Post #3568013
2026-07-03 19:16 UTC
A short but thoughtful post about cwm.
I particularly liked this sentence:
"cwm is the only one amongst the minimalist window managers that has managed to make me think the least."
Whether you agree or not, it's an interesting way to think about window managers—not in terms of features, but in terms of cognitive load.
Worth the two-minute read.
https://williamjansson.com/posts/cwm/
#cwm #OpenBSD #Unix #Linux
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@sid77@infosec.exchange 2026-07-03 23:26
@r1w1s1 I wholeheartedly agree with this take but also fun fact/plot twist: I stopped using CWM because it doesn’t do LRU when alt-tabbing windows so I was in this “think the least” flow abruptly interrupted by suddenly trying to figure out why alt-tab wasn’t on the previous window but something else I really should give it another try to see if the windows switcher behaviour is now configurable. Or send a patch!