i3wm is a window manager designed for efficiency. Each kuhb’s config file allows for assignment of a kuhb’s running VMs to a specific i3wm workspace. Kuhbs also creates dmenu launcher scripts that execute programs in specific VMs (also as .desktop for xfce4).
To try i3wm as a window manager, log out of your current xfce4 session and during re-login select i3 on the right top selection bar of window managers. The following key combinations should get your started:
| Key combination | Function |
|---|---|
| Super (Windows key) + Shift + p | launch xfce4 launcher |
| Super + p | launch dmenu launcher |
| Super + d | open an editor for the i3wm configuration files and runs
i3-msg restart |
| Super + ENTER | Open a terminal in dom0 |
| Super + Shift + ENTER | Open a terminal in the VM of the window that is currently in focus
(see ~/kuhbs/scripts/i3-kuhbs-terminal.sh) |
The install/install.sh script will copy a config files
from kuhbs-repo/install/templates/home/user/.config/i3/ to
dom0:/home/user/.config/i3/{config,i3status.conf}. Please
adjust the i3 config files to your liking.