Had a nice play recently with the i3 wm for Linux.

It’s a really nice paradigm for working with when programming. It uses the same style of keyboard navigation as vim for moving around your windows.

The windows key can be bound as your modifier key and then used to navigate to a particular workspace (e.g. Windows + 2 to go to the browser workspace). Particular applications can be configured to open only on certain workspaces. Very handy for keeping all your screen nicely organised :-)

Another benefit is that it is nice and light, all the commands react very responsively.

There are tutorial videos on their site and editing the config file actually makes a great deal of sense (unlike some config files I’ve seen).