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Would you recommend EXWM as daily driver? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by blureglades@alien.top to c/emacs
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I use dwm in my laptop, but previously used i3wm for a few years. I'm curious about:

  • How well EXWM performs nowadays?
  • Is it resource heavy compared to other tiling window managers?
  • Is it still an issue EXWM not being multi-threaded?

My daily tasks involves just opening chrome, telegram and/or slack, watching movies and coding of course. Would it be a good fit for my needs?

I'd love to know your thoughts if you use or have some previous experience with EXWM. Thank you in advance!

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[–] franburstall@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I have been using it as my daily driver for years. i3 comes close but the shear emacsiness of the exwm experience is impossible to beat. I don't run very long jobs in elisp and so the single-threaded issue has not bitten me. Your task spec seems similar to mine and so it should be a good fit. Give it a go!