I too am in the "it's done, it works well, don't mess with it" camp.
I've tested everything. Xfce, tiling window managers, kde. Eventually I settled on Gnome, but I incorporate few "tiling features". Such as keystroke changing workspaces on one monitor and the second monitor always showing the same few "always on" apps.
I always have my terminal with tmux full screen on workspace 1. My Web browser on no 2. My IDE on 4 and my password manager on 9. Then if I watch a video it's always on 3, if I do graphics work it's always on 5 and so on.
I use ctrl-super-number to switch workspaces. If I need to move current window it's ctrl-shift-super-number.
On a work windows mashine I use the exa t same keys thanks to AutoHotkey software. So I have the exact same work flow on Linux and Windows. The only difference is on Windows workspace 1 is WSL terminal.
Ive been working like this for years. Select copy and paste works fine with left/right mouse button.
I have all my widgets I need showing the temperatures, what my pc and network are doing.
The only thing I'm missing with the workspaces or tiling WM is slide in Windows for cross cutting concerns...
Want a terminal on the exact screen/workspace without minimizing windows or switching workspaces?
Want to drag a file from a file manager into an open Window?
Want to lookup something in your contacts or calendar?
I thought of something like quake-mode [1]/ guake as global overlay triggered by a shortcut like super+t for terminal etc. Would be a nice Addition to cosmic with tiling i think. Did not find the time for a PR yet.
Spectrwm(rather obscure, but I like it) has a free window mode for things like this. where free windows are in all workspaces. Define some hotkeys for the special app invocation and perhaps add a protected region to keep normal windows out.
And a rendered manual <a href="https://manpages.debian.org/trixie/spectrwm/spectrwm.1.en.html" rel="nofollow">https://manpages.debian.org/trixie/spectrwm/spectrwm.1.en.ht...
I had fun figuring it out one day, but the way I use the computer it did not provide much utility. so my config stays rather stock.
Roark66 · · focus · HN ↗
I've tested everything. Xfce, tiling window managers, kde. Eventually I settled on Gnome, but I incorporate few "tiling features". Such as keystroke changing workspaces on one monitor and the second monitor always showing the same few "always on" apps.
I always have my terminal with tmux full screen on workspace 1. My Web browser on no 2. My IDE on 4 and my password manager on 9. Then if I watch a video it's always on 3, if I do graphics work it's always on 5 and so on.
I use ctrl-super-number to switch workspaces. If I need to move current window it's ctrl-shift-super-number.
On a work windows mashine I use the exa t same keys thanks to AutoHotkey software. So I have the exact same work flow on Linux and Windows. The only difference is on Windows workspace 1 is WSL terminal.
Ive been working like this for years. Select copy and paste works fine with left/right mouse button.
I have all my widgets I need showing the temperatures, what my pc and network are doing.
Why would I want to change anything?
sandreas · · focus · HN ↗
Want a terminal on the exact screen/workspace without minimizing windows or switching workspaces?
Want to drag a file from a file manager into an open Window?
Want to lookup something in your contacts or calendar?
I thought of something like quake-mode [1]/ guake as global overlay triggered by a shortcut like super+t for terminal etc. Would be a nice Addition to cosmic with tiling i think. Did not find the time for a PR yet.
1: <a href="https://github.com/repsac-by/gnome-shell-extension-quake-mode" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/repsac-by/gnome-shell-extension-quake-mod...
somat · · focus · HN ↗
<a href="https://github.com/conformal/spectrwm" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/conformal/spectrwm
And a rendered manual <a href="https://manpages.debian.org/trixie/spectrwm/spectrwm.1.en.html" rel="nofollow">https://manpages.debian.org/trixie/spectrwm/spectrwm.1.en.ht...
I had fun figuring it out one day, but the way I use the computer it did not provide much utility. so my config stays rather stock.