

It also allows you to get to what you need faster. Since you don't need to worry about window positioning, i3 generally makes better use of your screen real estate. Screen real estateĪs a tiling window manager, i3 will automatically "tile" or position the windows in a non-overlapping way, similar to laying tiles on a wall.

Pick the tools that make the most sense for your workflow, and i3 will manage them all in the same way. Do you want to use Thunar from Xfce as your file manager? GNOME's gedit to edit text? I3 does not care. In addition, i3 is a window manager and, unlike full-featured desktop environments, it does not dictate the applications you should use.

