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Re:Elementary OS by Normal_gaussian on Sunday October 30, 2016 @08:38PM (#12833482)
You say you would rather be using i3 generally, yet you also say that you can pretend by using fullscreen on a window.

Do you not use the tiling? Do you simply use it for greater screen real-estate?

I'm curious as my preference of i3 focuses on the tiling

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Re:Elementary OS by simondedalus on Sunday October 30, 2016 @08:49PM (#12833512)
No I totally use it for tiling as well; I just meant that the "too much chrome" complaint about gnome3 can be overcome.

And while not as good as real tiling, keyboard shortcuts to the various snapped positions go a long way for the couple minutes of effort they require to configure in the settings UI.

Edit: e.g. super+arrow keys for various areas, or add in shift. Not a lot of planning required.

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