The Top 8 Linux Window Managers of 2020 DistroTube
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Date: 2022-03-30
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david
im gonna give my opinion on both the video and the wm
The video is amazing....this guy always makes awesome videos
i3- great kinda wierd but i really like it
icewm- great wm but i still don't know how to maximize left or right on it
spectrwm- never touched it
Openbox-humm honestly i prefer windowmaker but damn i did not know you could do that with openbox would like to see your config
Dwm- couldn't get used to it but it is awesome
Awesome is great but i can't get used to it
Qtile- never touched it but heard good things
Xmonad- really can't get into it sorry
i clearly prefer floating wm...though tiling is also great i should get more used to awesome
my top 3 are
windowmaker - kinda wierd but i love it
jwm- mine looks like shit but its really customizable and really easy to customize
icewm- not as customizable BUT really ez and lightwheight
If anybody knows how to maximize left or right in icewm please tell me i have spent 3 years trying to figure it out
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im gonna give my opinion on both the video and the wm
The video is amazing....this guy always makes awesome videos
i3- great kinda wierd but i really like it
icewm- great wm but i still don't know how to maximize left or right on it
spectrwm- never touched it
Openbox-humm honestly i prefer windowmaker but damn i did not know you could do that with openbox would like to see your config
Dwm- couldn't get used to it but it is awesome
Awesome is great but i can't get used to it
Qtile- never touched it but heard good things
Xmonad- really can't get into it sorry
i clearly prefer floating wm...though tiling is also great i should get more used to awesome
my top 3 are
windowmaker - kinda wierd but i love it
jwm- mine looks like shit but its really customizable and really easy to customize
icewm- not as customizable BUT really ez and lightwheight
If anybody knows how to maximize left or right in icewm please tell me i have spent 3 years trying to figure it out
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RedGeoBlaze
Of the ones I've tried so far
1. BSPWM
2. OpenBox
3. DWM
4. i3
not counting any of the default ones in any of the DEs I've tried.
I don't really like the Master Stack Layout of DWM, but at least it's predictable. It's a gamble of what will happen when you try to move a window in i3. That's why I like BSPWM. Assuming the number of windows in a workspace is the same, the layout won't change until you tell it to, and you can move windows around within that layout however you want. It's got a lot more keybinds necessary, but it's worth it to learn them all, I'd say.
I'm open to using a different one if it keeps the Binary tree framework of BSP, and also lets you tab windows together without monocle mode. (Like having a quarter of the screen be taken by three tabbed windows for example.) That's the only thing keeping me from trying to use Surf or a more minimal terminal. (I'm on Vivaldi and Terminator right now.)
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Of the ones I've tried so far
1. BSPWM
2. OpenBox
3. DWM
4. i3
not counting any of the default ones in any of the DEs I've tried.
I don't really like the Master Stack Layout of DWM, but at least it's predictable. It's a gamble of what will happen when you try to move a window in i3. That's why I like BSPWM. Assuming the number of windows in a workspace is the same, the layout won't change until you tell it to, and you can move windows around within that layout however you want. It's got a lot more keybinds necessary, but it's worth it to learn them all, I'd say.
I'm open to using a different one if it keeps the Binary tree framework of BSP, and also lets you tab windows together without monocle mode. (Like having a quarter of the screen be taken by three tabbed windows for example.) That's the only thing keeping me from trying to use Surf or a more minimal terminal. (I'm on Vivaldi and Terminator right now.)
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MagikGimp
This is insanity. Scoffs at tiles. -Traditional workflow-. Has to memorise key-bindings to bring up separate key-bindings. Has an hour long video to explain how to use windows. This is 'just' 8 managers of how many??
I don't think there's any -workflow- going on here at all, except setting all this up in the first place of course.
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This is insanity. Scoffs at tiles. -Traditional workflow-. Has to memorise key-bindings to bring up separate key-bindings. Has an hour long video to explain how to use windows. This is 'just' 8 managers of how many??
I don't think there's any -workflow- going on here at all, except setting all this up in the first place of course.
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MagikGimp
Also, there's stuff in this video I saw 20 years ago on Windows. It just isn't done any more these days. The Linux desktop you describe is a tinkering, hobbyist OS. The stuff we were doing as teens 20 years ago on Windows. And that's great. But please don't describe it as -workflow- and -more productive- and -control-.
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Also, there's stuff in this video I saw 20 years ago on Windows. It just isn't done any more these days. The Linux desktop you describe is a tinkering, hobbyist OS. The stuff we were doing as teens 20 years ago on Windows. And that's great. But please don't describe it as -workflow- and -more productive- and -control-.
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Eco
What I hate is different version of same thing like piece of clothes and choices is hard to understand and have to listen the sales person who is selling certain product...
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What I hate is different version of same thing like piece of clothes and choices is hard to understand and have to listen the sales person who is selling certain product...
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Kamil
Hi, do you have any solution on multiple workspaces on multiple monitors? Now i have multiple workspaces but only on main screen and not on the other monitors
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Hi, do you have any solution on multiple workspaces on multiple monitors? Now i have multiple workspaces but only on main screen and not on the other monitors
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