What is Awesome?
Awesome is a highly configurable window manager with lots of features as window tiling, workspaces (improved virtual desktops), scripting with Lua.
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KDE How to {wiki}
* Create a script ~/.kde/env/awesomewm containing:

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export KDEWM=awesome

* Mark it executable

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chmod +x ~/.kde/env/awesomewm

KDE integration
(Awesome's default configuration is stored at /etc/xdg/awesome/rc.lua)
This is my rc.lua that tweaks some mouse and keyboard bindings that match KDE's behaviour.

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I know KWin has just recently gotten tiling support but, the last time I tried it, it did not do well with my dual screen setup. Awesome, on the contrary does work very well here. So I wonder what experiences others might have had. My current issues:

* KIO file transfers are annoying sometimes, messing with the layout.
* Some Plasma menus might be tiled automatically
* KRunner might not appear again (I think this is dual screen related)
* Dual screen, again: «Show dashboard» shows both dashboards on one screen.

Will awesome allow you to have multiple dedicated desktops?
Gerard.

Do you mean?:
1. Different activities per desktop?
I don't know. I have not used that feature at all. I'll try later.

2. Switch desktops per screen?
Yes, it does.