This is so much easier than pressing hard on the bottom side of the touchpad why did no one tell me this was a thing ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ

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[โ€“] 12 points 2 months ago (5 children)

For people using gnome: you can swipe to the side with 3 fingers to change to other workspaces, and you can swipe down with 3 fingers for the equivalent to pressing the windows button or hitting the hot corner

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Can you sell workspaces to me?

    I never understood the benefits compared to just alt-tab

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  • [โ€“] 16 points 2 months ago

    I use them for separating different activities, just as some form of organizing my mind. For example, if I'm writing some document, I keep everything related to it in a workspace. If I need to pause and do something else, I swap to another workspace. But it's just a personal thing in the end, if you find alt+tab sufficient to organize yourself, it's fine

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 months ago

    I see the benefit. For example if I have to keep a window open just so it is open. But I don't need to look at it. For example when opening a VM that I'm going to access via SSH.

    In that case it's useful so it is open but nowhere to be seen.

    On the other hand, setting up the thing, and later remembering that I have it in case I want to manually close it is a hassle. So it's just easier to not use the workspaces and just have it minimized. It's going to be on the far side of the alt-tab queue anyway.

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