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Does anyone know of a Linux (Gnome, RHEL5) alternative to the app called "Divvy" for Mac OSX?
Specifically, I'm looking for something well-polished and easy to use that can tile, split, move, and reorganize windows based on simple keyboard shortcuts.
Sirex
Posted 2010-09-01T13:37:18.877
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You might also want to check out the grid plugin for Compiz. I believe this enables divvy-like functionality.
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/305/tiling-windows-in-gnome
Seth
Posted 2010-09-01T13:37:18.877
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If you like working without overlapping windows, check out the many tiling window managers. There has been some discussion on tiling window managers on this site.
Window managers intended for power users, such as fvwm, sawfish, and several others that I don't know well enough to comment on, can be configured to do all the operations you mention with a keystroke. But they might not fit your definition of “easy to use” unless someone first wrote a divvy emulation package.
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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yea, im looking for something polished. I'll look into fvwm and sawfish. Not having much initial success getting them onto RHEL5 though. – Sirex – 2010-09-02T08:13:12.187
Check quicktile, it looks great: https://github.com/ssokolow/quicktile
– Junle Li – 2015-11-02T20:35:11.5532
The app in question: http://www.mizage.com/divvy/ The screencast gives a good explanation of what Sirex is looking for.
– redacted – 2010-09-01T15:25:45.447