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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Which Tiling Window Managers do you like, and why? (lemmy.ml)

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feel free to list other window managers you've used.

I have been happy with bspwm, but considering trying something else. I love its simplicity and immense customizability. I like that it is shell scriptable, but it is not a deal breaker feature for me.

I like how the binary split model makes any custom partition possible.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've been using dwm for a while now, I have a custom arch PKGBUILD to patch it the way I need and I'm generally satisfied with it.

the big downside is that you do need basic knowledge of C to actually configure it and quite a willingness to play around when applying patches, if you go the dwm route make sure that you're applying your patches via some script so you can easily take patches out or reorder them without having to rebuild everything from scratch, there's also a version that you can enable/disable patches and rebuild; but I haven't tried that yet.