{"id":98,"date":"2011-08-29T16:22:22","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T21:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alandmoore.com\/blog\/?p=98"},"modified":"2011-08-30T13:28:08","modified_gmt":"2011-08-30T18:28:08","slug":"awesome-window-manager-my-thoughts-after-the-first-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alandmoore.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/29\/awesome-window-manager-my-thoughts-after-the-first-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Awesome Window manager: my thoughts after the first month."},"content":{"rendered":"

For years I’ve been a die-hard KDE<\/a> fan; while I’ll admit to temporarily\u00a0jumping ship during the tumultuous 4.0 through 4.2 release cycles, and routinely trying out other desktop environments just to see how they schoon, I’ve pretty much stuck with my pal Konqi<\/a> since back around 3.4.<\/p>\n

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Awesome window manager. Not much to see, but that's kind of the point...<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

For my desktop, especially at work, KDE still runs the show. \u00a0But KDE doesn’t seem to enjoy running properly on my laptop, and frankly does a better job of getting in the way of my workflow than accelerating it. \u00a0After some time with XFCE, LXDE, Openbox, and even IceWM, I think I finally found what I’ve been looking for in a desktop environment:\u00a0Awesome<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ummm… awesome?<\/h2>\n

So, maybe you’re asking yourself what a desktop environment (OK, window manager — I know…) called “awesome” is like, and if your answer involves sparkling effects, windows whizzing around the screen, and a spinning octohedron of desktops, you probably want to stop reading now and check out the less enthusiastically named “compiz<\/a>“. \u00a0Anyway, that’s not what I was looking for.<\/p>\n

When I took some time to think about my workflow and what I wanted from my desktop, I came up with a quick list of what my ideal windowing environment would be like:<\/p>\n