i3 An Improved Tiling Window Manager

Google Tech Talk January 25, 2012 Presented by Michael Stapelberg. ABSTRACT An introduction (with practical examples) to i3, a window manager explicitly targeted at power users Alternative window managers such as i3 provide a way to either make the traditional desktop environments (GNOME, KDE, Xfce) usable or escape them altogether. Michael is the lead developer and founder of i3.