Le 07.02.2014 06:08, Anubhav Yadav a écrit :
Simply that, if you intend to take i3, you will have to learn to
think
differently. My opinion is that tiling wm are far more efficient
than
classic stacking window managers, but it indeed changed my habits.
Since
then, for example, I do not use any file explorer, they are slower
than
command line for most things. Of course, you still can use file
explorers...
So you use only command line for navigation files? Or do you use a
command line
file explorer?
I tried mc. I did not liked it, so I only use bash.
Now, i3 is the one I choose because it did not implied a lot of
learning,
it's configuration file is really clean: no need to learn any
programming
language there, but facts is that it lacks some features against
more
hard-core twm, for example some others have layouts: new windows
does not
just split current container, they are moved in a precise place of
the
screen.
But anyway, here is a quote from i3-wm.org: "i3 is primarily
targeted at
advanced users and developers.". Gnome users might do not feel good
there.
It provide only a window manager, no menu, no desktop, etc. You will
have to
install those yourself.
All I need is a good network manager. A good notifier so that I get
notified of
xchat mentions or usb plugged in notifications.
Wicd works like a charm, but I only use it when I need to connect to
non protected wifi network, because I do not know how to configure by
hand those networks :)
About notification notifier, i3 can notify you when a window ask
attention, so no problem for xchat I guess. For usb notifications, I do
not know, never really minded, I mount storage myself, and for other
hardware, udev does what it have to do alone.
Now I am also a programming student, so learning a good language for
a twm
shouldn't be an overkill.
I face a question now:
1) Should I take time to learn a new twm, or should I install both
twm and xfce.
2) i3 vs awesome! Just installed i3, lets see how it fares against
awesome.
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Regards,
Anubhav Yadav
Imperial College of Engineering and Research,
Pune.
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