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Awesome: A window manager that gets out of the way

Awesome: A window manager that gets out of the way

Posted Nov 17, 2011 14:03 UTC (Thu) by chsnyder (guest, #52714)
In reply to: Awesome: A window manager that gets out of the way by nix
Parent article: Awesome: A window manager that gets out of the way

The fact that it has a very small footprint is great
I don't understand why anyone other than those on antique hardware care about this.

Efficiency is still valuable, even in a world of limitless resources. Less code means fewer bugs and easier maintenance. It tends to indicate that a lot of intelligent thought went into design and development.

Also, absent actual benchmarks, perception is nine-tenths of performance.


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