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1. 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2019 11:51:15 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

   • binsrc :popos:

   @binsrc Nice, looks slick... im on a qtile rice right now but also have a i3 rice going. I <3 tiling window managers

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2019 12:12:06 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • binsrc :popos:

     @binsrc They are amazing in terms of productivity IMO.. once i moved to one I cant stand regular WM anymore.

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2019 12:20:23 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • binsrc :popos:

     @binsrc well... qtile if you spend a ton of time configuring it. its python based and more extensible than i3... i3 is a bit nicer out of the box though and easier to get working quickly.

     I went with qtile as my primary simply because i had very specific behaviors i wanted to define that would have been hard to do in i3

     i3 is **far** more popular than qtile so im more likely to recommend that for someone.

     Both choices are going to be minimalistic advanced WM. Coming from GNOME you may find it to lack the user-friendly nature of GNOME. The expiernce will be closer to other minimalistic WM where you have to invest some time to get all the bits and bobs doing what you want.

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2019 12:21:17 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • binsrc :popos:

     @binsrc Here is a post, with screenshots, where I show off my i3 setup vs my qtile setup

     https://qoto.org/@freemo/102802034606106072

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2019 12:22:36 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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     • binsrc :popos:

     @binsrc Also if you decide to go with i3 but want to use Wayland instead of Xorg (a more modern replacement) consider using sway. It is basically a port of i3 to wayland. Its pretty nice too.

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2019 12:29:51 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • binsrc :popos:

     @binsrc Worth a peak. I find its nice to disconnect from the mouse and rely on more desktops to sort windows than clicking on a menubar.

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2019 12:34:23 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • binsrc :popos:

     @binsrc Worth a peek. I find its nice to disconnect from the mouse and rely on more desktops to sort windows than clicking on a menubar.

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2019 13:21:29 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • Rob G.
     • binsrc :popos:

     @design_RG

     Once you go linux you never go back

     @binsrc

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2019 13:37:55 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • Rob G.
     • binsrc :popos:

     @binsrc

     For me thats where i use mac. I would never touch windows if i can help it. Its awful!

     @design_RG

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2019 14:13:25 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • Rob G.
     • binsrc :popos:

     @design_RG

     I have three laptops I actively use (more that I dont)..

     1) MBP running only OSX
     2) MBP running only linux
     3) Microsoft surface book 4 (pro?) running only linux

     @binsrc