• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I have ADHD. How is it worse? I find window managers interesting in theory but absolutely dreadful in actual use.

    None are even close to feeling usable for anything other than showing off terminal windows

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      5 months ago

      A window manager is part of what you use, unless you run one program in its dedicated X session or don’t use X at all, or use Wayland, in which case you use a Wayland compositor.

      If by “window manager” you mean only standalone window managers that are not part of KDE or Gnome - then just as usable as those that are.

      If you mean that catching someone with a terminal emulator open disqualifies its author as a showoff - many of us actually do use CLI and TUI programs, and for that we need terminal emulators.

      If you think that “window manager” means only tiling WMs from r/unixporn on Reddit - the choice is kinda bigger, there are a few hundreds of them.

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        5 months ago

        I obviously meant tiling window manager setups, like you described.

        And no I didn’t say using the terminal means you’re a showoff, I have it open all throughout my workday.

        I was saying that TWM setups are poor in terms of usability. The Gnome workflow is perfect for people with ADHD. I can’t really think of anything better.