| Make Tmux the OS(matduggan.com) | |
| 222 points by weaksauce 11 days ago | 131 comments | |
tl;dr: The author argues desktop OSes still rely on 1980s window management hacks and proposes a tmux-inspired alternative: an infinite scrollable canvas with task-based window grouping, detachable browser tabs as first-class windows, deterministic layouts across monitor changes, and a local LLM to help organize tasks via a Quake-style overlay. After attempting a prototype, they concede serious flaws—the privacy features require invasive telemetry, idle-based privacy backfires because reading looks idle, and the append-only infinite canvas just becomes an unmanageable mess without garbage collection. | |
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