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They actually manage your windows. The tiling part of it isn't the important bit: what's important is that they keep your windows placed in a useful manner for
by talideon 10y ago
They actually manage your windows.
The tiling part of it isn't the important bit: what's important is that they keep your windows placed in a useful manner for the task you're performing, tiling in various ways being one of the ways in which they achieve that.
Normal window managers are akin to a desk where everything is tossed around, whereas tiling window managers are like desks that automatically organise whatever is on them.
- oblio 10y agoThere's many non-tiling WMs that actually manage the windows for you: http://fvwm.org/documentation/faq/#when-my-specific-window-or-all-windows-pops-up-i-want-it-to-get-focusbe-movedbe-resizedbe-closedbe-shaded--how http://fvwm.org/documentation/faq/#when-my-specific-window-o... http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Applications http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Applications
- digi_owl 10y agoAh, fvwm. Now thats an old war horse of a window manager. And it is still maintained no less. I do wonder if anything Wayland related will have such staying power.
- itsmenow 10y agoIt's indeed actively maintained!... lots of changes and updates recently. They're cleaning up the code base. After using it for over 12 years, I'm still amazed just how incredibly flexible fvwm is. You can even mimic tiling with a bit of effort (see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdSgf-IykIo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdSgf-IykIo ).