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i3-gnome

A collection of gnome-session and xsession files required to make the i3 tiling window manager work with GNOME desktop environment services. The upshot of which is that you can use i3 within a GNOME 3 session (via GDM), and make use of things like

  • gnome-control-center to change system settings (wifi, bluetooth, displays, sound, power, etc.)
  • Media keys

These files are updated to work with the most recent Ubuntu LTS release (currently 24.04). The archived original project, https://github.com/i3-gnome/i3-gnome, has worked at least for some through 22.04.

Requirements

You should have the following installed:

  • make (or build-essential)
  • i3wm, or i3-gaps
  • GNOME 3
  • GNOME Flashback, installed from Universe via apt for systemd integration

Installation

To install, run sudo make install.

Usage

After installation, choose i3-gnome from GDM's option menu at login.

Disable GNOME Flashback's "desktop" application

GNOME Flashback creates a desktop window for desktop icons. To disable the creation of this window, and to enable the wallpaper functionality in its absense, execute the following gsettings commands:

    gsettings set org.gnome.gnome-flashback desktop false
    gsettings set org.gnome.gnome-flashback root-background true

Uninstallation

To uninstall, run sudo make uninstall.