I want to thank wmii for being a vanguard force in illuminating the path before me, by being both a fine tiling window manager, while also showing it's guts, exposed as a 9p file-system.
Being able to craft together super crappy shell scripts to monitor and manage my windows was amazing. It was a huge turn on to feeling like someone who was really communing with the computer at it's deeper level, rather than just surfing above the application's crust. This feels like the real enlightenment goal: bringing forward the (ab-)natural philosophy that underlies each bit of software, rather than crafting facades of interface atop the core.
I have high hopes that general systems research can one day again spark an age of revelation & understanding, that we can form better more earnest symbiosis with machines. wmii was a good example of one way to let bonds grow close & strong.
Being able to craft together super crappy shell scripts to monitor and manage my windows was amazing. It was a huge turn on to feeling like someone who was really communing with the computer at it's deeper level, rather than just surfing above the application's crust. This feels like the real enlightenment goal: bringing forward the (ab-)natural philosophy that underlies each bit of software, rather than crafting facades of interface atop the core.
I have high hopes that general systems research can one day again spark an age of revelation & understanding, that we can form better more earnest symbiosis with machines. wmii was a good example of one way to let bonds grow close & strong.