Replacing default MATE window manager with i3wm

For the last few month I’ve been torn between i3 tiling window manager and MATE desktop environment.  I love them both, even though they are very different from each other.

When I’m alone, and have all the time in the world to write code, i3wm is my best friend.  When I’m in the office, or need to move between tasks, monitors, and locations, MATE is the best.  But I want both.  I don’t want to choose.

Today I came across this YouTube video with a screencast of how to setup i3 window manager instead of the default MATE’s one.  Yes, i3 running inside MATE!  This sounds like magic!

Things I have to do this week make tweaking a working desktop a really bad idea, so I probably won’t try this until the weekend, but it does look exciting!

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