![]() ![]() ![]() Now Read: Check out Mike's other Linux Desktop Environment reviews here. What about you? What's your take on Notion? Have you ever used a tiling window manager before? Talk about your side, in the comments below and stay tuned for more window manager overviews to come! I actually found it perfect for while writing this article, while also working on some server related things! I love to use it when I have a LOT going on, and want to sit down and cram my work in. However, if the idea of a tiling window manager like this interests you, Notion is definitely my favourite of the various ones out there I have tried. You barely touch the mouse when using Notion, 99% of it is keyboard controlled, and you should probably be comfortable with the terminal even though you don't need to use it, you'll probably find it easier TO use it. Notion is NOT for new GNU/Linux users, not even remotely. Xorg, NetworkManager, and systemd all were using FAR more ram than Notion was so I'm going to go out on a limb since I couldn't find any official minimum requirements and say that you could run Notion comfortably on 256mb of RAM if you didn't intend on using Firefox, or LibreOffice but instead used much lighter software to replace them. However, I know that Notion runs on netbooks like there's no tomorrow, so I decided to look into exactly what processes were using RAM, and Notion wasn't even in the top 15. ![]() When I shut Firefox and LibreOffice down, my system reported still over a gig RAM being used. This one is actually hard to give accurate numbers on. You will use whatever you had installed on your system before Notion, and can install whatever you want from within Notion. Notion doesn't come with a software suite of its own. These are just some examples of how you could use Notion, but ultimately you will find your own useage and comfortable setup based upon your own needs. The machine I used for this has the following specs:Įach Tile can also have multiple tabs so my VPS tile usually has 2-3 tabs each with a terminal connected to a different server each if I am working on multiple things. Notion is one of quite a few window managers that fall into a category called “tiling†window managers, or to break that down further, they split your screen into multiple squares / rectangles usually, that tile, and have your various programs in each tile. It's ESPECIALLY useful in my opinion when running multiple monitors. However, I have always been intrigued by it, and actually found it remarkably useful for working, especially when I have multiple terminals going, a text document or two, a browser window, and music going. I have dabbled with Notion from time to time, but never stuck with it longer than a couple weeks at a time. He almost exclusively used Notion for the longest time, and barely ever touched his mouse, doing nearly everything by keyboard. Notion was introduced to me by a long time friend on the IRC Network I am staff on, as part of a major gaming community. ![]()
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