> On Mar 3, 2016, at 5:09 PM, Frostyfrog <frostyfr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I first tried out xmonad, then I switched to subtle, and now I'm using dwm. > > xmonad <http://xmonad.org/> was a bit bulky from my experience. All > configuration was done in haskell and you need to have ghc in order to > compile the config.
You say that like it’s a bad thing. Everyone should have ghc installed anyway. ;) I also like lua, so I tried awesomewm, but for some reason it always felt really slow compared to xmonad; if I’m going to go all minimalist with my window manager, it’d better be fast. > dwm <http://dwm.suckless.org/> offers an insane amount of customization. On > the downside, you need to learn C. From my experience, DWM works well with > 4 monitors. If you're willing to tinker with your WM and want to learn a > bit of C, I'd give dwm a try. To quote their website, "dwm is only a single > binary, and its source code is intended to never exceed 2000 SLOC" 2000 > lines of code isn't that bad to read through if you want to tinker with > DWM's fundamentals. Not as nice as xmonad, and not even the guys who made Unix thought configuring stuff in C was a good idea. But it’s nice if you don’t want to change the config. The folks at suckless.org have some nice programs if you need lightweight alternatives to things, but I think they must be slightly insane. :) /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
