Well, dammit! I tried. I really, really tried. And it was very, very h ...

[unklebonehead]

Well, dammit! I tried. I really, really tried. And it was very, very hard. So hard I actually gave up already. I just cant do it anymore.

After using a tiling WM for the last 8 months I can NOT handle going back to a full fledged desktop experience.

Sorry. No can do!

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[chrisrice]

What is WM?

• Windows Mobile?
  
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[unklebonehead]

Lol. No its Window Manager. Not a traditional desktop environment. Very lightweight and fast. With a tiling window manager you typically use the keyboard to maneuver around the desktop rather than a mouse.

[helcim]

Which one are you using? I still got one laptop where I am using larswm. Sadly unavailable in recent distros.

[unklebonehead]

Its InstantOS. It using instant window manager. I think it started as a fork of a bunch of suckless's stuff buts grown into uts own beast. Its pretty damn good, in ky opinion. https://instantos.io if you want to check it out.

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[chrisrice]

Ahh, so you use keys on the keyboard for shortcuts instead of a mouse?

It's hard for me to imagine not using a mouse or a touchpad.

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[unklebonehead]

Thats how I was about 5 months ago. Now I cant seem to go back. Lol. I still use the mouse but its so much faster to just jump with a button push.

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[helcim]

Actually it's much more productive. Mouse was a very bad idea in terms of ease of use of a graphical interface. Rather naive imitation of a traditional pointer used by old-style professors. There was a lot of research done proving that keyboard-driven interfaces are much more efficient, yet few people are bold enough to switch. Bad habits win, as (almost) always.

[chrisrice]

Ah okay 👍

• I think Silicon Valley will be pushing brain interfaces in the next few years though 😕
  
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[helcim]

Are you sure you will be controlling your computer with your brain, or the other way around :)

[chrisrice]

Yeah, that's what the emoji at the end of my Buzz was for! LOL

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