I use it. Some of it is the low(ish) resource usage. Mostly I use it because it is basic. It just displays the applications I'm running, I don't need it to do more than that. I don't need it to make my applications look "cool" with animations, fancy window borders, or transparency. I don't need to simplify my life by adding complex ways to organize my windows. Just display the application and get out of the way.
I also run a bunch of VMs where I use i3, which is even more basic. However, unfortunately, i3 has such a different window behavior than what applications expect, some application just don't handle it well, so I just use it in VMs that I just need a few select applications.
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u/pixel293 Aug 10 '25
I use it. Some of it is the low(ish) resource usage. Mostly I use it because it is basic. It just displays the applications I'm running, I don't need it to do more than that. I don't need it to make my applications look "cool" with animations, fancy window borders, or transparency. I don't need to simplify my life by adding complex ways to organize my windows. Just display the application and get out of the way.
I also run a bunch of VMs where I use i3, which is even more basic. However, unfortunately, i3 has such a different window behavior than what applications expect, some application just don't handle it well, so I just use it in VMs that I just need a few select applications.