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diff --git a/blog/2022-04-02.md b/blog/2022-04-02.md deleted file mode 100644 index 6f8a9a2..0000000 --- a/blog/2022-04-02.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,83 +0,0 @@ -# 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. - - - |