A dwm (Dynamic Window Manager) Journey- 2
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
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)
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)
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
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)?
[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
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…
DWM & learning how-to build “a nice setup”
Along with my 'other' Covid-19 related adventures' I have just completed my first dwm (Dynamic Window Manager) desktop setup. I thought I would share what I created and hope "someone…
bspwm (+ hlwm) setup
This is an update/ report on my bspwn Journey. I continue to especially enjoy using bspwm... I hope folks find some of my learnings reasonably helpful. Below you will find…
Single workspace tasks shown on tint2 bar (bottom)
Task Management (across Workspaces & across the entire Desktop)
Because I frequently want to know what is active on my current 'workspace,' as well as across all my workspaces, I have enabled and use two tools/approaches: rofi: rofi provides…