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by specproc 507 days ago
I can recommend trying out any non-standard WM to anyone looking to learn more about what's going on with a Linux desktop. I learned more about Linux playing around with TWMs than any other class of software.

I don't know if it's really made me any more productive, but it's a fantastic learning experience, the ergonomics are great, and there's incredible satisfaction in building your own desktop environment from the ground up.
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freedomben 507 days ago
What are some of the most interesting WMs in your opinion?
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thugcee 507 days ago
For X11: Binary Space Partitioning WM https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm
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specproc 506 days ago
I don't know about interesting, I think Niri from the parent looks like something I'd like to try.

I've used i3 and moved to hyprland (because it's pretty).

From the perspective I was coming from, I don't think it matters that much, you'll run into the same issues with any of them.

It's about understanding all the things Gnome/KDE/Xfce etc do for you, and how you can set that up differently yourself using components of your choice.

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PuercoPop 506 days ago
wmii[0], it implements the acme window layout. But the interesting part is that it exposes its state as a file-system. The main loop is a shell script[1]. So BYO posible, fe here is a Ruby one [2]

[0]: https://github.com/0intro/wmii [1]: https://github.com/0intro/wmii/blob/main/cmd/wmii.rc.rc [2]: https://github.com/sunaku/wmiirc

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