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Re:Ask HN: Switching from OS X to Linux by lorenzfx on Thursday February 19, 2015 @10:02AM (#9074322)
Or give a tiling window manager [0] a try. My favorite is i3 [1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager

[1] http://i3wm.org/

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Re:Ask HN: Switching from OS X to Linux by neilellis on Thursday February 19, 2015 @12:47PM (#9075496)
+1 i3 is pretty darn good. Would be great if it was a little more user friendly though :-)
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Re:Ask HN: Switching from OS X to Linux by greggyb on Thursday February 19, 2015 @01:06PM (#9075668)
I'm just curious what parts you find not quite user friendly enough?
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Re:Ask HN: Switching from OS X to Linux by neilellis on Thursday February 19, 2015 @07:05PM (#9078074)
Oh it would be nice to have reminders for keyboard shortcuts, in status bar when you press the meta key etc. Since you're relying on a lot of memorising - that would be a huge asset.
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Re:Ask HN: Switching from OS X to Linux by yellowapple on Thursday February 19, 2015 @05:03PM (#9077405)
I second this recommendation, though I personally prefer XMonad or bspwm for my own tiling WM needs.
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