Setting Up i3 Window Manager on Arch Linux

Getting Started with i3 on Arch Linux Overview i3-wm is a dynamic tiling window manager designed to provide a fast, minimalist, and highly customizable desktop experience tailored for developers and power users. Key characteristics include: Tree-based window management allowing flexible spliting, combining, and switching of windows Multiple op ...

Posted on Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:09:56 +0000 by revaaron

Customizing xterm in i3 on Arch Linux

Installing xterm After a base i3-wm setup, the simplest terminal to drop in is xterm. Its the reference terminal for the X Window System, available in every repository and weighing only a few megabytes. sudo pacman -S xterm No exttra i3 configuration is required. The default key binding Mod1+Return already executes i3-sensible-terminal, and xt ...

Posted on Thu, 14 May 2026 19:41:50 +0000 by amotaz