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I use a 55" curved 4k TV for my monitor and it fantastic. 1 or 2 windows right in/near the middle for what I'm working on. 2 terminals off to the left for build
by phkahler 5y ago
I use a 55" curved 4k TV for my monitor and it fantastic. 1 or 2 windows right in/near the middle for what I'm working on. 2 terminals off to the left for building code or grepping. And whatever else to the right. I rarely use the top portion because its uncomfortable to look up, but the space is there. To watch full screen videos I just roll my chair back a little.
It really brings the desktop UI metaphor to life. Everything about Gnome is wrong for this setup but I use it anyway.
- wilj 5y agoI use the same setup with i3wm (Regolith desktop) and love it.
- ashtonkem 5y agoi3 is probably the one thing I really miss when I moved from Linux to OSX.
- rbanffy 5y agoI understand. Apple allows me to have the desk split between two apps, but nothing more.
- ashtonkem 5y agoFor my particular monitor, that’s most of what I would use on i3 due to size limitations. The issue for me is that splitting the screen in OSX is so clunky compared to i3.
- hibbelig 5y agoI use Hammerspoon and I have got a modal dialog that I summon with alt-space. This shows me the keys I can press next, and some of them are to move the current window to specific positions and sizes, such as 100% of the height and 80% of the width, on the right hand side. It's not the same thing as a tiling window manager, but I actually like it better: I can use the 80%x100% size for my browser and keep a terminal on the left hand side. Then I can browse HN while still watching the terminal for output. When there is output in the terminal, that's a trigger for me to switch.
- woleium 5y agoI use amethyst, it's not as good as i3 but it's the best you can get on a mac imho
- d3nj4l 5y agoUse a tiling WM, like i3 or bspwm!