# Hot Take: Tiling Window Managers are like a Pickup Truck **URL:** \ **Category:** Linux lounge\ **Created:** [December 13, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/hot-take-tiling-window-managers-are-like-a-pickup-truck/76948 "2025-12-13T00:47:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JKMooney](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/jkmooney/32/44028_2.png) [@JKMooney](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/JKMooney)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/hot-take-tiling-window-managers-are-like-a-pickup-truck/76948/1 "2025-12-13T00:47:20Z")
If you don’t really need one, they are ungainly, awkward, and impractical as all get out. However, if you _DO_ need one, nothing else will work quite as well. ---
**Author:** ![haakoth](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/haakoth/32/121950_2.png) [@haakoth](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/haakoth)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/hot-take-tiling-window-managers-are-like-a-pickup-truck/76948/2 "2025-12-13T01:50:32Z")
If you weren’t a recurrent poster, I would think think this was a trolling post, lol. Yes, tiling window managers are for a specific type of person. Based on your post, you are not IT. They are quite efficient, orderly, and allow for such a utopia for window management. They do however, require the investment for said utopia. EDIT: I also have a 1 ton pickup ---
**Author:** ![cactux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/cactux/32/134907_2.png) [@cactux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/cactux)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/hot-take-tiling-window-managers-are-like-a-pickup-truck/76948/3 "2025-12-13T02:31:21Z")
> [@JKMooney](#): > > don’t really need one I’m in this category. I’ve tried some sometimes. Not my glass of milk. PS. not have any use for a pickup truck either by the way ---
**Author:** ![JKMooney](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/jkmooney/32/44028_2.png) [@JKMooney](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/JKMooney)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/hot-take-tiling-window-managers-are-like-a-pickup-truck/76948/4 "2025-12-13T02:32:30Z")
No, not a developer but played with Hyprland and very much enjoyed how “tinker-able” it was. That being said, I also had XFCE installed for when I just needed something more “conventional”. I can totally see the value in it, but I can also see that it won’t be for everyone :). ---
**Author:** ![Mike09](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/mike09/32/122580_2.png) [@Mike09](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Mike09)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/hot-take-tiling-window-managers-are-like-a-pickup-truck/76948/5 "2025-12-13T13:31:59Z")
I’d love to have a pickup truck. They’re handy for so many things. But that’s a want, not a need, and not having one keeps family and friends from asking if they can borrow it to move their stuff. In a similar vein, no one wants to borrow my Sway desktop. And I like it that way. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/unclespellbinder/32/127055_2.png) [@UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/UncleSpellbinder)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/hot-take-tiling-window-managers-are-like-a-pickup-truck/76948/6 "2025-12-13T13:36:47Z")
> [@cactux](#): > > > [@JKMooney](#): > > > > don’t really need one > > I’m in this category. > > I’ve tried some sometimes. Not my glass of milk. Same here. I have no interest at in tiling window managers. I’ve tried, I just don’t see any benefit at all. ---
**Author:** ![vlkon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/35a633/32.png) [@vlkon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/vlkon)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/hot-take-tiling-window-managers-are-like-a-pickup-truck/76948/7 "2025-12-13T14:33:12Z")
> [@Mike09](#): > > In a similar vein, no one wants to borrow my Sway desktop. And I like it that way. 😃 I can relate to that. 😆 Truly personal computer. > [@JKMooney](#): > > don’t really need one I don’t need a tilling wm but after some time I certainly appreciate it and I have a hard time switching back. My only problem are programs that require multiple windows to function. I cannot imagine using it at work because some abominations like SAP require about 6 windows open before I get to the one piece of information I need. That would be a total mess on tilling WM. ---
**Author:** ![BluishHumility](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/bluishhumility/32/70412_2.png) [@BluishHumility](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/BluishHumility)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/hot-take-tiling-window-managers-are-like-a-pickup-truck/76948/8 "2025-12-13T16:03:20Z")
> [@vlkon](#): > > My only problem are programs that require multiple windows to function. I cannot imagine using it at work because some abominations like SAP require about 6 windows open before I get to the one piece of information I need. That would be a total mess on tilling WM. Not everything needs to be a dedicated tile in Sway, and I would assume other WMs are like this too. You can have “floating” windows, which are more like a conventional DE where the window is whatever size you want it to be and they can overlap each other…or you can open windows in tabs–kind of like tabs in a browser, but any application can be in a tab. There is also a “scratchpad” function, which is basically like minimizing a window–it goes away but doesn’t actually close, so you can bring it back later if you want. You can have any combination of these window types, and can switch between them pretty easily too since all of the different behaviors can be configured with keybindings. I’m not saying WMs are the best or anything; in general I would agree with others in this thread that they seem to work well for some folks, and not so well for others. ---
**Author:** ![dirn](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/dirn/32/126414_2.png) [@dirn](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/dirn)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/hot-take-tiling-window-managers-are-like-a-pickup-truck/76948/9 "2025-12-13T16:16:49Z")
For me, plasma tiling is sufficient for my needs. ---
**Author:** ![erne.d.98](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/erne.d.98/32/95777_2.png) [@erne.d.98](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/erne.d.98)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/hot-take-tiling-window-managers-are-like-a-pickup-truck/76948/10 "2025-12-13T18:02:25Z")
I can share my experience as both DE and WM user. It really depends on what you want to achieve. Tiling WM’s are best suited if you’re a heavy terminal user. The environment is very much DIY, if anything breaks it is your duty to fix it. At the same time, I can’t really complain – it’s a lot of fun and still very educational as you get to know how desktop environment is built… basically building one yourself. But sometimes, I need my computer to simply function and that’s why I then rely on a DE (now specifically Xfce) to provide me a GUI. ---
**Author:** ![kokochu](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/kokochu/32/105673_2.png) [@kokochu](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/kokochu)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/hot-take-tiling-window-managers-are-like-a-pickup-truck/76948/11 "2025-12-13T18:08:50Z")
While we’re at it I don’t get the point of virtual desktops or activities or tabs in a browser (i’d rather use the taskbar with individual instances) or this or that lol… 😉 Each to their own workflow I guess! ---
**Author:** ![vazicebon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/vazicebon/32/81098_2.png) [@vazicebon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/vazicebon)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/hot-take-tiling-window-managers-are-like-a-pickup-truck/76948/12 "2025-12-13T19:46:27Z")
I tried some tiling WM and understood I didn’t need them, BSPWM was nice, it support floating windows. I’m fine fine with launching my apps at a specific position, with a specific dimension, in a specific workspace (thanks to wmctrl) when my Xfce session start. ---
**Author:** ![drhoopoe](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/drhoopoe/32/13343_2.png) [@drhoopoe](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/drhoopoe)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/hot-take-tiling-window-managers-are-like-a-pickup-truck/76948/13 "2025-12-13T20:32:09Z")
Taking pride in your computer being so totally customized as to be unusable by anyone else is a huge part of the appeal of tiling WMs in my opinion, lol. I certainly relish the fact that me and my 9-yo daughter are the only people capable of making my desktop machine do anything. ---
**Author:** ![Mike09](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/mike09/32/122580_2.png) [@Mike09](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Mike09)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/hot-take-tiling-window-managers-are-like-a-pickup-truck/76948/14 "2025-12-14T15:12:11Z")
Wow. Creating and then training your own Tech Support is pretty extreme. But it’s definitely forward-planning for the future. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![ArchieLinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/archielinux/32/107416_2.png) [@ArchieLinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ArchieLinux)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/hot-take-tiling-window-managers-are-like-a-pickup-truck/76948/15 "2025-12-14T15:32:10Z")
Not a software developer here, but an avid user of i3-wm for years now. Can’t imagine ever going back to one of those GUI environments. They look like cartoons, and force you to grab the mouse far more then really necessary. Same reason I use neovim as much as possible. Once you get over the initial hump of a good tiling manager and keyboard control, there’s no going back. Old dog. New tricks. YMMV.