From 1d34f84c0fb226d9053513651cffb9a1160b703a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shipwreckt Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 15:49:53 +0100 Subject: Big upgrade on the dwm page and some fixes on BSD page, I have also made a TEMP to use when making new posts --- public/posts/00dwm | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'public/posts/00dwm') diff --git a/public/posts/00dwm b/public/posts/00dwm index 6d37963..213350b 100644 --- a/public/posts/00dwm +++ b/public/posts/00dwm @@ -23,15 +23,30 @@

Switching to DWM

Date: 13-7-2024


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It has been a little while since I have updated or added anything to the website, and this is due to the fact that I have been working on my configs, and so far I have them in such a way that I am happy with them. I have also been switching from Qtile to i3 to, well, Dwm now, which has been fun! The reason why I have switched to DWM is because it is written in C, and as my last article stated, I am currently learning C, so it's a win-win: I get a highly hackable window manager, and I get to learn more about C. I also just like how small it is in size because I have been considering doing a few projects in the future, that being, trying BSD, LFS, and Gentoo, which DWM works on all of them; since two of them (LFS and Gentoo) require me to compile everything, this has not been the worst decision I have made.

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What is DWM?

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DWM stands for Dynamic Window Manager. It is a window manager for X.org; it was developed by the programmers at Suckless Software. DWM is super lightweight, with the entire window manager programmed in about 3,000 lines of C code. Its very minimalistic, allowing users to modify and patch it to their heart's content!


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Here is my DWM config on my PC

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Why DWM?

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The reason why I have chosen DWM as my window manager is because recently I have been on a sort of pilgrimage for the perfect window manager, something lightweight and functionable. I started my window manager pilgrimage with the very user-friendly and configurable Qtile written in Python; I was happy with it. But I felt the urge to explore more into window managers, so from there I tried out I3, another great window manager, and I really enjoyed using it, but I wanted to test out the most lightweight and fastest window manager, being DWM. As of writing, I believe this is the end of my pilgrimage since I am more than happy with DWM.

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There is also the fact that I want to try out Linux from scratch, Gentoo, and Freebsd in the future, so having the same window manager throughout using all of these operating systems will just make it easier for me to use the OS.

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What I like

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Here is my DWM setup on my PC as of 13-7-2024

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That is all for this post thank you for reading, more posts to come!

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Overview

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I love DWM and I plan to use it for as long as I can, there is a wayland version of DWM called DWL so even if I do switch to wayland I will still be able to use DWM. I am exited to further work on my DWM setup and keep an eye on my dotfiles for any updates!


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