In computing, a tiling window manager is a window manager with an organization of the screen into mutually non-overlapping frames, as opposed to the more popular approach of coordinate-based stacking of overlapping objects (windows) that tries to fully emulate the desktop metaphor.

"...I like StumpWM, which is a tiling window manager modeled after ratpoison (and all other tiling managers before it). Its command set is a good mix of GNU Screen and emacs. Its also written in pure Common Lisp [...] I’ve been using StumpWM for a couple of days. I am trying to quit Gnome cold-turkey, and so far have been successful. All of my applications work..."

This post describes how to install and use xmonad, its keyboard shortcuts, basic terminology involved with tiling window managers. And a little bit info on other available tiling window managers.

What good is having a large display if you're constantly rearranging windows to fit them on the screen? I got tired of try to fit a web browser with other smaller windows and decided to try xmonad, a tiling window manager that could do this for me.

"Recently I switched from GNOME to Stumpwm (wiki), which means that I jumped out of a desktop environment to a simple window manager. So far, I'm very satisfied with such a change and never looked back. Stumpwm, as its website says, 'is a tiling, keyboard driven X11 Window Manager written entirely in Common Lisp'. This definition summarizes the reasons why Stumpwm is so suitable for me..." --

Looking to conserve desktop real estate? Looking to increase your productivity? Want a light weight window manager that doesn't bog your system down? Try wmii, a powerful tiling window manager that delivers.

The Awesome Window Manager, is well... awesome. A tiling window manager that handles multi-head setups better than the rest. Here's how to get started..

"Over the weekend, I got to install the stumpwm window manager on SBCL, and its absolutely brilliant. A tiling, fully keyboard controlled extensible window manager..."

"For the past few months I've been checking out Stumpwm. I always have got a joy out of working with any minimalistic window managers especially, tiling window managers. [...] With me being a Lisp Fanboi, I decided to take Stumpwm, out for a test cruise a few months ago.