I just switched to IceWM after trying so many different versions of tiling window managers. The one that worked best for me was MangoWM, but in the end it also interfered more than helped with my work. A simple floating wm like IceWM works best for the apps I use: basic tools like terminal and Thunar, Reaper, windows apps via wine. Really happy I found out about it. It lets me concentrate on the things that matter.

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jamesbfb a day ago | parent | next [-]

> It lets me concentrate on the things that matter

I don’t know if it’s the case of me being old-ish, but you’ve hit the nail on the head. I’ve been using i3 with pretty much the same dot files for well over a decade, simply because it stays the hell away from the work I am doing.

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trevithick a day ago | parent | next [-]

Same here but with Xfce. It's a trajectory I've seen in many comments. Starting out trying every new DE, customizing them, etc. Eventually ending up on one DE for a decade plus and not even bothering to change the default wallpaper.

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samudrijan 19 hours ago | parent [-]

Black is a good wallpaper.

	▲	necrotic_comp 18 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I use the microsoft default blue - rgb:3A/6E/A5 - which I think is just the right level of unobtrusive.

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SoftTalker 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

At some point, or maybe past a certain age, fucking around with desktop and window manager configurations stops being entertaining. You just want something that has consistent, sane defaults, works with no fuss, and otherwise stays out of your way.

	▲	hulitu 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> You just want something that has consistent, sane defaults, works with no fuss, and otherwise stays out of your way. And this doesn't exist yet. I just edit fvwm2rc to suit my needs and go on.

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necrotic_comp 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yep, I went through the same process. I'm using IceWM with the win95 default theme, and I set it the same on all of my computers.

It's scriptable, unobtrusive, lightweight, and stable. What more could you want ?

	▲	MithrilTuxedo 18 hours ago \| parent [-]
		>using IceWM with the win95 default theme Blast from the past... I used LiteStep on Windows before MSBLAST made me leave the platform for Linux. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiteStep