While reading it, I kept wondering why he thinks there hasn't been much innovation in the Linux WM space. And amusingly, tiling managers are one of the shining points of Linux WMs. I can't get a good one to work on Windows or Mac OS the way I can with AwesomeWM. To me, those OS's are quite behind.
Stuff like compiz was first on Linux. Woefully underused - even on Linux!
Enlightenment was amazing in the old days.
> Why would I want to change anything?
You don't need to change anything, but others do! Suppose the world decided tiling WMs were the way to go, and you could no longer run Gnome the way you currently do. Would you be happy?
The ideal is to have more features/capabilities, while not breaking existing users like you and me.
Stuff like compiz was first on Linux. Woefully underused - even on Linux!
Enlightenment was amazing in the old days.
> Why would I want to change anything?
You don't need to change anything, but others do! Suppose the world decided tiling WMs were the way to go, and you could no longer run Gnome the way you currently do. Would you be happy?
The ideal is to have more features/capabilities, while not breaking existing users like you and me.