XFCE rice in Trisquel
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I switched my laptop from ArcoLinux to Trisquel after having the desire to be more private and since I already use only free software, I just made the transition with ease.
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Is that XFCE? That looks like DWM or some other tiling window manager.
It is purely XFCE, I find tiling window managers to be too time consuming to configure so I use XFWM keybindings to do my window managing.
That's funny, I use DWM for the same reason - the keybindings are all set up, it's too time consuming for me to try to set up a floating DE into a proper tiling window manager.
I hope you'll share some info on your XFWM keybindings. I have not seen anyone do what you are doing before.
It's not automatic tiling though I wish it was and I know that their is a way to automatically tile them but I haven't figured it out yet.
Oh I see, you are using the quadrants then, correct? Well it certainly looks exactly like you are using DWM or Awesome or some similar window manager. Quite a nice bit of work there.
Thank you and yes I believe they are quadrants, I notice you said you use DWM through Trisquel, I would love to see that.
There's not much to see, I just use DWM with the default setup, except I add a systray patch so I can use my favorite screenshotter from the systray - flameshot.
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Are these numbers from 1 to 10 for virtual desktops?
If so, how do you find in which virtual desktop a window is?
Personally, I use the fvwm pager (see in upper left corner) for that purpose. To have that, I replace the MATE window manager with fvwm. The key bindings are those configured in fvwm. Configuring fvwm is like programming but there is a detailed manual and an fvwm configuration works forever. I selected that window manager in the 1990s and disliked all alternatives I tried so far.
The numbers 1-10 are different workstations, An example would be me having my code fully on the screen on workstation 1 and having music playing in workstation 2.
I'll bet you mean to say workspaces.
On DWM you have "tags" instead of workspaces, and there are 9 tags by default. Tags have the advantage that if you wanted to interact with a program like your web browser on every tag, you could have that and then have other programs on each tag too. So for example, tag 1 would be like workspace 1, and it might show your browser and your text editor. Tag 2 would be like workspace two, but you could have something like your browser (same browser window with the same tabs and sites open as tag 1) and your gimp picture editor. Tag 3, maybe you show the same browser (same tabs and sites) open along with your word processing document. Tag 4 might show your browser window and your email client, etc, etc.
Or you don't have to do that - all 9 tags can have completely different programs open. Or tags 1 through 4 might show your browser and some other programs open, and tags 5-9 don't show the browser but do show different terminal windows or something.
You can also tell programs to always open on certain tag numbers. Some people like to have their browser always open on tag 9, so they always know they can see their browser instantly by hitting their super-9 key combo.
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Thanks for the explanations. I have seen the same feature called workspaces, virtual desktops or pages (with slight differences). I will probably try DWM to have a better clue on how these tags "show" what is in there.
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