I've been fascinated with Tiling Windows Manager for a while now.
It's one of the features of Linux I've been really interested in
utilizing but never really implemented. Personally, I think I'm just
so used with a desktop environment while using a mouse and keyboard
setup. Going into a tiling window managers that forces you to a more
keyboard and shortcut setup, I just feel like the K&M setup is more
versatile.
As well, I use Windows DE alot as it's more versatile than Linux
distributions (in a sense where I don't really have to look for software
alternatives in Linux, Windows software environment is robust and I have
plenty to look for - as well, gaming is not smooth enough for me). And the
vaunted customization that Linux distributions is slowly being erased with
the Linux subsystem that Win10/11 started to implement.
The way I see it, I will only really implement a TWM for systems that are
really low-spec or a couple of generations behind as they are low resource
alternatives to DE. For me to put a TWM in my Win10 box would not make sense
as I already run it in a low spec system and adding an extra layer would not
be optimized.
Mind you, I still enjoy some of its features like layout customization. I
run PowerToys and the recent updates has a tiling layout system that I've
implemented - it's mostly for my 2nd monitor and when I need to split windows
in my main monitor. NVIDIA also has something similar that I didn't test out.
I've also seen some newer ones pop out for windows like fancyVM (not that new
lol), workspacers and komorebi - if I see something interesting about them, I
might gander to try them out.
I'm still itching to try it out though, maybe when I end up finally installing
ArchLinux from scratch - I'll probably run it with a TWM instead of a DE. Until
that time, I can only keep looking at REDDIT/UnixPorn for eye candy.
.....from the deranged mind of the doctor who lost his box