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| author | eug-vs <eugene@eug-vs.xyz> | 2022-04-02 15:28:12 +0300 |
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| committer | eug-vs <eugene@eug-vs.xyz> | 2022-04-02 16:23:56 +0300 |
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blog: DWM - useless gaps are useless!
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diff --git a/blog/2022-04-02.md b/blog/2022-04-02.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6f8a9a2 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/2022-04-02.md @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +# DWM - useless gaps are useless! +Many people in Linux community spend too much time *"ricing"* their desktops. Here are few points I came to after using minimal window managers for 2 years: + - Screen real estate **matters** + - Gaps are **useless** (unless you care about your wallpaper) + - Wallpapers draw too much of your **attention** + - You **don't need** to constantly see your CPU temperature, battery percentage etc. + - **Less** windows is **better** + +And from that I can derive an advice on how to stay functional, productive and efficient with minimal window managers: + - **Get rid** of gaps + - **Stop** caring about your wallpaper + - **Don't** put many windows on your screen at once. You probably only need one. Two is ok, sometimes three. More windows = less focus + - Try **removing** window borders (or using `1px black` border). You won't be able to see which window is focused this way, and that will naturally encourage you to keep less windows on the screen + - **Decrease** the number of available workspaces / tags + - **Hide** your status bar when you don't need it + +Following these steps leads you to super-productive no-distraction fullscreen experience. You still get all the advantages of your window manager though. + +**Try it!** (you can always switch back) + + +# Evolution of my desktop +Here's my journey to my current WM philosophy - represented in random screenshots with a couple of comments. + +If you want to replicate a setup on the screenshot - lookup it's date and checkout the corresponding commit of my [dwm build](https://git.eug-vs.xyz/suckless/dwm/). + +## i3 +I've been happy user of `i3` with a lot of "ricing" for a long time. I liked transparent windows, blur and shadows: + + + + + + +## DWM +But then I decided to switch to suckless `dwm`. The functional approach was so much better then manual window management in i3 - as a perfectionist I always spent extra time arranging windows "in a cool way". DWM solved this problem entirely, but I still couldn't live without beautiful wallpaper and gaps. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +## Fuck gaps! +After ~4 months of `dwm` (and ~year of using minimal window managers) I realized - gaps are just taking too much of my screen real estate! Let's try removing them entirely: + + + +As a bonus you stop caring about your nice wallpaper because you only see it once - when you first boot your machine. You can also get rid of your composite manager now. Finally, get rid of that bright orange: + + + + + + + + + + + +That setup was untouched for 4 months! Finally rollback some patches to get that beautiful default status bar (that color though!): + + + + +## Current state +That lived for 3 more months and now I use gray as the accent color and all my borders are black! Also I decreased the number of available tags. + + + +Most of the time I hide status-bar anyway. + + + diff --git a/blog/index.md b/blog/index.md index a750bed..a2951b9 100644 --- a/blog/index.md +++ b/blog/index.md @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ ## 2022 +### April + +- [DWM - useless gaps are useless!](2022-04-02.md) + ### March - [Agent-less infrastructure management with Ansible :ansible:](2022-03-26.md) diff --git a/public/desktop-screenshots/2020-12-08_01-49-30.jpg b/public/desktop-screenshots/2020-12-08_01-49-30.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..2e7b808 --- /dev/null +++ b/public/desktop-screenshots/2020-12-08_01-49-30.jpg diff --git a/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-01-06_18-57-32.jpg b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-01-06_18-57-32.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..2f88d6d --- /dev/null +++ b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-01-06_18-57-32.jpg diff --git a/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-03-10_21-14-09.jpg b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-03-10_21-14-09.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..58596df --- /dev/null +++ b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-03-10_21-14-09.jpg diff --git a/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-03-27_01-26-27.jpg b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-03-27_01-26-27.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..c05a7bb --- /dev/null +++ b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-03-27_01-26-27.jpg diff --git a/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-04-26_00-06-32.jpg b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-04-26_00-06-32.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..e0780af --- /dev/null +++ b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-04-26_00-06-32.jpg diff --git a/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-06-04_08-52-16.jpg b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-06-04_08-52-16.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..5fea913 --- /dev/null +++ b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-06-04_08-52-16.jpg diff --git a/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-06-25_16-19-05.jpg b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-06-25_16-19-05.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..374aafb --- /dev/null +++ b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-06-25_16-19-05.jpg diff --git a/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-06-28_19-12-39.jpg b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-06-28_19-12-39.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..0a2302b --- /dev/null +++ b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-06-28_19-12-39.jpg diff --git a/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-07-15_14-20-16.jpg b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-07-15_14-20-16.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..f431f2e --- /dev/null +++ b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-07-15_14-20-16.jpg diff --git a/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-07-22_09-50-48.jpg b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-07-22_09-50-48.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..9b8b08f --- /dev/null +++ b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-07-22_09-50-48.jpg diff --git a/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-08-14_02-29-30.jpg b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-08-14_02-29-30.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..625d6c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-08-14_02-29-30.jpg diff --git a/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-10-07_13-11-59.jpg b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-10-07_13-11-59.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..699f848 --- /dev/null +++ b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-10-07_13-11-59.jpg diff --git a/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-10-17_16-17-55.jpg b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-10-17_16-17-55.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..cfe7c3a --- /dev/null +++ b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-10-17_16-17-55.jpg diff --git a/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-11-06_15-24-35.jpg b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-11-06_15-24-35.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..fdec28a --- /dev/null +++ b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-11-06_15-24-35.jpg diff --git a/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-12-05_21-38-36.jpg b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-12-05_21-38-36.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..7bea66f --- /dev/null +++ b/public/desktop-screenshots/2021-12-05_21-38-36.jpg diff --git a/public/desktop-screenshots/2022-03-21_20-01-58.jpg b/public/desktop-screenshots/2022-03-21_20-01-58.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..baa4ea6 --- /dev/null +++ b/public/desktop-screenshots/2022-03-21_20-01-58.jpg diff --git a/public/desktop-screenshots/2022-04-01_18-44-17.jpg b/public/desktop-screenshots/2022-04-01_18-44-17.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..fcee63f --- /dev/null +++ b/public/desktop-screenshots/2022-04-01_18-44-17.jpg diff --git a/public/desktop-screenshots/2022-04-02_14-59-33.jpg b/public/desktop-screenshots/2022-04-02_14-59-33.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..28eca8e --- /dev/null +++ b/public/desktop-screenshots/2022-04-02_14-59-33.jpg |
