Cool! That's a tiling wm, right? Would have been nice, if you named it. (edit: I just saw it: dwm)
That's the kind of screenschot I am interested in. I don't care about the 127th color variation of a commonly used DE, mostly presenting wallpapers...
Myself: After my journey over lxde, and xfce (both to be recommended to take at least a peek at to anybody who's looking for a not-KDE and not-Gnome DE) I realized I neither need nor want any DE at all, but a pure, simple but most configurable WM, only. I use fvwm (2 [I tried 3, wasn't really satisfied, and switched back to 2]; I also have configured my own window's title bars with self-made buttons; with fvwm you can do that; screenshots of my current setup are on p75 DM 43773 March 1, 2022, and p90 %pupil -sceptical July 25, 2024)
But I also realized I don't want/need no windows at all, neither. I see no sense in having any application I'm currently using started within a (too) small box sorrounded by decorations, while the rest of the monitor is unused space only showing the wallpaper. And it annoys me for over thirty years that I always have to have an additional extra click to maximize the window to fullscreen
every time e.g. I open my browser.
I have several configurations within my .fvwm/config to start my terminals in borderless fullscreen mode, and there are other "tricks"... but it all does not fully satisfy me, really.
I once somewhere read this was against the standard norm, to directly start in fullscreen mode - those who decided that shall get a restraining order from any computers.
So I'm highly interested in any (kind of) WM that gives a shit about that standard.
If you start to manipulate the tool you're using within its very core so to abuse it for it was not ment to, you shall ask yourself if you're still using the right tool, and if it's not better to change to another one.
So, I wrangle with myself for a while if a tiling WM wasn't not the thing I am truely looking for.
Some thing you may control more with the keyboard, automatically split the screen, when you open the second terminal, 3rd app...
But which there are?
And how they behave on a multihead system? (I have 4 monitors attached)
Changing to another GUI/DE/WM, again, configure it, learning it, learning how to configure it (anything saves its config as XML is out of the question) is a laborious step as I already experienced.
So I want to decide carefully.
I very much appreciate your inputs, experiences, advices on this topic.
Thanks in advance.
Back then, not that many people even had cell phones, let alone being even aware of calculator apps on them! And look at how things have changed since - everyone has at least a cheap smartphone, knows about calculator apps, and school districts hold parent-teacher meetings to dscuss how to fight tooth and nail to rip the kids' attention away from the smartphones! Not only that, having a working, charged phone on you at all times is practically a requirement to be functional in today's society. Yep, now everybody has a calculator in their pockets! Properly using it to their own advantage - now that's another story.
