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Because it doesn't really boost my productivity. I try to keep the number of windows opened to the minimum: Having more than 4 windows opened is counterproducti

Because it doesn't really boost my productivity. I try to keep the number of windows opened to the minimum: Having more than 4 windows opened is counterproductive (at least for me) since it implies 4 different context I must switch between. I can handle 4 different windows opened easily without any tiling wms. The windows I have opened are: - the terminal (at most 4 tabs as well... but here my terminal allows me to easily switch to any numbered tab I want) - the IDE (sometimes). In most cases, my IDE can be run on my terminal (e.g., Vim) - a web browser (again, I try to keep the number of tabs to a minimum... but here it's harder to do so) - anything else (usually nothing) Another reason to not use a tiling wms: yet another dependency I don't have to take care (as in: configuring and updating it).

RMPR 6y ago
> Another reason to not use a tiling wms: yet another dependency I don't have to take care (as in: configuring and updating it). In my experience, once you configure it correctly to your liking, you hardly have to touch it again. I had been carrying the same i3 configuration from Fedora 28 to Fedora 31, then switched to Sway. I had to make minor tweaks to adjust to Wayland and never modified it since then (now on Fedora 32).
grep_name 6y ago
> I can handle 4 different windows opened easily without any tiling wms But you're still using a desktop environment to open these windows? Which requires many more dependencies and breaks more often IME than a twm, while being a huge solution to the simple problem of 'open 4 x windows' in your case. One of the things I like about twm's is the massive reduction in dependencies on my machine since switching actually