"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..." --

"StumpWM is a spiritual and visual descendent of Ratpoison,and shares many basic key commands. There are, however, some key points that set it apart from RP and, indeed, most/all other window managers [...] The ability to customise is virtually endless, and the interface is flexible and elegant.

"The Emms project is moving to git to manage development. I'm happy about it because it will be an an opportunity for me to try git and find out what the big fuss is all about..." --
*
*

"...The ability to dynamically change your working environment is one of the key reasons why so many programmers "live" in Emacs. [...] I would like to demonstrate how it's usage (for a Lisp developer) is similar to Emacs.

"Michael Olson, who is the maintainer of a bunch of free software projects, is now the maintainer, release manager and chief executive officer of Emms..." --

"...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..."

"...But try to guess which of the computers I spend most time on. That’s right, not the new “monster” machine but the old laptop running Xubuntu with the Stump Window Manager."

"StumpWM is a window manager implemented entirely in Common Lisp. After using GNOME and then KDE for a very long time, I decided to try StumpWM..."

"The STUN desktop environment (STUNde) combines stumpwm, emacs, and various small modules to create a complete power-user desktop. Goals include 100% keyboard AND mouse control, discoverability, and seamless integration between the Common Lisp and Emacs Lisp components of the experience.