I wish someone would make a tiling desktop environment instead of only a window manager to make them easy to use for all without tweaking because they are the future of the DEs.

  • ducking_donuts@lemm.ee
    2·
    2 years ago

    KDE has pretty good tiling functionality these days, not much need in using another WM unless you have a very specific workflow in mind

    • Prunebutt@feddit.de
      4·
      2 years ago

      I once saw a video which showed off the built-in Plasma tiling feature and complained that it could not have been developed by a tiling WM user, since it was very inflexible and mouse focused. He could not use it with a keyboard, which kind of defeats the purpose of tiling in the first place.

      • ProtonBadger
        1·
        2 years ago

        He could not use it with a keyboard, which kind of defeats the purpose of tiling in the first place.

        I wouldn’t say it defeats the purpose of tiling in general - it’s a very nice addition for many of us, but I can see how it lacks utility for hardcore tiling wm users. Perhaps it could be improved if someone have time and skill to step in.

        • Prunebutt@feddit.de
          1·
          2 years ago

          No, “defeating the purpose” definetly is hyperbole. ;)

          But if you’ve used tiling before and do a lot of text editing (like developers do) and use the terminal a lot, not being able to use the keyboard for tiling WMs just feels worse than using a stacking WM in the first place, since you feel so held back by the mouse.