Background

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Installing wmii

The first thing to note is that wmii that is shipped is currently version 3.6, which as of Ubuntu 8.10 and greater just doesn't work.  So you'll need to compile and install it from wmii's repository (even the snapshot's available on wmii's website seem a bit broken).

Install the ubuntu wmii package (optional)

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Install the newer version of wmii

See the attachment below, for a precompiled version.  The attached file is designed to replace most of the wmii files installed by the ubuntu package.  Just extract the contents and:

Configure Gnome

Tweaking Gnomes Registry

Gnome's registry also needs a little bit of tweaking inorder for it to play nicely with wmii. Next fire up the gconf-editor:
And unmark the checkbox at apps>nautilus>preferences and untick show_desktop.
Next go to desktop>gnome>background and untick draw_background.

Tweaking Gnome Panel

This may not be necessary anymore, but by default the Gnome panel streches from the extreme left to extreme right of the screen.  When these gnome windows aren't "floating" anymore, they will become a little messed up.  So right click on all your gnome panels and click on properties, then untick the expand box.

Telling Gnome to use WMII as the window manager

This step is the step that was the most difficult to find.  Simply run this command:
This'll create a .gnomerc which will then run wmii.