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		tomorokoshi on May 9, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: LXQt – The next generation of the Lightweight Desk... You might also like i3. I tried many tiling window managers, and i3 is my favorite. Its "manual tiling" works well with my brain. Also see this comparison of tiling WMs: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Comparison_of_Tiling_Wi...

theGimp on May 9, 2014 [–]

Thank you very much for your suggestion. I will try i3 in a few days -- once I know what ratpoison's and StumpWM's annoyances and strengths are.

Update: I lied. i3 looked too good to wait for so I tried it, and it feels a lot more natural. I'm quite certain this will be it!

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