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Using the I3 tiling windows manager, pair that with a dual monitor setup and it really makes running dnd and doing other work so much better

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If you can afford those monitors, you can afford Foundry.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

lol I got them for free

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

You shouldn't have to. It's about time there's a good FOSS alternative for the existing VTTs.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

I see i3, I upvote

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What size monitor is that? It looks bigger than a 49

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Those are 2 monitors

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

That's a lot of Drow. Don't trust them, especially the Priestess of Lolth.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm running?! Shit ... uh ... save vs death.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

You mean I3-WM? It's the windows manager I use and it is a thing on Linux. Its a thing that requires config file editing and time to learn but its like super useful for a fast workflow and its light on system resources. It is what makes the management of all my stat blocks so easy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No, I was making a death save. That's how my dice have been rolling lately...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Oh I’m dumb

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hold the phone i3wm runs on windows? Guess that's what I'm tinkering with for the next while. I wonder how much of my linux config carries over.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If it does I would not know. I wasn’t saying i3 runs on windows, I was saying i3 is a window manager.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oops I totally misread. Windows doesn't have wm that you can swap out like x11 afaik so I don't think i3 would work there. Might be some other similar software though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

yep yep, OP was using 'windows' as in program viewports, not the OS hahah

and yeah, i3 won't run on Windows. there are some hacky implementations though, like FancyWM which just work on top of Explorer

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm getting pretty serious monitor envy.

I have a similar setup: one monitor for the VTT and video, the other for notes and character sheets. But my monitors aren't nearly as large, so I can't get the fancy tiling.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

you can still do it on smaller monitors

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I can, but I wouldn't be able to read anything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Still needs a lot of juggling haha. Too true.