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GNOME 3.10 ReleasedGNOME 3.10 ReleasedPosted Sep 26, 2013 20:09 UTC (Thu) by tjc (subscriber, #137)In reply to: GNOME 3.10 Released by rsidd Parent article: GNOME 3.10 Released
Actually, what I said isn't entirely true, since I use Cinnamon on one of my systems, and that uses quite a lot of Gnome 3 below the UI.
I also used Xfce for a while, but LXPanel has improved to the point where I prefer LXDE. It does about the same thing with less code.
Regarding tiling window managers: I've never heard anyone say "I've used overlapping windows for so long that I can't go back to tiling." It's always the other way round, so there must be something to it. I haven't used a tiling WM long enough to "see the light," so this is just conjecture on my part.
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GNOME 3.10 Released Posted Sep 26, 2013 21:36 UTC (Thu) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link]
There's something to be said for having your window manager actually manage your windows for you and not having to manually poke around to get things aligned and still taking up maximum space. Aero Snap, the gridding plugins on OS X, and similar features in KWin and Shell (at least the maximize-on-drag-to-top) are quite popular and these are basically just tiling features triggered by the user instead of being pervasive.
GNOME 3.10 Released Posted Sep 27, 2013 0:53 UTC (Fri) by rsidd (subscriber, #2582) [Link]
I used to like Unity+Compiz's eyecandy but switched away because it was causing lockups on my rather old, nvidia-powered desktop. Tiling WMs are for people who want to live away from the mouse as much as possible -- and who think, in particular, that dragging window borders with a mouse is not fun. And a side benefit is it maximises your screen real estate. And it's lightweight -- much lighter than even XFCE. On an old machine, the speed difference is striking.
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