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I can recommend trying out any non-standard WM to anyone looking to learn more about what's going on with a Linux desktop. I learned more about Linux playing ar
by specproc 2y ago
I can recommend trying out any non-standard WM to anyone looking to learn more about what's going on with a Linux desktop. I learned more about Linux playing around with TWMs than any other class of software.
I don't know if it's really made me any more productive, but it's a fantastic learning experience, the ergonomics are great, and there's incredible satisfaction in building your own desktop environment from the ground up.
- freedomben 2y agoWhat are some of the most interesting WMs in your opinion?
- thugcee 2y agoFor X11: Binary Space Partitioning WM https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm
- PuercoPop 2y agowmii[0], it implements the acme window layout. But the interesting part is that it exposes its state as a file-system. The main loop is a shell script[1]. So BYO posible, fe here is a Ruby one [2] [0]: https://github.com/0intro/wmii https://github.com/0intro/wmii [1]: https://github.com/0intro/wmii/blob/main/cmd/wmii.rc.rc https://github.com/0intro/wmii/blob/main/cmd/wmii.rc.rc [2]: https://github.com/sunaku/wmiirc https://github.com/sunaku/wmiirc
- specproc 2y agoI don't know about interesting, I think Niri from the parent looks like something I'd like to try. I've used i3 and moved to hyprland (because it's pretty). From the perspective I was coming from, I don't think it matters that much, you'll run into the same issues with any of them. It's about understanding all the things Gnome/KDE/Xfce etc do for you, and how you can set that up differently yourself using components of your choice.