Okay tell me exactly what i need to install for i3 on Kde from the Kde desktop so that it works exactly like the current i3 setup but i don’t want thunar or xfce terminal. I only want KDE stuff with an i3 wm to give me the same tiling setup as i3 has now but no Xfce stuff! Only Plasma KDE. And if you fail … you can use suckless! 
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We need guides 
Yes. My problem is i don’t know how most Window managers work. So i don’t necessarily know how to use them. I don’t know what packages are needed to install and make them work or how to configure them to much extent. I know some… just like i know some thing about many different things. But in the grand scheme of things i know little. I like the ones that are setup like i3, bspwm, & sway because i don’t have to do much to configure anything. I’m not on these people who needs to change every little thing because it doesn’t suit my workflow. For some that may be the case to make… for most it’s not. I just need it to work out of the box without spending all my time configuring it or trying to figure out how it works. Because really i just don’t want to do that. I want to install it and enjoy using it. Not spend my life trying to change it which many users are intent on doing. Then when things don’t work because they don’t know what they are doing? Well let’s blame it on bugs!
I say Cinnamon. Why? Cuz it’s not resource hungry, has the best HiDPI support, and is also pretty customizable. Works for me, and should work for you.
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Pretty much same with me also.
But I want to learn and use them. Start with i3.
Also I found some good themes on /unixporn but I didn’t know how to import it (use it).
That is LinuxMint
I like the setup of i3 and I also like Bspwm and Sway. I like Kde a lot and i also like Sway on it’s own and Xfce with i3 combined. But I’m not that familair with the Window managers so it feels clumsy using them sometimes. Right now Kde on xorg is the best for me. There are zero issues. Everything just works. I do like the tiling on Kde. Again it’s different and getting used to dragging a window to tile it is different than some of the Window managers. But i do like it with gaps and also being able to easily load a different tiling setup or change it. I also like that i can have a floating window in the tiling setup. For me i like it because it’s part of kde and I’m not having to log into one or the other to get tiling. So i see no need to have i3 installed or some other. But if it was setup the way i would want to see it maybe. I do see using Wayland if it works better for multiple monitors and scaling. But for me there are a few things that bug me. So i can’t commit to it right now but i keep trying it. I’m more interested in kde 6.0 to see where that goes.
Edit: I also like Cinnamon and Mate and Budgie on their own merits.
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Without any Gnomes? 
Besides I’m just me! Plain and simple. I’m a Kde kid!
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I would look over my xfce i3 tutorial and start there. That way you can get the EOS config files at the time of install
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Yes, i follow it . Installed it correct separately from kde. But need time to set it up
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Awesome. It’s a guide, and I figured it would work some. I know she’s a bit dated at this point, but I’m glad it helped at least a little.
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The reason I don’t like Gnome at this stage, is because I feel it makes an extra layer, psychologically, between me and the computer, and it tries to make it like a Mac -like experience where everything is smooth.
For me personally, Linux is not a drop-in Windows replacement. Even with a mature DE, there are countless quirks and idiosyncrasies and a large amount of adjustments and configuration one has to do. Which is fine by me, as it is a by-product of the freedom.
So at this stage I want my desktop to be more like
and less like
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