i3-gnome

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

These files are updated to work with the most recent Ubuntu release (currently 22.04).

Requirements

You should have the following installed:

make (or build-essential)
i3, or i3-gaps
GNOME 3
GNOME Flashback

For example, to install on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish:

    sudo apt install git make i3 gnome-flashback
    git clone https://github.com/nmakel/i3-gnome.git
    cd i3-gnome
    sudo make install

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.