Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why? Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025 10:46:12 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 21 Message-ID: <20250605104612.0000659e@gmail.com> References: <20250605082126.00002cc7@gmail.com> <101sj3q$1lbj2$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:46:16 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="dbd06667664530ff086ec2eab88736be"; logging-data="1682005"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/eI+N55YxtJUyiFZ5vPG+USVnqK2Yh618=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:3XrSwvg6HS00YyHQ+DZc7GhVKSo= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:68395 On Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:11:22 +0100 Nuno Silva wrote: > With tiling WMs, I guess an approach to widescreen is to have a > display big enough that you can comfortably have two tiles/panes > side-by-side. Yeah, that's an option as well, but I think it works better with desktop displays. On a laptop it's hard not to look at "center field" rather than focus on one half or the other of the screen. > But yeah, I really can't see the value in having *less* vertical > room. Unless a widescreen display is good to use rotated, I fear it > ends up being a disadvantage. But I suppose widescreen displays make > up most of what can be usually purchased these days? Yup - the vast majority of desktop displays are 16:9 or (if you're lucky) 16:10. Laptops are actually a bit better than they used to be, since the Chromebook introduced 3:2 as a standard, but it's still in the minority :/