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It's a miracle we could ever choose just one and get to work. Back in my Linux days it was PWM for me. https://tuomov.iki.fi/software/ https://tuomov.iki.fi/sof

by z5h 7y ago

It's a miracle we could ever choose just one and get to work. Back in my Linux days it was PWM for me. https://tuomov.iki.fi/software/ https://tuomov.iki.fi/software/

benj111 7y ago
I can't, which is why I don't install Arch. The temptation when you aren't given a default is too strong.
alxlaz 7y ago
WindowMaker, then FVWM were my drugs. I used tiling window managers for a while, when my typical workstation was a laptop, but now that I have a large-ish screen (27") on a desktop they're pretty bad -- everything is either too wide to be useful, or too narrow. Ratpoison was definitely my favourite (I also use Emacs, figures...), but I liked wmii, too. By the time I ran into pwm I was hooked into Ratpoison :). LXQT does its job for me these days. It's not the most polished but at least it doesn't go out of its way to make my desktop look and act like a tablet so I'm happy with it. I've been toying with writing a Wayland compositor that does wmii-like tiling, but can also do proper floating window management, but I have to wait for things to settle on the Wayland front before writing anything that's useful... Edit: whoever downvoted you clearly never had a few hours of fun on a Friday night tweaking FVWM only to find out it's 4 AM now and oh crap it's also Monday!
- fierarul 7y ago
  > Edit: whoever downvoted you clearly never had a few hours of fun on a Friday night tweaking FVWM only to find out it's 4 AM now and oh crap it's also Monday! I'm still sorry about my FVWM config. It was almost perfect. I should search for it in backups.
- signa11 7y ago
  still using fvwm2, haven’t found anything that comes close.
  - itsmenow 7y ago
    so do I. Although I discovered it rather late - in 2004. It's remarkable how configurable it is. I adopted some version of what this guy did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdSgf-IykIo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdSgf-IykIo to do "manual tiling". Also can't find anything modern that even remotely can compare.
- imglorp 7y ago
  +1 for ratpoison - no rodent dependence!
matttproud 7y ago
Tuomo Valkonen's Ion was my saviour for easily a decade. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_(window_manager) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_(window_manager)

by z5h 7y ago

It's a miracle we could ever choose just one and get to work. Back in my Linux days it was PWM for me. https://tuomov.iki.fi/software/ https://tuomov.iki.fi/software/

benj111 7y ago

I can't, which is why I don't install Arch. The temptation when you aren't given a default is too strong.

alxlaz 7y ago

WindowMaker, then FVWM were my drugs. I used tiling window managers for a while, when my typical workstation was a laptop, but now that I have a large-ish screen (27") on a desktop they're pretty bad -- everything is either too wide to be useful, or too narrow. Ratpoison was definitely my favourite (I also use Emacs, figures...), but I liked wmii, too. By the time I ran into pwm I was hooked into Ratpoison :). LXQT does its job for me these days. It's not the most polished but at least it doesn't go out of its way to make my desktop look and act like a tablet so I'm happy with it. I've been toying with writing a Wayland compositor that does wmii-like tiling, but can also do proper floating window management, but I have to wait for things to settle on the Wayland front before writing anything that's useful... Edit: whoever downvoted you clearly never had a few hours of fun on a Friday night tweaking FVWM only to find out it's 4 AM now and oh crap it's also Monday!

fierarul 7y ago
> Edit: whoever downvoted you clearly never had a few hours of fun on a Friday night tweaking FVWM only to find out it's 4 AM now and oh crap it's also Monday! I'm still sorry about my FVWM config. It was almost perfect. I should search for it in backups.
signa11 7y ago
still using fvwm2, haven’t found anything that comes close.
- itsmenow 7y ago
  so do I. Although I discovered it rather late - in 2004. It's remarkable how configurable it is. I adopted some version of what this guy did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdSgf-IykIo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdSgf-IykIo to do "manual tiling". Also can't find anything modern that even remotely can compare.
imglorp 7y ago
+1 for ratpoison - no rodent dependence!

matttproud 7y ago

Tuomo Valkonen's Ion was my saviour for easily a decade. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_(window_manager) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_(window_manager)