[lorenzfx]

Or give a tiling window manager [0] a try. My favorite is i3 [1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager

[1] http://i3wm.org/

[neilellis]

+1 i3 is pretty darn good. Would be great if it was a little more user friendly though :-)

[greggyb]

I'm just curious what parts you find not quite user friendly enough?

[neilellis]

Oh it would be nice to have reminders for keyboard shortcuts, in status bar when you press the meta key etc. Since you're relying on a lot of memorising - that would be a huge asset.

[yellowapple]

I second this recommendation, though I personally prefer XMonad or bspwm for my own tiling WM needs.