Unable to download i3 Window manager

Hello all,

I am trying to download the i3 windows manager either off the Opensuse software site or Yast and it continues to tell me it can not find the repository or URL site.

This is what’s given off the OpenSuse website:

zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:Factory/standard/openSUSE:Factory.repo

Any suggestions? Thank you very much!

Why do you need an additional repo? i3 window manager is available from the standard OSS repo. So a simple sudo zypper in i3 is sufficient without adding additional repos.

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Awesome thank you very much! I downloaded it but how do I run it?

I’ve looked through all my settings on my Mate desktop and can not find a way to make the i3 my windows manager…

Once again thank you very much

In your login screen (where you put your user password) there should be a dropdown menu somewhere to choose the DE you want.

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Thank you hui! I was able to find that and placed it on i3 but it would not let me log in. The screen would turn black and the log in screen would just reappear after a few seconds. I tried it multiple times…

Hui, I got it! Just needed a restart.

I really appreciate your help. Hope you have a great day!

Best regards.

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