Well, you can do a lot of crazy stuff with Linux Desktops and it certainly is a good platform for trying new ideas. Nevertheless, if you want to be productive, just take KDE and STFU. Sorry, I didn't mean to be rude and if you like Gnome/Unity better, just go for it.
It is just my personal experience that you can do all sorts of customizations, but in the end, the productivity killers are not your overlapping windows but your news and social media pages.
So what I am using is quite simple:
- Standard KDE window management (kwin) for Firefox, Thunderbird, Okular, Libre Office, Gimp, etc.
- Yakuake with tumx + vim (productivity)
- Virtual desktops, when things get crowded (rarely need more than 3)
The only feature I am missing (about once per year) is the tabbed-window we had back in late KDE 3.
It is just my personal experience that you can do all sorts of customizations, but in the end, the productivity killers are not your overlapping windows but your news and social media pages.
So what I am using is quite simple:
- Standard KDE window management (kwin) for Firefox, Thunderbird, Okular, Libre Office, Gimp, etc.
- Yakuake with tumx + vim (productivity)
- Virtual desktops, when things get crowded (rarely need more than 3)
The only feature I am missing (about once per year) is the tabbed-window we had back in late KDE 3.