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I switched to xmonad (http://xmonad.org/ http://xmonad.org/), since you can change the layout per workspace and it doesn't include a bar. (Sure, you can turn it

I switched to xmonad (http://xmonad.org/ http://xmonad.org/), since you can change the layout per workspace and it doesn't include a bar. (Sure, you can turn it off in dwm, but where's the minimalism in that?)

pvdebbe 10y ago
And Xmonad is the only one that gets workspaces right in a multidisplay environment.
- BuildTheRobots 10y ago
  Not used Xmonad, but I've been saying for years Enlightenment (e17 and up) is the only window manager that lets use multiple virtual desktops (workspaces?) and physical monitors in a sane way; namely I can swap workspaces on one monitor without it effecting the other. Gnome, KDE, LXDE, Mate, Cinnamon (and windows 10) all seem to assume that I'd only every be doing the same thing on both monitors which just seems inherently wrong.
  - lucian1900 10y ago
    macOS also gets multi-monitor right. It even gets it right if your monitors have different DPI.
  - pvdebbe 10y ago
    There are three philosophies to deal with multiple workspaces and multiple monitors: * one pool of WSs for all monitors (gnome,mate,win10) * one shared pool of WSs for each monitor (xmonad) * one pool of WSs for each monitor (awesome,dwm,e17) So what xmonad has is one set of workspaces and each monitor can pick one from the shared pool! It's so great to have a WS dedicated for WWW on a side monitor and when something important comes up, I can bring that WS to the main monitor. Not easily done with the last idea.
    - BuildTheRobots 10y ago
      Oh, very clever; I didn't realise there were 3 distinct behaviours. Options two and three seem to make sense; I find it hard to believe anyone actually wants type 1. I'll definitely have to have a play with xmonad now :)
  - spurgu 10y ago
    i3 also has excellent monitor/virtual desktop support.
iatanasov 10y ago
Part of the advantage for me is that dwm is written in C and pretty much it comes with no dependencies

pvdebbe 10y ago

And Xmonad is the only one that gets workspaces right in a multidisplay environment.

BuildTheRobots 10y ago
Not used Xmonad, but I've been saying for years Enlightenment (e17 and up) is the only window manager that lets use multiple virtual desktops (workspaces?) and physical monitors in a sane way; namely I can swap workspaces on one monitor without it effecting the other. Gnome, KDE, LXDE, Mate, Cinnamon (and windows 10) all seem to assume that I'd only every be doing the same thing on both monitors which just seems inherently wrong.
- lucian1900 10y ago
  macOS also gets multi-monitor right. It even gets it right if your monitors have different DPI.
- pvdebbe 10y ago
  There are three philosophies to deal with multiple workspaces and multiple monitors: * one pool of WSs for all monitors (gnome,mate,win10) * one shared pool of WSs for each monitor (xmonad) * one pool of WSs for each monitor (awesome,dwm,e17) So what xmonad has is one set of workspaces and each monitor can pick one from the shared pool! It's so great to have a WS dedicated for WWW on a side monitor and when something important comes up, I can bring that WS to the main monitor. Not easily done with the last idea.
  - BuildTheRobots 10y ago
    Oh, very clever; I didn't realise there were 3 distinct behaviours. Options two and three seem to make sense; I find it hard to believe anyone actually wants type 1. I'll definitely have to have a play with xmonad now :)
- spurgu 10y ago
  i3 also has excellent monitor/virtual desktop support.

iatanasov 10y ago

Part of the advantage for me is that dwm is written in C and pretty much it comes with no dependencies