Using DWM: A Psychopath Window Manager
After a long time using Openbox + Polybar, my urge to tinker flared up again. This time I want to explore a minimalist window manager that’s extremely simple, without any unnecessary extras — it is dwm . So, what is dwm? dwm is an Xorg-based window manager created by the suckless community . The word “suck” we often hear as slang meaning bad or crap. Literally “suckless” can be interpreted as “not bad” → i.e. good. The suckless community focuses on building high-quality programs, meaning non-bloated, straight to the point, doing their job without unnecessary fluff — extremely minimal. And dwm is exactly like that: it’s not flashy, but for advanced users who truly appreciate simplicity and resource efficiency, dwm is the right window manager. dwm 6.5 on Debian Trixie without wallpaper How do you use it? Install it first using this command (Debian-based distro) : sudo apt install dwm suckless-tools After that, restart / log out and choose the dwm session in your di...