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I switched to a tiling WM and stopped wasting time on window management
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I switched to a tiling WM and stopped wasting time on window management

MakeUseOf·Rob LeFebvre·27 days ago
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Published May 5, 2026, 12:01 PM EDT Rob LeFebvre is an editor and writer focusing on consumer and enterprise technologies for a broad range of outlets. He’s been writing online for more than 15 years; before that he was a special educator for kids with severe disabilities. Rob has been an Editorial Director at Lifewire, a news writer at Engadget, and a senior contributor at Cult of Mac. He's written about PCs, Macs, mobile phones, and games, created newsrooms from the ground up, and has extensive experience reviewing hardware, software, and games across his career.  I've heard about tiling window managers for a while now, with many praising them for an increase in productivity. The idea is pretty simple, instead of dragging and resizing floating windows on your desktop, the tiling manager arranges them into a grid. Every window gets a space, and as you add more, they fit across your screen in various rectangle shapes.…

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