i3wm: Jump Start (1/3)

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters call it the best i3 tutorial on YouTube and recommend it for getting started thoroughly.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Alex Booker

Topic

i3 window manager

Format

tutorial

Level

intro

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2015–2020

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.

• I use Arch but if you are starting out I would recommend Ubuntu. It's probably got the most youtube videos, online articles, troubleshooting questions online. This make things a bit easier. For example, you mention i3 - probably the best i3 tutorial on youtube is …

• Most of my productivity gains these days has come from aligning myself and my workstation. - i3wm ( [LINK] ) - particularly getting comfortable editing the .i3/config. It's the most significant productivity change I've had since switching to Linux from Windows. To get into it, …

• For those of you that might be professionals or adults that don't spend much time on 4chan/reddit, you should know that i3 is pretty popular with 4chan.org/g/ or reddit's linux subreddits. It's a pretty effective path for us young nerds to get into the linux …