Hi there, i've maybe found a way to improve the situation with windows.
I'm currently using WSL to run Linux on Windows and i also run a X server on Windows (basically as the UI layer), so this allows me to have my Windows 10/11 or whatever comes and don't give a crap about that. I only need to have my x server + WSL in autostart. Then in Linux i can run whatever Window Manger / GUI i want.
But there are still challenges
- Starting windows application (which you can from WSL) and have then in a window in a linux frame (doesn't work (?)).
- Keeping that X window in the background at all times (Apparently there is no "always behind" concept anywhere)
- More stuff i've not encountered yet
Outside of that i've found a few very nice ideas in regard to how windows can be handles
For one HaikuOS is interesting https://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/gui.html especially the way you snap windows into groups, and the way you can dock contents of windows into the desktop.
But sadly HaikuOS has not enough software, and so on, so this brings me to my quest for finding the alternative to the UX they provide. And there are two Groupy on windows, though it's not really the same and appears to me like a hack. And this brings me to https://github.com/phillbush/shod and also https://github.com/phillbush/pmenu by the same guy, he also made other things i really liked.
Generally i think there is a lot of potential in mix and match here from Linux on Windows but well that's a ongoing quest, just wanted to share my findings so far.
Cheers
Also a example of shod (with the most basic theme)
