Comments on: Switched from KDE to xmonad

By: beroal

beroal — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:31:22 +0000

> clicking on menus and buttons all the time just to run a simple program isn’t at all repetitive

Clicking on menus and buttons is not *a task*.

By: Benjamin M. A'Lee

Benjamin M. A'Lee — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:14:38 +0000

Because, of course, clicking on menus and buttons all the time just to run a simple program isn’t at all repetitive. ;)

By: nucco

nucco — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:57:19 +0000

I tried awesome. I went back to metacity because I couldn’t keep all those keyboard shortcuts in my head.

But most of all, I couldn’t figure out how to select wireless networks, or to put it simply, how to use Network-Manager. No, I don’t hate the terminal, but I prefer to use it for things its best at: repetitive tasks.

By: Daniel Burrows

Daniel Burrows — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:15:45 +0000

Agreed: xmonad rocks, and so does not having to use the mouse all the time. In fact: recently one of my USB mice died, so I’ve been sharing one between two devices until I get around to shopping for a new one. Several times now I’ve sat down at a computer, used it happily for five or ten minutes, and then suddenly realized that the mouse was plugged into the other computer!

By: John Goerzen

John Goerzen — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:39:08 +0000

I didn’t have to do anything special. I did remap Mod to the Home (Windows) button; it used Alt by default. See the “step by step” link above for how I set it up.

By: Jim Stuttard

Jim Stuttard — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:04:21 +0000

Hi,
I love xmonad (sans DM), archlinux 26.2, eeepc 701.
BTW somewhere my keymap needs correcting for the eeepc’s 84-keys but haven’t yet guessed or looked for where it’s set. How did you config yours, or is it my archlinux X installation?
Cheers

By: TheGZeus

TheGZeus — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:48:15 +0000

Being a lover of Screen and Emacs, I use StumpWM(Common Lisp, Biotch!) for my WM and Conkeror for my browser.
Well, I’m typing this in Emacs-w3m, but that’s probably temorary, I ahve to finish setting my fonts up for Conkeror.

By: John Goerzen

John Goerzen — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:04:19 +0000

I guess in this case my comment was what it was because I hadn’t heard of Awesome WM.

By: Smitti

Smitti — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:50:47 +0000

Yes, Vimperator plugin for Firefox.
http://vimperator.mozdev.org/
A perfect match for Xmonad!

By: Porges

Porges — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:11:09 +0000

The thing I find problematic about switching to XMonad (or another keyboard-based interface) is what to do about web browsing. Are there any good solutions for browsing using the keyboard without wearing out the tab key?

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:16:44 +0000

I can’t tell if you’re just being clever or if you perhaps misunderstood, but I’ll go ahead and clarify at risk of sounding a bit slow. I think he was asking if there was a reason you picked xmonad over “awesome window manager” (http://awesome.naquadah.org/).

By: John Goerzen

John Goerzen — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:04:58 +0000

Well, I *do* think xmonad is awesome. I guess I didn’t use that specific word.

By: arch0njw

arch0njw — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:01:39 +0000

Why not “awesome”? Just curious. I don’t use it; I use KDE and am pretty happy with it.