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But why switch to a tiling window manager when XFCE + dmenu + custom shortcuts is good enough?
by j3097736 10y ago
But why switch to a tiling window manager when XFCE + dmenu + custom shortcuts is good enough?
- CaptSpify 10y agoI think people often forget: Do what works for you. If XFCE+ is good enough for you, then great! stick with it! But if you want to try a different experience, or if you think that setup is inefficient (as I do), then try moving to something else! What works for one person likely won't work for another.
- raarts 10y agoAnd this is what killed the Linux desktop. 99% of the population does NOT want to try a gazillion desktops (of which the installation is error prone), just to find out what 'works best for you'.
- int_19h 10y agoYou don't have to if you don't want to. Any sensible desktop distro has a DE configured for you out of the box, if you want to just start using it.
- wtbob 10y agoI personally find that movable-window designs are a UI failure, requiring too much user interaction. A tiling WM, OTOH, enables me to do what I want: work with one tool or another, and work with multiple tools when that's what I want (which, frankly, is rarely — other than consulting a browser or info window, it's not often that I need more than one window on my screen at a time.
- julian_1 10y agoFor me it's because a tiling WM is simpler, more aesthetic and more responsive.