Stack and tiles + hotkeys from i3wm can be an excellent idea.
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launch_server is a service manager, kind of like systemd
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Personally I do not understand the hype behind the tiling window managers. They mostly standardise the way windows can be placed on screen, and take all the fun away, itās very limiting for my taste. Itās not exactly desktop metaphor either.
Haikuās window management is currently the best among similar operating systems. There are already powerful window and focus management features already built in. We have a totally spatial file manager. We have zoom to content. While other operating systems and DEs are reinventing the wheel, we take all these features for granted. Letās keep it that way.
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I like haikus windows.
I hate the new windows style of Windows, then you go on top the screen the window in the hand, and get fullscreen windowā¦ WHY
Iām also wondering what was the idea. Itās painful and not only on Windows unfortunately.
Regarding Haikuās ability to use multiple partitions. Haiku has read-only support for some Linux and Windows filesystem types, and probably also write support for some subset of them. You can try it out by right-click on the desktop and mount desired partition from drop-down menu. You can see what options it gives you (read-only or read-write) and you can open the mounted volume in Tracker to see if you can copy files from it / write files to it.
The reason Haiku discourages from keeping home folder on non-BFS filesystem is because of possible use of BFS extended file attributes, which do not exist in / are incompatible with other filesystems.
No matter the theory, tiling is the best way to manage a desktop to me, if a really free operating system give me that option i will take it over all. no matter if it donāt fit with a theorical way to make the thingsā¦ Lets not keep it that way, lets evolve. An opensource software should give options and not impose, for that i can buy an apple, if i want a computer where i canānt do what i want, then i install windows or osx.
Yes, there is Linux for that. Whole point of Linux is to give total freedom about how your desktop should look and feel. Haiku is a cohesive operating system, once you give too many options to the user, with the necessary bloat you add in general to make those features work, then Iād argue itās no longer Haiku.
About the evolving thingā¦ Yes we see that OSs evolve, but not necessarily for the better. Sometimes itās best to stick what works, in terms of GUI.
Oh no, i know what is haiku, and i know it can be tiled withouth any problem, and i feel it is a good option if it is not a dictatorial desition, yes linux is a Kernel and Haiku a desktop, then haiku can have all the thing for a good desktop as an option.