> I3')
Re: I3wm and Ubuntu 20.04 server without any useless packages
#8What are "useless packages" and why were they made?
Re: I3wm and Ubuntu 20.04 server without any useless packages
#9I spent a couple of years running an extremely minimal arch I3 install. It was fantastic doing things within my normal workflow, but when you have to introduce new tools, new network requirements, etc. it takes a fairly significant amount of effort. For instance- connecting to my university's wifi took hours and required hacking up a python script that wasn't compatible with my system.
I think a lot of the fight against 'bloat' is largely ideological and not really rooted in practicality, but it definitely makes for a good learning experience
Re: I3wm and Ubuntu 20.04 server without any useless packages
#10Is there much point in enabling compositing if we're installing i3 with this method? Would it even make a difference?