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i don’t like it tbh. I prefer virtual desktops; I could see how a kiosk it might be helpful, where based on streaming data, a controller opens / closes tiles and the Wm makes it work.
For me, diff desktops for diff modes of use that auto start @ login & ability to hotkey across. This was a bigger deal when debugger and editor were separate and starting an app meant clicking and dragging the initial size (who has time for that). :)
Remember: empty RAM is wasted RAM!
"Empty RAM is wasted RAM" is only for operating system; for everyone else, it's "Empty RAM is filesystem cache".