For most people, their window manager is something they probably don’t think much about. Consider all of the Windows and Mac users out there. They may or may not think about the fact that they appreciate how using Windows is different from using a Mac, but they may not be able to explain exactly why (Though over the past few years, it feels like Mac and Windows interfaces are slowing becoming very similar).

My journey to using Arch Linux took a round about path: Windows, MacOS, OpenBSD, Ubuntu, Fedora, and finally … Arch.

I have not used Windows as my primary Operating System for many years (since around 2003). Sure, I’ve had to run Windows on a work laptop here and there, but for anything personal, I’ve been non-Windows. I used a Mac for a while and as a Unix-based OS, MacOS is pretty nice. Not exactly what I like, but I much prefer it to Windows.

I went a few years without a computer at my desk at home. I lived off a laptop and never sat at my desk with a proper keyboard, mouse, and monitor setup. But as I started working from home more, I wanted a nice, comfortable setup in our office, so I started looking for a computer for my desk.

I settled on a huge, powerful gaming laptop: an MSI GT76 Titan DT