Hi, I did enjoy the post. I've run arch for about 20 years and have customized it for many embedded projects.
I'm not sure what was in the post prior to "desktop environment" and "tiling window manager", but I would suggest that "desktop environment" and "window manager" are not exactly comparable things.
The desktop environment is much more than a window manager, providing automount and other user services.
The window managers may also be "floating" as well as "tiling". The "floating window manager" is much like what most desktop environments provide, but it's only the window manager, none of that automount, or other stuff.
Personally I've been using fluxbox for many years, and love it.
In keeping with the "build your own" nature of this post, all of the config files are in the home directory in .fluxbox/. So everytime I upgrade, or move to a new machine, by copying my home directory I'm presented with the exact same desktop. No modifications to my workflow!
A good post, might I suggest a small modification? It should be desktop environment and tiling window manager.
Indeed ! Ill correct ASAP
Hi, I did enjoy the post. I've run arch for about 20 years and have customized it for many embedded projects.
I'm not sure what was in the post prior to "desktop environment" and "tiling window manager", but I would suggest that "desktop environment" and "window manager" are not exactly comparable things.
The desktop environment is much more than a window manager, providing automount and other user services.
The window managers may also be "floating" as well as "tiling". The "floating window manager" is much like what most desktop environments provide, but it's only the window manager, none of that automount, or other stuff.
Personally I've been using fluxbox for many years, and love it.
In keeping with the "build your own" nature of this post, all of the config files are in the home directory in .fluxbox/. So everytime I upgrade, or move to a new machine, by copying my home directory I'm presented with the exact same desktop. No modifications to my workflow!
Thanks for this interesting addition