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		colordrops on Jan 12, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I switched from OS X to Linux What finally got me to switch was a tiling window manager. I hated all graphical desktops on Linux, and finally bit the bullet and installed XMonad. My productivity has increased measurably. Its the only graphical environment I can tolerate besides OS X's window manager, and I actually prefer it.

jhasse on Jan 12, 2017 | [–]

"OS X's window manager" wait what? IIRC it doesn't have any tiling support at all.

Filligree on Jan 12, 2017 | [–]

XMonad's killer feature isn't tiling, which you can even disable.

It's the multi-workspace support, that completely decouples workspaces from screens. (So you can swap them around arbitrarily.)

jhasse on Jan 12, 2017 | | [–]

Ah didn't know that, thanks :)

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