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What is the WinSplit Revolution -like application for Linux (KDE)? Or maybe there is a functionality in KDE I am missing?

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It's not really a programming related question, I guess.

Anyhow...there seems to be a plugin for compiz-fusion called grid, which according to the author is based off of the functionality WinSplit Revolution provides.

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  • There are also other alternatives like PyTyle and my own QuickTile which, like WinSplit, augment your existing window manager. The Wikipedia page for tiling WMs is pretty good. – ssokolow Sep 05 '12 at 13:49
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Tiling is typically a function of the window manager. KWin does not do tiling to my knowledge. There are numerous tiling managers out there though:

  • dwm (C) (( also, what I prefer due to simplicity ))
  • xmonad (haskell)
  • awesome (i think lua, based off dwm)
  • wmii (C) (( "big brother" to dwm ))

Also, i dont know if this is rumor or not, but I have heard a couple times that Openbox will be getting tiling functionality. You can run a KDE desktop with openbox as the WM. This will allow you to have tiling + a desktop-ish environment

But yea.. not really programming related