• Hit Ctrl+Alt+t to start a crosh shell
• Enter shell to start a proper shell.
• Enter cd Downloads
• Install the base system by entering

  ~sudo sh -e ./crouton -r trusty -t x11,extension -n trusty-i3
  

  • Follow the directions

• sudo enter-chroot -n trusty-i3
• sudo apt-get install i3
  • allow it to create a default configuration file

• sudo apt-get install gnome-terminal

I love these fonts!

• Navigate to Adobe’s github download page here.
• Download the tar.gz format
• Assuming that your chroot is running….
  • From the ChromeOS side do Ctrl+Alt+t to open a terminal
  • Enter shell, then cd ~/Downloads
  • Untar the archive. For me it was: tar xfz source-code-pro-1.017R.tar.gz
  • CD into the extracted archive’s OTF directory: cd source-code-pro-1.017R/OTF
  • Copy the fonts over to the chroot. For me this was:

    sudo cp * /usr/local/chroots/trusty-i3/usr/share/fonts/opentype/
    

Do this from in your chroot.

echo "exec i3" > ~/.xinitrc

• Exit out of the chroot
• From inside your crosh/shell:
  • Edit $HOME/.bashrc
  • Add this alias:

    alias starti3='sudo enter-chroot -n trusty-i3 xinit'
    

Back in the chroot, edit the file $HOME/.i3/config

• Use the Search key as your i3 mod key

  set $mod Mod4
  

• Use Adobe’s Source Code Pro font as your default font

  font pango:Source Code Pro 12
  

• The Crouton Homepage
• Using i3 in crouton
• i3 - improved tiling wm

• Audio from the chroot will now be forwarded to CRAS (Chromium OS audio server).
• To switch from chroot to ChromeOS: Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Forward
• To switch from ChromeOS back to chroot: Ctrl-Alt-Forward then Ctrl-Alt-Refresh