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> Would Gnome 2 -> XFCE or Gnome 2 -> Gnome Classic not make more sense? In my experience, the more minimal window managers such as XFCE, Open Box and so on re
by simonz05 14y ago
> Would Gnome 2 -> XFCE or Gnome 2 -> Gnome Classic not make more sense?
In my experience, the more minimal window managers such as XFCE, Open Box and so on required lots of configuration to get right. Furthermore, they don't give you a big advantage over something like Gnome or KDE, except for being more configurable. I'm using the tiling window manager dwm with minimal changes to the default config (added 2 shortcuts and changed some colors) for almost 3 years now. I think the pure simplicity and stability of the software is compelling compared to a minimal version of Gnome.
- keithpeter 14y agoAmazingly, I moved from dwm/dmenu back into Unity a couple of months ago and don't see any need to move back too quickly (Ctrl-Super-left-arrow and Ctrl-Super-right-arrow provide a basic, way basic, tiling behaviour on Unity).
- sciurus 14y agoIf you have a numpad, in Unity you can use ctrl-alt-[0-9]. Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 7 - Place window in top left corner of screen. Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 8 - Place window in top half of screen. Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 9 - Place window in top right corner of screen. Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 5 - Center/Maximize the window in the middle of the screen. In 12.04 this toggles between maximize and restore state Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 1 - Place window in the bottom left corner of the screen. Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 2 - Place window in the bottom half of the screen. Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 3 - Place window in the bottom right corner of the screen. Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 0 - Maximize the current window.