[jlcgull]

But can it tile windows yet? :-)

I know, I should use a "real" window manager if I need my windows to be tiled, but I feel that tiling is a real feature with a legitimate need that should be built into Gnome.

[SkyMarshal]

I've dabbled with Awesome and Xmonad, but am not an expert. However I've found that Compiz Grid + Guake on Gnome gives me mouse-less window management too:

http://guake.org/ (in most repo's)

Grid:

    sudo apt-get install compiz-fusion-plugins-extra

CompizConfig -> Window Management -> Enable Grid

Desktop controls:

* Position and tile a window: Ctrl-Alt-[Numpad]

* Show/Hide console: F12

* Open multiple console tabs: Shift-Ctrl-T

* Change workspace: Super-[leftarrow], Super-[righarrow]

* Start any program, open any file: Alt-F2 or Super-Space (for Gnome-Do)

[andybak]

Ah! My pet rant too. Overlapping windows. What a pain they are...

[mkelly]

I also thought the same thing. I don't mind fully overlapping windows (a la tabs), but leaving a bunch of useless space, occupied by nothing more than a pretty picture, on my power-huntry monitor is what's inconceivable to me.

I think I've irrevocably put myself on the fringe by switching to a tiling window manager, though. Oh well. There's a little more elbow room out here.