5 ms·

I don't have nearly the problem of an OSX-lookalike as some. I used OSX for years because it was basically the prettiest POSIX system available. And like you s

by rob05c 13y ago

I don't have nearly the problem of an OSX-lookalike as some. I used OSX for years because it was basically the prettiest POSIX system available. And like you say, a lot is simply good design. Apple didn't invent nearly as much as their marketing department (and legal) would have us believe. Tangentially, I've fallen in love with tiling WMs, but they all seem mediocre at best. @aroman it'd be awesome if you guys made an alternative tiling WM that was as sleek as your windowing manager.

aroman 13y ago
In fact we are very very interested in investigating tiling WM capabilities for the next release of our window manager, Gala. As someone who suffers from the lack of good touchpad drivers for my primary computer, a Macbook Air, I am very excited for tiling support as well :)
boyaka 13y ago
I'm kind of the same. I still use OSX on my 2007 MBP for portable, and I'm using Awesome WM with Ubuntu on my desktop. What other kind of tiling WMs exist and/or what do you use? I still switch to Windows occasionally for gaming (although I try to limit my gaming habit). Another reason for using Windows for me would be screen capture software (Webcammax [best], Manycam, more...) which is completely absent from Linux (hint hint, elementary. I think this could be revolutionary).
- rob05c 13y ago
  I use i3. It's not perfect, but it's the best I've found. I like: 1) tile movement is very dynamic; it's tree-based 2) supports transparent terminals; I like seeing my pretty wallpaper 3) mod key works well for switching desktops, and moving tiles between desktops 4) good multi-monitor support. I don't like: 1) no dropdown application menu. dmenu is ok, but I need to find a good menu bar app. 2) You can mouse drag-resize, but not drag-reorder tiles. It's on their todo list.

5 ms·

I don't have nearly the problem of an OSX-lookalike as some. I used OSX for years because it was basically the prettiest POSIX system available. And like you s

by rob05c 13y ago

aroman 13y ago
In fact we are very very interested in investigating tiling WM capabilities for the next release of our window manager, Gala. As someone who suffers from the lack of good touchpad drivers for my primary computer, a Macbook Air, I am very excited for tiling support as well :)
boyaka 13y ago
I'm kind of the same. I still use OSX on my 2007 MBP for portable, and I'm using Awesome WM with Ubuntu on my desktop. What other kind of tiling WMs exist and/or what do you use? I still switch to Windows occasionally for gaming (although I try to limit my gaming habit). Another reason for using Windows for me would be screen capture software (Webcammax [best], Manycam, more...) which is completely absent from Linux (hint hint, elementary. I think this could be revolutionary).
- rob05c 13y ago
  I use i3. It's not perfect, but it's the best I've found. I like: 1) tile movement is very dynamic; it's tree-based 2) supports transparent terminals; I like seeing my pretty wallpaper 3) mod key works well for switching desktops, and moving tiles between desktops 4) good multi-monitor support. I don't like: 1) no dropdown application menu. dmenu is ok, but I need to find a good menu bar app. 2) You can mouse drag-resize, but not drag-reorder tiles. It's on their todo list.