Combine The Best of Bspwm and XMonad, You Get Herbstluftwm! DistroTube
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Date: 2022-03-30
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Panacea
I'm sort of the opposite with the workspaces sharing the 3 monitors. Part of the reason I like AwesomeWM is that I have 9 workspaces on each monitor. That's 18 total workspaces. I never use that many but if I want 2 terminals open, I can open a terminal in workspace 2 on monitor 1, and then I can open a different terminal in workspace 2 on monitor 3. If I wanted to, I could open up a 3rd terminal in workspace 2 on Monitor 2. Same thing with VirtualBox. I can open the VirtualBox program in one screen and then open the VM on another screen. Both under the VirtualBox workspace. Some might not see that as a benefit but I really like that setup and the wide range of options with the screens and workspaces. But this looks pretty slick.
I do like the fact that the config file is very easy to understand. I really like that.
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I'm sort of the opposite with the workspaces sharing the 3 monitors. Part of the reason I like AwesomeWM is that I have 9 workspaces on each monitor. That's 18 total workspaces. I never use that many but if I want 2 terminals open, I can open a terminal in workspace 2 on monitor 1, and then I can open a different terminal in workspace 2 on monitor 3. If I wanted to, I could open up a 3rd terminal in workspace 2 on Monitor 2. Same thing with VirtualBox. I can open the VirtualBox program in one screen and then open the VM on another screen. Both under the VirtualBox workspace. Some might not see that as a benefit but I really like that setup and the wide range of options with the screens and workspaces. But this looks pretty slick.
I do like the fact that the config file is very easy to understand. I really like that.
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tuerda
I have been using herbstluftwm exclusively for over 6 years now. I am very happy with it. In late 2013 I messed with many WMs trying to find the perfect one. I would try one, stick with it for a week or two and move on. Then one day I installed herbstluftwm and never changed again.
It was not so much that I fell in love with it immediately, as there really wasn't anything about it that annoyed me and made me want to try something else. As time went on I developed a deep fondness for it, and I can hardly imagine ever using anything else at this point.
HLWM is highly recommended.
The only warning is the default colors. The first thing it will do is paint your whole screen a bright shade of green that may make you want to gouge your eyes. Change them, and you are good to go.
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I have been using herbstluftwm exclusively for over 6 years now. I am very happy with it. In late 2013 I messed with many WMs trying to find the perfect one. I would try one, stick with it for a week or two and move on. Then one day I installed herbstluftwm and never changed again.
It was not so much that I fell in love with it immediately, as there really wasn't anything about it that annoyed me and made me want to try something else. As time went on I developed a deep fondness for it, and I can hardly imagine ever using anything else at this point.
HLWM is highly recommended.
The only warning is the default colors. The first thing it will do is paint your whole screen a bright shade of green that may make you want to gouge your eyes. Change them, and you are good to go.
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Torsten
cool, after i saw lot of your vids i tried out tiling wms, too, and at the end i stucked with herbstluft because of the flexibility of beeing a hybrid tiler and always thought the same that it didn't get the deserved attention of you, i like the possibility to save the whole layout with -herbsclient dump- to a file and read it back later, with a little dmenu script for example, i even have a -DT- layout, which is one main frame left and the other frame right with vertical stacking
Oh and as a german i can easily pronounce it so that's no issue, hehe
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cool, after i saw lot of your vids i tried out tiling wms, too, and at the end i stucked with herbstluft because of the flexibility of beeing a hybrid tiler and always thought the same that it didn't get the deserved attention of you, i like the possibility to save the whole layout with -herbsclient dump- to a file and read it back later, with a little dmenu script for example, i even have a -DT- layout, which is one main frame left and the other frame right with vertical stacking
Oh and as a german i can easily pronounce it so that's no issue, hehe
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Jerick
Hey DT and viewers. Just thought I would drop a nugget that I thought some might want in their config. For picture-in-picture (single float of a client) 'hc keybind attr clients.focus.floating toggle'. Found on FAQ from hlwm website and man page of course. Having trouble changing focus of clients after this use '$Mod-Tab' and '$Mod-Shift-Tab'. Also can't have client in Fullscreen layout (Good way to hide the floating client though)! Also embrace 'split explode'. Defaults to '$Mod-Control-Space'.
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Hey DT and viewers. Just thought I would drop a nugget that I thought some might want in their config. For picture-in-picture (single float of a client) 'hc keybind attr clients.focus.floating toggle'. Found on FAQ from hlwm website and man page of course. Having trouble changing focus of clients after this use '$Mod-Tab' and '$Mod-Shift-Tab'. Also can't have client in Fullscreen layout (Good way to hide the floating client though)! Also embrace 'split explode'. Defaults to '$Mod-Control-Space'.
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Daniel
As much as I love Linux and all these distros, I feel I only use these cool features to open, close, save, and relocated things. Other than that the majority of the things I can use are basic applications that I hardly know how to use. I'm not saying this as a put-down for the OS.; but I would really like seeing work flows in an everyday business environment that could help me. ( I work at a university that has a windows ecosystem)
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As much as I love Linux and all these distros, I feel I only use these cool features to open, close, save, and relocated things. Other than that the majority of the things I can use are basic applications that I hardly know how to use. I'm not saying this as a put-down for the OS.; but I would really like seeing work flows in an everyday business environment that could help me. ( I work at a university that has a windows ecosystem)
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Richard
Very much appreciate your series on -Window Managers-. You do drive me crazy a bit because I have tried several of your suggestions. Did try -Herb- but I think I'll stick to bspwm. For me it's easier to configure. You and Erik Dubois have opened my eyes to a different but neat workflow. Thanks again for all that you do.
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Very much appreciate your series on -Window Managers-. You do drive me crazy a bit because I have tried several of your suggestions. Did try -Herb- but I think I'll stick to bspwm. For me it's easier to configure. You and Erik Dubois have opened my eyes to a different but neat workflow. Thanks again for all that you do.
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Andrew
HL is my favorite tiling window manager. I've used it with Debian, Fedora, and Arch. The dzen panel and stalonetray were a pain to set up, but once that was done, I really enjoyed it. I don't use it much these days, but I still have it as a choice on my display manager, so I can go back when I get the urge to tile.
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HL is my favorite tiling window manager. I've used it with Debian, Fedora, and Arch. The dzen panel and stalonetray were a pain to set up, but once that was done, I really enjoyed it. I don't use it much these days, but I still have it as a choice on my display manager, so I can go back when I get the urge to tile.
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Salt
Cant't you use 'herbstclient pad' instead of messing with the resolution?
Also I think you're actually missing a discussion of the difference between frames (manual tiling) and windows (automatic tiling). HLWM is amazingly powerful.
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Cant't you use 'herbstclient pad' instead of messing with the resolution?
Also I think you're actually missing a discussion of the difference between frames (manual tiling) and windows (automatic tiling). HLWM is amazingly powerful.
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Steve
Great job DT bringing some attention to herbstluftwm. I'm not into tiling WM's but I have enjoyed using this one on a laptop for a little while. Your video was well done. I'm looking forward to more content on this WM. Thanks DT.
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Great job DT bringing some attention to herbstluftwm. I'm not into tiling WM's but I have enjoyed using this one on a laptop for a little while. Your video was well done. I'm looking forward to more content on this WM. Thanks DT.
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Bruce
Hay DT! Thanks that might be worth looking at! I'm liking Spectrwm still but willing to try others. The other WM are above my head to configure. Although I can get around in Awesome a bit... :-)
Thanks for the video!
LLAP
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Hay DT! Thanks that might be worth looking at! I'm liking Spectrwm still but willing to try others. The other WM are above my head to configure. Although I can get around in Awesome a bit... :-)
Thanks for the video!
LLAP
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