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Nothing. It's still horrible. I'm glad you called it a desktop environment and not a window manager, because it's terrible at managing windows. And unlike older

Nothing. It's still horrible. I'm glad you called it a desktop environment and not a window manager, because it's terrible at managing windows. And unlike older Gnome versions, it's hardly even configurable anymore. You can pry my simple tiling window manager from my cold, dead hands.

sydney6 8y ago
Most people who have tried tiling window managers come to the same conclusion. It's a true eye-opener.
- peatmoss 8y ago
  I think if something like XFCE were to implement xmonad / dwm style tiling, that would be about perfect. I like some of the creature comforts of a desktop environment, but I prefer them to heavy on supporting features, and light on in-your-face features. Also, I cannot stand the ubiquitous hamburger menus of Gnome. I really wish we could all go back to humane menus.
  - narwally 8y ago
    I completely agree. I used to be a heavy xmonad user, but I've had to be on macOS for work the past few years. I've found emacs to be a suitable substitute for a tiling window manager for the majority of my use cases and then have macOS for the creature comforts part. I've been test driving KDE Plasma recently at home, and it's quite nice these days. I wouldn't call it fast compared to other linux desktop environments, but it's pretty snappy compared to the KDE I tried five years ago. It was pretty simple to get it looking and feeling similar to my mac environment, and then emacs is always emacs. I do wish there was a more modern feeling TWM, but for now I like having something family/friends/coworkers can comfortably navigate when the need arises.
qplex 8y ago
Actually GNOME 3 is super easy to use as a simple tiling wm. You can use Win+Arrow keys to arrange the windows etc. The title bars and other UI elements are quite large though, probably for usability reasons. Traditional tiling wm's waste less screen estate.

sydney6 8y ago

Most people who have tried tiling window managers come to the same conclusion. It's a true eye-opener.

peatmoss 8y ago
I think if something like XFCE were to implement xmonad / dwm style tiling, that would be about perfect. I like some of the creature comforts of a desktop environment, but I prefer them to heavy on supporting features, and light on in-your-face features. Also, I cannot stand the ubiquitous hamburger menus of Gnome. I really wish we could all go back to humane menus.
- narwally 8y ago
  I completely agree. I used to be a heavy xmonad user, but I've had to be on macOS for work the past few years. I've found emacs to be a suitable substitute for a tiling window manager for the majority of my use cases and then have macOS for the creature comforts part. I've been test driving KDE Plasma recently at home, and it's quite nice these days. I wouldn't call it fast compared to other linux desktop environments, but it's pretty snappy compared to the KDE I tried five years ago. It was pretty simple to get it looking and feeling similar to my mac environment, and then emacs is always emacs. I do wish there was a more modern feeling TWM, but for now I like having something family/friends/coworkers can comfortably navigate when the need arises.

qplex 8y ago

Actually GNOME 3 is super easy to use as a simple tiling wm. You can use Win+Arrow keys to arrange the windows etc. The title bars and other UI elements are quite large though, probably for usability reasons. Traditional tiling wm's waste less screen estate.