i3

# deps
# ----
# sudo apt install libxcb1-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev libpango1.0-dev libxcb-util0-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libyajl-dev libstartup-notification0-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libev-dev libxcb-cursor-dev libxcb-xinerama0-dev libxcb-xkb-dev libxkbcommon-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev autoconf xutils-dev libtool 


# manual compile for a needed dep
# ------------------------------
# mkdir tmp
# cd /tmp
# git clone https://github.com/Airblader/xcb-util-xrm
# cd xcb-util-xrm
# git submodule update --init
# ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
# make
# sudo make install 

# i3 build 
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# i3-gaps-rounded: 
# git clone https://github.com/resloved/i3 

# i3-gaps: 
# git clone https://www.github.com/Airblader/i3 i3-gaps

# cd i3(-gaps)
# git checkout gaps && git pull [i dont think this is necessary when working with the resloved fork]
# autoreconf --force --install
# rm -rf build
# mkdir build
# cd build
# ../configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-sanitizers
# make
# sudo make install

# extra / useful apps to install right off the bat
# ------
# sudo apt-get install wget ranger mediainfo highlight tmux calcurse  newsbeuter moc qutebrowser imagemagick transmission-cli atool xcompmgr blender pinta gimp  markdown mupdf evince audacity vim-latexsuite rsync syncthing cups screenfetch scrot unzip unrar biber ntfs-3g deepin-terminal zip irssi unzip

# as an alternative to i3-gaps-round, simply use i3-gaps, and then manually compile this fork of compton which handles the rounded window edges:
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# git clone https://github.com/sdhand/compton
# -OR- newer picom fork with dual_kawase etc
# git clone https://github.com/ibhagwan/picom