Julien Danjou • 4/15/2009

Taking the other direction

Read Original

This article details the personal development history of the 'awesome' tiling window manager. The author explains the motivation behind creating it after frustrations with existing managers like fvwm and xmonad, the initial naming and 1.x/2.x branch evolution, and the challenges of managing user expectations as the project grew.

0 comments
#git #configuration #linux
Taking the other direction

Comments

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!

Browser Extension

Get instant access to AllDevBlogs from your browser

Top of the Week

1
Quoting Thariq Shihipar
Simon Willison • 2 votes
2
Top picks — 2026 January
Paweł Grzybek • 1 votes
3
In Praise of –dry-run
Henrik Warne • 1 votes
4
Deep Learning is Powerful Because It Makes Hard Things Easy - Reflections 10 Years On
Ferenc Huszár • 1 votes
5
Vibe coding your first iOS app
William Denniss • 1 votes
6
AGI, ASI, A*I – Do we have all we need to get there?
John D. Cook • 1 votes
7
Dew Drop – January 15, 2026 (#4583)
Alvin Ashcraft • 1 votes