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Tiling window managers are an efficient way to use a PC.
They automatically arrange windows for you.
The FancyWM window manager can be installed on Windows for free.
As a long-time Linux user, I can totally appreciate the desire to change the desktop. That's a fairly simple feat on Linux, because there are so many varied desktops to be had.
But what about Windows?
Every time I find myself on a Windows desktop, one of the first things I think is how horribly inefficient the desktop is. The last time I had to use Windows, I thought, "There has to be something different, something more efficient."
And so, I decided to find something. That something is a tiling window manager called FancyWM.
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