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the temporality of an era (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 11 months ago by pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org to c/unix_surrealism@lemmy.sdf.org

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[–] nul9o9@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Tiling window managers fit this for me.

[–] madthumbs@lemmy.world -2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The first version of Windows used tiling.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Not really. The tiling in windows didn't work in the same automatic "turn it on and watch it go" way that it does on Linux. But don't let that get in the way of your bizarre Linux trolling as I know you've been waiting all day for your moment to "shine"

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I used Windows 2.something on an old Compaq 386 (16MHz) and it didn't automatically title anything. There was an option to tile (or cascade) the current window set, but a new window would not cause a retiling. Neither would a window closing.

[–] madthumbs@lemmy.world -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Windows 1; not 2

-Because of a lawsuit from Apple.

Fwiw, I've seen some people demonstrate a robust and efficient keyboard based workflow using floating window management. Sometimes it's a simple matter of what you set out to learn.

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I prefer tiled windows (XMonad) but I use my mouse for a lot of things, it's not because I need a keyboard based workflow.