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I remember how much I loved compiz and beryl in high school, my classmates always enjoyed watching me do assignments. I remember it becoming increasingly diffic

I remember how much I loved compiz and beryl in high school, my classmates always enjoyed watching me do assignments. I remember it becoming increasingly difficult to make work with OS releases and it forced me to just adopt a "normal" workspace based workflow, a 3 by 3 flat grid instead of the many sided cubes and shapes I used for compiz. I stayed on gtk2 longer than most people via mate, but now I mostly use Mac os with a flat 11 workspaces and it feels so limiting. I wish I could use a 3x3 workspace layout instead of a flat row of workspaces.

qup 3y ago
I can only really use two these days, although one of them is cheating --it's a terminal running tmux with four windows. But I would replace tmux with four terminals which would go on two workspaces (2 each). The other is my browser, of course. I was a full time developer working like this. Tmux was my workspace killer, but of course not everyone works in a terminal. But I still gotta ask, how are you making use of 11 workspaces?
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
  I use 4-8 at a time by using one per task or activity type. So one for my main web browser, one per project I have going, one to throw tools like volume controls, another for each additional web browser profile.
- kossTKR 3y ago
  I easily use 9 as a full stack dev. 1) Coding apps 2) Dev browsers 3) Terminals 4) Sql /DB apps 5) FTP/File handling apps 6) Non work browsing / leisure 7) Specs and text 8) Graphics / Figma / Ps 9) Music / podcast player Once this is setup with shortcuts it becomes super fast to switch to DB-stuff, or terminal windows etc.
  - o11c 3y ago
    I use 12, though if I'm using them correctly many are usually empty. I assign custom visible labels, for which I use just a single letter. Also I am very familiar with the custom shortcuts to switch desktops or move a window between them; I use the wrap-between-rows shortcuts for the left-right ones. On occasion, I've found that many non-KDE environments are very primitive, often supporting only a single row and not even wrapping around the ends! There's significant overlap compared to yours but I don't quite all of the dedicated app types you do. One thing I will note is that I don't have a desktop for music - I use VLC and collapse it to the systray (I've tried other players, but kept finding audio files that would break them, and also it was often tricky to make global keyboard controls work). Column 1: I = internet, for general-purpose browsing that doesn't fit elsewhere. A = application, for programs (including) that don't fit elsewhere R = reading, for blogs and stories, assuming they don't fit better elsewhere Column 2: C = code, D = debug (or was it documentation? I admit I'm sloppy within a column), E = ... I don't remember, but basically I use it if I need a third virtual desktop for code-related stuff Column 3: G = games, H = help (usually a wiki or walkthrough), J = journal (a place for me to record my own notes, since most games don't provide a builtin way to do that, and even if they do their primitive text editor usually sucks) Column 4: X = extra, Y, Z - in case I need another set.
- snvzz 3y ago
  I use 10, with i3 as window manager. I keep the most frequent ones at 1-4, as these are easiest to hit with left hand via meta+numeric row.
  - filereaper 3y ago
    Same, 10 split over 3 monitors using the keypad to switch them independently on each monitor. I've gotten so used to it that muscle memory kicks in inadvertently for other desktop environments.
- bandrami 3y ago
  Terminal, Browser, Patchbay, Sequencer, Sampler, Synth, Mixer, Arranger, Text Editor, Blank Desktop. That's 10 (on Windowmaker) and I could easily add a couple more.
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kossTKR 3y ago
I remember having some mac app that could do this years ago but was abandoned as SIP destroyed many third party extensions. I really want my 3x3 desktops back also! Can it really be there hasn't been made an alternative yet?

qup 3y ago

I can only really use two these days, although one of them is cheating --it's a terminal running tmux with four windows. But I would replace tmux with four terminals which would go on two workspaces (2 each). The other is my browser, of course. I was a full time developer working like this. Tmux was my workspace killer, but of course not everyone works in a terminal. But I still gotta ask, how are you making use of 11 workspaces?

yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
I use 4-8 at a time by using one per task or activity type. So one for my main web browser, one per project I have going, one to throw tools like volume controls, another for each additional web browser profile.
kossTKR 3y ago
I easily use 9 as a full stack dev. 1) Coding apps 2) Dev browsers 3) Terminals 4) Sql /DB apps 5) FTP/File handling apps 6) Non work browsing / leisure 7) Specs and text 8) Graphics / Figma / Ps 9) Music / podcast player Once this is setup with shortcuts it becomes super fast to switch to DB-stuff, or terminal windows etc.
- o11c 3y ago
  I use 12, though if I'm using them correctly many are usually empty. I assign custom visible labels, for which I use just a single letter. Also I am very familiar with the custom shortcuts to switch desktops or move a window between them; I use the wrap-between-rows shortcuts for the left-right ones. On occasion, I've found that many non-KDE environments are very primitive, often supporting only a single row and not even wrapping around the ends! There's significant overlap compared to yours but I don't quite all of the dedicated app types you do. One thing I will note is that I don't have a desktop for music - I use VLC and collapse it to the systray (I've tried other players, but kept finding audio files that would break them, and also it was often tricky to make global keyboard controls work). Column 1: I = internet, for general-purpose browsing that doesn't fit elsewhere. A = application, for programs (including) that don't fit elsewhere R = reading, for blogs and stories, assuming they don't fit better elsewhere Column 2: C = code, D = debug (or was it documentation? I admit I'm sloppy within a column), E = ... I don't remember, but basically I use it if I need a third virtual desktop for code-related stuff Column 3: G = games, H = help (usually a wiki or walkthrough), J = journal (a place for me to record my own notes, since most games don't provide a builtin way to do that, and even if they do their primitive text editor usually sucks) Column 4: X = extra, Y, Z - in case I need another set.
snvzz 3y ago
I use 10, with i3 as window manager. I keep the most frequent ones at 1-4, as these are easiest to hit with left hand via meta+numeric row.
- filereaper 3y ago
  Same, 10 split over 3 monitors using the keypad to switch them independently on each monitor. I've gotten so used to it that muscle memory kicks in inadvertently for other desktop environments.
bandrami 3y ago
Terminal, Browser, Patchbay, Sequencer, Sampler, Synth, Mixer, Arranger, Text Editor, Blank Desktop. That's 10 (on Windowmaker) and I could easily add a couple more.

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kossTKR 3y ago

I remember having some mac app that could do this years ago but was abandoned as SIP destroyed many third party extensions. I really want my 3x3 desktops back also! Can it really be there hasn't been made an alternative yet?