power-user's desktop is *tuned*, not just pre-set (was: Mac OS X v. Linux)

[Emil Oppeln-Bronikowski]

On Sat, Jun 25, 2005 at 12:19:19PM +0300, Michael Shigorin wrote:

> different -- vim; screen, screen, ssh, ssh (hm, 4 windows);
> Psi; XMMS; Mozilla Mail; Mozilla (12 tabs, a tad too much for 
> a single window at 1024x768); ssh; 

 Looks much like my desktop. ;-)


>   See, 4 windows per desktop is a disaster when it's 1024x768
>   and not GIMP windows -- for me.  I prefer to do 0--3 windows

 Yesterday I downloaded few light WM, just to check them out (normally I
 run KDE or ION3 (btw: everyone should try it out, it's something
 *different* in a good way!)). I noticed one thing: having no
 taskbar/iconbar/toolbox/whatever in Openbox is OK for me. When I
 minimalize something, it just disappear. I can use alt-tab combo and
 bring it up anytime. 

 There's nothing on the desktop screen that takes up my space. And since
 1024x768 it's all I can get, I'm quite happy with that.

 I think POV depends on the way you're working with your box. If you're
 a GIMP/Graphic Applications guy, you'll need a lot of them around. I
 can have no taskbar at all, because sometimes I'm spending all my day
 with XTerm in a fullscreen mode (ION3, again:-) with screen; ssh; mutt;
 ekg2; irssi. 

 PS. I used MacOSX once. I didn't liked it much.

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