WMI and the reincarnation of the keyboard
LIGHT AND SPEEDY
Author(s): PHILIPP KLEIN
WMI is a lean and fast window manager with good support for keyboard control.
Keyboard fans who prefer a lean environment have a difficult time. Most window managers have menus, panels, or even icons, but launching individual programs is restricted to point & click. Large-scale projects such as KDE and Gnome include sophisticated animations and other functions that many users do not need, and these functions have the effect of slowing down the window manager. Window Manager Improved (WMI) is a fast and lean window manager with a special emphasis on the keyboard [1]. WMI offers extra speed that improves the user experience on older hardware.
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