How would you compare it with i3?. Of the tiling WMs I've used: Awesome, Qtile, ratpoison, xmonad and i3 for years as my main wm, I like manual layouts. Is bspwm worth to try or is pretty much like i3?.
I3 is amazing. When I shifted to bspwm though, I felt that it's fast as compared to i3. It was the little things, like window switching. I haven't done any benchmarks though. Secondly I loved the fact that bspwm configuration is just a shell script. Feels like home territory, and also means that we can do just about anything there itself, without adding a lot of external scripts. With i3 you often need external libraries such as i3-gaps for doing stuff but you'll see that with bspwm, it's not required. Yeah you have to use third party libraries, but there is a separation of concerns when it comes to configuration. Moreover, you can combine the best tools of every component to create a magnificent beast
damn, what I was afraid of, I'll have to try it. Now how can I keep using my machine knowing that maybe there is a better WM for me?, why are you doing this to me Angad? what have I done to you?, ok.. I guess I'll have to install it then...
How would you compare it with i3?. Of the tiling WMs I've used: Awesome, Qtile, ratpoison, xmonad and i3 for years as my main wm, I like manual layouts. Is bspwm worth to try or is pretty much like i3?.
I3 is amazing. When I shifted to bspwm though, I felt that it's fast as compared to i3. It was the little things, like window switching. I haven't done any benchmarks though. Secondly I loved the fact that bspwm configuration is just a shell script. Feels like home territory, and also means that we can do just about anything there itself, without adding a lot of external scripts. With i3 you often need external libraries such as i3-gaps for doing stuff but you'll see that with bspwm, it's not required. Yeah you have to use third party libraries, but there is a separation of concerns when it comes to configuration. Moreover, you can combine the best tools of every component to create a magnificent beast
damn, what I was afraid of, I'll have to try it. Now how can I keep using my machine knowing that maybe there is a better WM for me?, why are you doing this to me Angad? what have I done to you?, ok.. I guess I'll have to install it then...
Hahaha best of luck. I hope this blog helps you