Re: [dev] dwm is awesome!

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Uriel<lost.goblin_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:32 PM, Ray Kohler<ataraxia937_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Anders Andersson<pipatron_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Heh, I just started using dwm myself, and I love it! I wanted to try a
>>> tiling window manager, and did some basic research and dwm seemed to
>>> suit me best. I wish I did this switch years ago. I might want to try
>>> wmii too, mainly because I want the possibility of a grid layout (2x2
>>> for example) rather than master+stack.
>>
>> I thought I really wanted the grid feature, and was using the very
>> nice gapless grid patch for a while, until one day I decided to try
>> doing without it and found I didn't miss it at all.
>
> This is a common pattern, people are convinced that they *really* need
> "feature" X until they actually do try to live for a while without it
> (or with a more minimalist / sane alternative), and then realize how
> little real value it had.
>
> We see it with new Plan 9 users *all the time*.
>
> uriel
>

The only problem with Plan9 is that, from what I've heard, its
pointless to run it without X (eg. using rio). I just find that
inconceivable.
Received on Sat Aug 29 2009 - 19:22:02 UTC