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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 19 Aug 2015 10:57:30 +0000i3 distro paringhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/6461/i3-distro-paring/ I love the i3 wm. I've installed it on lubuntu, and everything is ok, but it feels like there should be some other distro that i3 would be a better "match" for (I run into a lot of unwanted huge dependencies). Is there? What do you use? Thanks!Wed, 19 Aug 2015 03:40:49 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6461/i3-distro-paring/Answer by cee for I love the i3 wm. I've installed it on lubuntu, and everything is ok, but it feels like there should be some other distro that i3 would be a better "match" for (I run into a lot of unwanted huge dependencies). Is there? What do you use? Thanks! https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6461/i3-distro-paring/?answer=6462#post-id-6462For me, Arch Linux and i3 is the perfect couple. I also used it with xubuntu (XFCE) which worked perfectly. Meanwhile, I prefer my system to be pretty bare therefore I don't feel the need for a whole dektop environment (just i3 and i3status) . Recently I stumbled on [this project](https://github.com/aacebedo/i3-xfce) which seems to streamline the process for useing i3 as a window manager in XFCE. It looks very promising, but I did not try it myself (no XFCE user anymore).Wed, 19 Aug 2015 05:48:57 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6461/i3-distro-paring/?answer=6462#post-id-6462Answer by oberon for I love the i3 wm. I've installed it on lubuntu, and everything is ok, but it feels like there should be some other distro that i3 would be a better "match" for (I run into a lot of unwanted huge dependencies). Is there? What do you use? Thanks! https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6461/i3-distro-paring/?answer=6475#post-id-6475Maybe Manjaro-i3 could be interesting for you: https://manjaro.github.io/Manjaro-i3-0.8.13.1-released/ It is Arch-based, fully preconfigured and the configuration maintained by packages.Wed, 19 Aug 2015 10:54:34 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6461/i3-distro-paring/?answer=6475#post-id-6475Answer by winpat for I love the i3 wm. I've installed it on lubuntu, and everything is ok, but it feels like there should be some other distro that i3 would be a better "match" for (I run into a lot of unwanted huge dependencies). Is there? What do you use? Thanks! https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6461/i3-distro-paring/?answer=6466#post-id-6466Since you're already using a Debian fork as your distro, have you considered to switch over to the newest Debian stable or testing release? I'm currently running Jessie with i3 and lightdm and everything seems to work just fine...Wed, 19 Aug 2015 06:29:44 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6461/i3-distro-paring/?answer=6466#post-id-6466Comment by winpat for Since you're already using a Debian fork as your distro, have you considered to switch over to the newest Debian stable or testing release? I'm currently running Jessie with i3 and lightdm and everything seems to work just fine... https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6461/i3-distro-paring/?comment=6476#comment-6476arch and debian have to completely different target audiences... If you always want to have the newest stuff go with arch. If you like stability go with debian...Wed, 19 Aug 2015 10:57:30 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6461/i3-distro-paring/?comment=6476#comment-6476Comment by yakir for Since you're already using a Debian fork as your distro, have you considered to switch over to the newest Debian stable or testing release? I'm currently running Jessie with i3 and lightdm and everything seems to work just fine... https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6461/i3-distro-paring/?comment=6471#comment-6471reading through some arch wikis. This might be what pushes me over.. Any reason to go debian instead?Wed, 19 Aug 2015 09:59:53 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6461/i3-distro-paring/?comment=6471#comment-6471Answer by yakir for I love the i3 wm. I've installed it on lubuntu, and everything is ok, but it feels like there should be some other distro that i3 would be a better "match" for (I run into a lot of unwanted huge dependencies). Is there? What do you use? Thanks! https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6461/i3-distro-paring/?answer=6464#post-id-6464Man, I knew there'll be an arch linux answer. I've used ubuntu for years, even crunchbang (till its developer stopped), but I've always been afraid of going arch. Thanks for the XFCE pointer though!Wed, 19 Aug 2015 06:07:19 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6461/i3-distro-paring/?answer=6464#post-id-6464Comment by yakir for Man, I knew there'll be an arch linux answer. I've used ubuntu for years, even crunchbang (till its developer stopped), but I've always been afraid of going arch. Thanks for the XFCE pointer though! https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6461/i3-distro-paring/?comment=6470#comment-6470Cool that there is a Manjaro i3!Wed, 19 Aug 2015 09:20:40 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6461/i3-distro-paring/?comment=6470#comment-6470Comment by cee for Man, I knew there'll be an arch linux answer. I've used ubuntu for years, even crunchbang (till its developer stopped), but I've always been afraid of going arch. Thanks for the XFCE pointer though! https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6461/i3-distro-paring/?comment=6465#comment-6465If I'm too lazy to install Arch from scratch, I also had good experience with Manjaro, which is basically Arch with a nice installer (sometimes not the most stable one, though). You can even have it with one of the usual desktop environments. But then there goes that bare feeling :-)Wed, 19 Aug 2015 06:21:20 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6461/i3-distro-paring/?comment=6465#comment-6465