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I Don't Care About My Linux Window Manager

3 pointsby jcastroover 4 years ago

2 comments

txutxuover 4 years ago
I&#x27;m using fluxbox since... can&#x27;t remember... 200x. It just works for me. Does not get in the way.<p>No CPU issues, no ram issues, no effects issues. And has notifications.<p>The customizable menu, which allows includes, which also I can update via scripts&#x2F;cron, is pretty useful.<p>A very custom fluxkeys helps for all my needs.<p>Regarding stacked layouts, I only use: 2 windows horizontally or 2 windows vertically (independently on each screen). Related snippet from my .fluxbox&#x2F;keys:<p><pre><code> Mod4 o :ArrangeWindows Mod4 i :ArrangeWindowsVertical Mod4 p :ArrangeWindowsHorizontal </code></pre> The thing I have spent more time doing for fluxbox, was my custom theme, I did it using Gimp + vim, and all themes I did try had little details I didn&#x27;t like. It&#x27;s just another folder in my dotfiles since then, like 6 years ago.<p>Totally resonate with the title.<p>I use the computer to do stuff... and fluxbox is one of my stack choices. Don&#x27;t like to constantly do stuff just to be able to do stuff.
mikeceover 4 years ago
What percentage of Linux users similarly don&#x27;t care about their window manager? I know Linux users split off to their own distro&#x2F;tribe for all sorts of technical and aesthetic reasons. I kinda wish there would be a consolidation of effort behind one stack if for no other reason than to give macOS and Windows a proper challenge. Perhaps with the Evil IBM acquiring Red Hat the &quot;last free distro standing&quot; behind which everyone can rally could be Debian&#x2F;Ubuntu? I&#x27;m fine with that.