Is it possible to run i3 in MS Windows
i3 is great wm, so I wanna use it inside MS Windows. Is it possible? Can I compile X somehow and then i3? Or maybe can I use i3 natively?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x2t3bnv108qnl1e/i3-cannot-start.png?dl=0
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answered 2015-06-19 20:50:30 +0000
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I compiled i3 successfully with cygwin. But I can not initialize it with startx.
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I don't think its possible, i3 is a windowsmanager for X11. MS Windows handles windowmanagement completely fdifferent.
But there are tiling WMs for Windows out there.
well, there is openbox (cygwin.com/packages/openbox/) in cygwin. so it must be possible. but, only X windows would be managed. btw, cygwin is awesome.
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No, not that I know of. Somebody once tried to compile it with cygwin, but I never heard from that person again.
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I compiled i3 successfully with cygwin. But I can not initialize it with startx
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x2t3bnv108qnl1e/i3-cannot-start.png?dl=0
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Asked: 2013-05-16 20:23:00 +0000
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use linux instead
What about replacing explorer with Xorg?
Only if you apply the GNU / Linux patch.