I use i3 with xfce4 session, It took me a while to figure out, but in the 
session and startup dialog for xfce4 you canchoose a display chooser on login, 
I disable all xfce4 sessions except xfce4-panel and xfsettingsd, install i3 
with urxvt and all the plugins for urxvt (tabs, perls etc). In my 
~/.cache/session I have the sessions xfce4 and i3 beneath eachother.So now when 
login from tty, the display chooser appears (when checked in xfce4 session and 
startup manager)  with i3 or xfce4 as wm.The xfce4 is only xfce4, the i3 is in 
combination with the xfce4 whisker menu, and 2 panels with mainly xfce4 
features.
Also took a while to make the i3 config as I want, but to be honest, with this 
setup I am 10x times more productive.Switching workspaces, with dual monitor 
setup , the second monitor almost feels as overkill.Especially with laptop or 1 
screen, things are super.
So for me i3 and xfce4

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