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Why hackers recommend it

“I have switched from FVWM to awesome because of Lua.”
vbernat, 2026-07-20original comment ↗

What hackers criticize

“Many years later, I have switched to i3 because it's not using a programming language for configuration.”
vbernat, 2026-07-20original comment ↗

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