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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