Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why?
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2025 16:00:06 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: the-candyden-of-code
Lines: 35
Message-ID: <slrn1048o22.3kmfh.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid>
References: <slrn1042rd9.14sa.rotflol2@geidiprime.bvh> <87zfekwwml.fsf@ezaquarii.com> <slrn10478a2.8p2.rotflol2@geidiprime.bvh>
Injection-Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2025 18:00:07 +0200 (CEST)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4fad18b6c2c47606a131893d05d25cde"; logging-data="3326911"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/aYo2ZydUTD6ArN0Tyiu2IUA02bs07UCZGREGDAHGwfg=="
User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux)
Cancel-Lock: sha1:Daf98PYwynkGbjOfOlhbX+xOpDA=
X-Face: b{dPmN&%4|lEo,wUO\"KLEOu5N_br(N2Yuc5/qcR5i>9-!^e\.Tw9?/m0}/~:UOM:Zf]% b+ V4R8q|QiU/R8\|G\WpC`-s?=)\fbtNc&=/a3a)r7xbRI]Vl)r<%PTriJ3pGpl_/B6!8pe\btzx `~R! r3.0#lHRE+^Gro0[cjsban'vZ#j7,?I/tHk{s=TFJ:H?~=]`O*~3ZX`qik`b:.gVIc-[$t/e ZrQsWJ >|l^I_[pbsIqwoz.WGA]<D
Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:68509

Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> wrote at 02:17 this Saturday (GMT):
> On 2025-06-06, Chris Narkiewicz <hello@ezaquarii.com> wrote:
>> Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> writes:
>>> So, what Desktop Environment/Window Manager do you use, and why?
>>
>> i3
>>
>>> Also, what do you think your choice of environment has to offer that
>>> isn't found, or rarely found in others?
>>
>> I'm after radical (within boundaries of sanity) simplicity.
>>
>>> I myself use FVWM and have so for years now.
>>
>> I can sympathize. I used FVWM long (20-ish years?) time ago, with theme
>> called Crystal. It was rage at that time.
>>
>> I was juggling WindowMaker, Fluxbox and KDE. It was fun.
>>
>> But eventually I settled with i3.
>>
>
> I feel with tiling window managers that I'm missing something.  They
> seem to be all the rage, especially in some YouTube circles, but I tried
> one briefly and found it wasn't for me.  However, I use emacs a lot at
> work, and its essentially like a tiling window manager, with frames and
> splitting the screen.
>
> Was there an 'ah ha!' moment, where you just 'got it?'


I used to use a tiling WM, but I feel like having windows floating feels
better to me? Having everything be full screen all the time feels off.
-- 
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom