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> ratpoison That's a really fringe window manager. Not a desktop environment like the others.

• spauldo 1y ago
  Afterstep and Windowmaker were also just window managers (you can kinda argue Windowmaker with the whole GNUSTEP thing, but that never really took off). I believe ratpoison is the granddaddy of today's tiling desktops, which have a decent following.
  • 77pt77 1y ago
    > I believe ratpoison is the granddaddy of today's tiling desktops I know. I'm using i3 as I write, bit no desktop environment.
    • spauldo 1y ago
      I was arguing against the "really fringe" part. I agree it's not a DE. But I suppose it could go either way - ratpoison itself didn't have a very large user base, but it spawned a decent one if you count its successors.
      • 77pt77 1y ago
        > ratpoison itself didn't have a very large user base, but it spawned a decent one if you count its successors. Agree. Ratpoison itself was barely usable.