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Helpful system tray utilities/applications

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:December 28, 2020
Post category:Applications & Tools tutorials

I have been doing quite a bit of research & tweaking of my dwm (debian and arch-based) installations over the past several weeks. In the process of this work, I…

Fvwm3 Tutorial

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:November 25, 2020
Post category:MXLinux Stacking Window Managers tutorials

In my continuing saga of trying and using window managers (wm), I have installed Fvwm3. By way of providing a bit of background I'll start by describing my environment: Fvwm3…

A dwm (Dynamic Window Manager) Journey- 3

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:August 23, 2020
Post category:Knowledgebase Tiling Window Managers tutorials

In the third (3rd) installment of this tutorial series, I'll discuss environment concerns/ requirements as well as implementation evaluation and components. To begin, I'll enumerate what I consider (for me)…

A dwm (Dynamic Window Manager) Journey- 2

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:August 22, 2020
Post category:Knowledgebase Tiling Window Managers tutorials

As I noted in my first article in this series, I began this journey with a decent understanding of both bspwm and herbstluftwm (hlwm). However, if I wanted to use…

A dwm (Dynamic Window Manager) Journey- 1

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:August 21, 2020
Post category:Knowledgebase Tiling Window Managers tutorials

I have to say that I have a horrible history of remaining on any environment for very long. Now, in my forever journeys of Linux exploration, I have recently arrived…

DWM Tweaks (Panel, Desktop & Status)

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:August 7, 2020
Post category:Tiling Window Managers

Revised: 09 Aug 2020 If you are like me, you want information about activities and resources consumed on your PC/ Laptop. As a user (and fan) of dwm, I have…

Pop!OS my adventure(s)

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:May 22, 2020
Post category:Dialog Tools Tiling Window Managers tutorials

Like many of my articles, this is a brief tutorial on some useful (to me) tweaks I have added to a new distro. Be advised: this is my first foray…

Implementing Linux Window Managers ~ Tutorial

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:May 6, 2020
Post category:Tiling Window Managers tutorials

Are you interested in learning a bit 'more' about Linux Window Managers? Have you tried installing one (or more) only to arrive at a blank screen? Do you aspire to…

Anyone interested in Tilers (Tiling Window Managers)?

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:May 2, 2020
Post category:Tiling Window Managers

[soapbox] Personally, I think that thing thing that prevents many people from using tilers has more to do with "fear of the unknown" than anything else. I can say, It…

HLWM (HerbstluftWM) version 0.8 Install/ Setup

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:April 17, 2020
Post category:Knowledgebase Tiling Window Managers

I just completed an install and setup of HLWM version 0.8 on my ArchLabs laptop. Here's a screenshot. The hlwm autostart dotfile is here: autostart.tar The infrastructure setup (for all…