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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 19 Feb 2015 19:32:24 +0000i3 on Samsung Arm Chromebook?https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1402/i3-on-samsung-arm-chromebook/Hey there fellow i3 users, I am sitting in front of a shiny new Chromebook Series 3. I am wondering whether it would be smart to try using i3 on it. I managed to chroot into Ubuntu (via a script called crouton, very easy!), basically everything is in place for i3. LXDE is provided by default. There is no up-to-date i3 build for arm devices, am I right? Are there any arm-compatible builds? Is it wise to build it from source on a untested(?) architecture? (As a not sooo advanced user) Thanks for any Tips in advance! Jan **edit**: A raspberry pi is running just in front of me and I installed i3 months ago. Sometimes things are extremely easy. i3 is a simple apt-get install i3 away. That will get you version 4.1. The question I tried to formulate yesterday is then, whether it is advisable for intermediate users to compile it from source, or if I missed a repository providing a newer version. Currently I am wondering, what size the toolchain will take, as the chromebook is short of disksize (16gb ssd).Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:01:10 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1402/i3-on-samsung-arm-chromebook/Answer by sur5r for Hey there fellow i3 users, I am sitting in front of a shiny new Chromebook Series 3. I am wondering whether it would be smart to try using i3 on it. I managed to chroot into Ubuntu (via a script called crouton, very easy!), basically everything is in place for i3. LXDE is provided by default. There is no up-to-date i3 build for arm devices, am I right? Are there any arm-compatible builds? Is it wise to build it from source on a untested(?) architecture? (As a not sooo advanced user) Thanks for any Tips in advance! Jan edit: A raspberry pi is running just in front of me and I installed i3 months ago. Sometimes things are extremely easy. i3 is a simple apt-get install i3 away. That will get you version 4.1. The question I tried to formulate yesterday is then, whether it is advisable for intermediate users to compile it from source, or if I missed a repository providing a newer version. Currently I am wondering, what size the toolchain will take, as the chromebook is short of disksize (16gb ssd). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1402/i3-on-samsung-arm-chromebook/?answer=1403#post-id-1403As i3 compiles fine on Debian for ARM (see http://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=i3-wm) there shouldn't be any problems compiling it on the Chromebook. It's also not an untested archictecture (re. i3) as I've seen reports of it being used on the Raspberry Pi. **edit:** I'm now able to build ubuntu-armhf packages as well. i3 for raring/armhf is already in my resposity, the rest will follow. Which version of Ubuntu are you using?Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:03:33 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1402/i3-on-samsung-arm-chromebook/?answer=1403#post-id-1403Comment by ianboo for As i3 compiles fine on Debian for ARM (see <a href="http://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=i3-wm">http://buildd.debian.org/status/packa...</a>) there shouldn't be any problems compiling it on the Chromebook. It's also not an untested archictecture (re. i3) as I've seen reports of it being used on the Raspberry Pi. edit: I'm now able to build ubuntu-armhf packages as well. i3 for raring/armhf is already in my resposity, the rest will follow. Which version of Ubuntu are you using? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1402/i3-on-samsung-arm-chromebook/?comment=1443#comment-1443It says "precise". But to be more precise (pun intended), it sports the chrome os arm kernel and is therefore somehow not really 12.04. As far as i understood. Anyhow: Thank you very much! I updated to 4.5 using your repository (precise build) and it works just fine. Thanks! Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:36:25 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1402/i3-on-samsung-arm-chromebook/?comment=1443#comment-1443Answer by fczuardi for Hey there fellow i3 users, I am sitting in front of a shiny new Chromebook Series 3. I am wondering whether it would be smart to try using i3 on it. I managed to chroot into Ubuntu (via a script called crouton, very easy!), basically everything is in place for i3. LXDE is provided by default. There is no up-to-date i3 build for arm devices, am I right? Are there any arm-compatible builds? Is it wise to build it from source on a untested(?) architecture? (As a not sooo advanced user) Thanks for any Tips in advance! Jan edit: A raspberry pi is running just in front of me and I installed i3 months ago. Sometimes things are extremely easy. i3 is a simple apt-get install i3 away. That will get you version 4.1. The question I tried to formulate yesterday is then, whether it is advisable for intermediate users to compile it from source, or if I missed a repository providing a newer version. Currently I am wondering, what size the toolchain will take, as the chromebook is short of disksize (16gb ssd). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1402/i3-on-samsung-arm-chromebook/?answer=5504#post-id-5504Crouton project has a wiki and in there a page with instructions on how to use i3 in crouton, the path after github's url is **dnschneid/crouton/wiki/i3** below a copy of the instructions: 1. Install X11: `sudo sh -e ./crouton -t x11 ` 2. Enter the chroot: `sudo enter-chroot -n chrootname` 3. Install i3: `sudo apt-get install i3` 4. Add `exec i3` to ~/.xinitrc: `echo "exec i3" > ~/.xinitrc` 5. Launch i3 directly from the crosh shell: `sudo enter-chroot xinit` 6. Create an alias for starting in i3: add `alias starti3='sudo enter-chroot xinit'` to your ~/.bashrc Thu, 19 Feb 2015 19:32:24 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1402/i3-on-samsung-arm-chromebook/?answer=5504#post-id-5504Answer by Michael for Hey there fellow i3 users, I am sitting in front of a shiny new Chromebook Series 3. I am wondering whether it would be smart to try using i3 on it. I managed to chroot into Ubuntu (via a script called crouton, very easy!), basically everything is in place for i3. LXDE is provided by default. There is no up-to-date i3 build for arm devices, am I right? Are there any arm-compatible builds? Is it wise to build it from source on a untested(?) architecture? (As a not sooo advanced user) Thanks for any Tips in advance! Jan edit: A raspberry pi is running just in front of me and I installed i3 months ago. Sometimes things are extremely easy. i3 is a simple apt-get install i3 away. That will get you version 4.1. The question I tried to formulate yesterday is then, whether it is advisable for intermediate users to compile it from source, or if I missed a repository providing a newer version. Currently I am wondering, what size the toolchain will take, as the chromebook is short of disksize (16gb ssd). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1402/i3-on-samsung-arm-chromebook/?answer=1423#post-id-1423As sur5r mentioned, i3 is built for ARM within Debian: http://packages.debian.org/experimental/i3-wm Just use that version or compile from source.Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:09:19 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1402/i3-on-samsung-arm-chromebook/?answer=1423#post-id-1423Answer by ianboo for Hey there fellow i3 users, I am sitting in front of a shiny new Chromebook Series 3. I am wondering whether it would be smart to try using i3 on it. I managed to chroot into Ubuntu (via a script called crouton, very easy!), basically everything is in place for i3. LXDE is provided by default. There is no up-to-date i3 build for arm devices, am I right? Are there any arm-compatible builds? Is it wise to build it from source on a untested(?) architecture? (As a not sooo advanced user) Thanks for any Tips in advance! Jan edit: A raspberry pi is running just in front of me and I installed i3 months ago. Sometimes things are extremely easy. i3 is a simple apt-get install i3 away. That will get you version 4.1. The question I tried to formulate yesterday is then, whether it is advisable for intermediate users to compile it from source, or if I missed a repository providing a newer version. Currently I am wondering, what size the toolchain will take, as the chromebook is short of disksize (16gb ssd). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1402/i3-on-samsung-arm-chromebook/?answer=1422#post-id-1422I am deeply sorry for the question above. :) Very unspecific. I cannot explain what I thought yesterday. A raspberry pi is running just in front of me and I installed i3 months ago. Sometimes things are extremely easy. i3 is a simple apt-get install i3 away. That will get you version 4.1. The question I tried to formulate yesterday is then, whether it is advisable for intermediate users to compile it from source, or if I missed a repository providing a newer version. Currently I am wondering, what size the toolchain will take, as the chromebook is short of disksize (16gb ssd).Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:03:50 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1402/i3-on-samsung-arm-chromebook/?answer=1422#post-id-1422