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  • How I use virtual desktops

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  • River

  • How I use virtual desktops

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  • In a broad sense tags are like workspaces but one can toggle to view multiple of those at the same time. One can do much more but that is the gist of it.

  • How I use virtual desktops

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  • friendship ended with workspaces/virtual-deskltops, now tags are my best friend

  • How I use virtual desktops

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  • Benefits:

    • Fast context switch (browsing, editing, documentation, etc).
    • Fast grouping(again browsing and all).
    • Automatic grouping (one can set rules were opens were)
    • It is even more useful on single monitors, the little space one has means that usually on can split the screen no more than 2 times, this means that swtiching quickly between groups of windows save you a load of time.
    • On the long run one gets used to the workflow and the cognitive effort of moving around windows becomes super low.

    Cons:

    • Might take some cognitive effort getting used to the workflow/keybinds. (usually worth it in the long run)
    • Moving around windows or workspaces can be difficult if not setup up correctly.

    One step further

    Tags (as opposed of workspaces/virtual-desktops) are a system used by the likes of dwm, dwl, river, mangowc to choose what windows get displayed on the screen. This would allow you to toggle and view different groups of windows on the same screen(like viewing multiple virtual-desktops at the same time). This would allow one to do that super fast context switching at a more complex level if needed. For instance you could toggle the "tag 2" while viewing "tag 1" effectively merging the two tags into the same screen instead of switching back and forth with workspaces. This method requires a little of more focus and remembering the state of the windows/tags.

    Quick mention of my Window Managers if anyone is interested in the topic.

  • Nothing to see here - Ben Jennings

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  • There is nothing to see because everything was destroyed.

  • An enigma.

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  • Some time ago I answered this question on a post that seems have been deleted but got some good feedback:

    The most important decision as a new Linux user is the desktop environment, the most similar desktop environment to the Windows desktop are KDE Plasma and Cinnamon. This means your best options are:

    • Linux Mint (Cinnamon): They are the creators of the Cinnamon desktop environment and will be the default on installation.
    • Kubuntu (KDE Plasma): This is Ubuntu's official KDE Plasma flavour, it comes with everything as usual just different desktop.
    • Fedora (KDE Edition): Same story as Ubuntu here, only that with Fedora's own packages and environment.

    First I would check if the hardware is compatible (99% of the time is). Then I would check what software you need and/or want and check if it is available at these distros, and get familiar on how to install the software packages (either with their respective app stores or in the command line).

    There is a lot to learn but with these distros you can just install, forget and simply keep using them for eternity.

    The last and more important tip I have is to not to worry about the sea of options out there, you will not be missing anything huge by picking one or the other. Which is how most of new users feel (I did in my time).

    Hope you have a great Linux journey mate!

  • [niri] still scrolling

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  • Wow, this pragtical editor is super fast. Thank you for sharing this.

  • [Mango new release] V0.8.1

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  • Not really. I have added news feeds for Windows and MacOS wms aswell, its just that I'm only aware of a select few for those and do not know much of the complementary software. If you would like to add something to be tracked please do tell me. :)

  • what's your ringtone?

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  • I have the GTA San Andreas message sound for notifications, my friends always chuckle when I get a message.

  • What do you hate about linux?

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  • Last point is the most important in my opinion

  • What do you hate about linux?

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  • Exactly. Anyway, I was referring to KDE's file manager(Dolphin).

  • What do you hate about linux?

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  • It is not Linux itself but:

    • I dislike when something goes wrong with a program and the documentation is not clear on how to fix it. But I do not complain because it is understandable when developers write documentation they have to choose who's hand to hold, if they choose to help everyone then the documentation can get long and perhaps redundant.

    • When one is a beginner and installs a distribution for the first time one can get scared by the splash screen showing errors which are 99% of the time safe to ignore (e.g showing that a device was not found). I know its important for developers and advanced users to know all this info but it can make beginners feel so damn scared (like me).

    • Naming, like in the general sense, it seems like many software have some ridiculous names (dolphin, ncmpcpp, gimp, foot, gnome). Very subjective, I know, but in the end I love and hate these names.

    • Bluetooth... yeah.

  • Show it

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  • Upvote because you used DDG as a verb, and thanks for the info.

  • RAM

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  • relax mate

  • RAM

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  • Damn, how low can one even go?

  • RAM

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  • The fact that one can use a wm/compositor to make the desktop lighter is sick. I was using 350MB idle with Alpine + River, it is so damn snappy.

    I came to Linux for freedom and stayed for the performance.

  • What community would you like to see more active on Lemmy?

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    Permanently Deleted

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  • I changed to Lemmy because I read about Lemmy first. After becoming interested I investigated, found much more articles suggesting Lemmy and those who suggested both gave preference to Lemmy.

  • Arch Linux Users at Risk Again as AUR Hit by Another RAT

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  • pacman -Qqem to list your foreign packages (usually AUR ones)

  • Linux @lemmy.world
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    Maomao Is Renamed To "Mango"

    github.com /DreamMaoMao/mango
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    Maomao Is Renamed To "Mango"

    github.com /DreamMaoMao/mango
  • Window Managers @lemmy.zip
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    Which WM should i use?

  • linuxmemes @lemmy.world
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    Clearly Inappropriate

  • Linux @lemmy.world
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    Solved

    Alpine Linux Setup

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    i3

    Feels like autumn already

  • Unixporn @lemmy.ml
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    i3

    Feels like autumn already

  • Window Managers @lemmy.zip
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    Meta

    We have reached 200 subscribers, happy dotfilin'!

  • linuxmemes @lemmy.world
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    Dirty Talk

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    Desktop PTSD

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What are your favorite and least favorite pure chance and pure strategy games? And why?

  • Window Managers @lemmy.zip
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    Tiling terminal multiplexers for the console connoisseur

    www.theregister.com /2025/06/24/tiling_multiplexers_survey/
  • Window Managers @lemmy.zip
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    Release icewm-3.8.0

    github.com /ice-wm/icewm/releases/tag/3.8.0
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    Waybar v0.13.0 released

    github.com /Alexays/Waybar/releases/tag/0.13.0
  • Window Managers @lemmy.zip
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    What is your favorite terminal fonts?

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    New Releases Feeds

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    maomao v0.5.9 released

    github.com /DreamMaoMao/maomaowm/releases/tag/0.5.9
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    river v0.3.10 released

    codeberg.org /river/river/releases/tag/v0.3.10
  • Window Managers @lemmy.zip
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    What is one program you absolutely do not need and have installed anyway?

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    glazewm v3.9.0 released

    github.com /glzr-io/glazewm/releases/tag/v3.9.0