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I use xmonad with a custom tiling and dzen setup that arranges my workspaces on a 3x3 grid and shows a little indicator of where I am on the grid in the way that gnome-panel used to do it (before "the accident"). All workspace navigation and window manipulation is customized, and I can fly around my desktop with ease. It took a lot of work to get running, but I wouldn't change a thing about my setup. It makes a huge difference when programming.

On a related note, has anyone been suffering from slow startup times with xmonad lately? I'm not sure if it's xmonad, or some other part of my setup, or a misconfiguration.



I started using xmonad about a year ago, and it's awesome (not that awesome).

Going from gnome to xmonad was almost as much of an improvement as going from just one to multiple desktops.

Bonus points for great support for dual monitor setups.

I also love the configurability of xmobar. I use it to show the top memory and cpu consuming processes at all times.




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