Unpopular opinion: tiling window managers are overrated

GNOME user detected. Just kidding but honestly the muscle memory for tiling becomes second nature after a month. I cannot go back to floating windows now.

Completely agree. I spent more time tweaking my i3 config than actually working. GNOME with a few extensions does everything I need.

The real productivity boost from TWMs is not the tiling itself but the keyboard-driven workflow. You can get that in GNOME too with PaperWM or similar extensions.

I think it depends on your workflow. For web dev with a browser and terminal, TWMs are amazing. For anything involving design tools or many floating windows, not so much.

Hyprland changed the game for me. The animations make it feel polished and the config is way simpler than i3. Give it a try before writing off TWMs entirely.

Been on KDE with Bismuth tiling for a year. Best of both worlds - floating when you need it, tiling when you want it. Zero config needed.

Used i3 for 3 years, Sway for 2, now on Hyprland. The TWM ecosystem has matured so much. The real overrated thing is spending time arguing about desktop environments.

Counter point: I tried GNOME for a month after 3 years of i3. Went crawling back within 2 weeks. Once you go tiling you physically cannot alt-tab anymore.

Hot take indeed. But respect for trying multiple setups before forming an opinion. Most people just pick one and defend it to the death.