Emacs is My New Window Manager

ARANK

Most companies that employ me, hand me a “work laptop” as I enter the building. Of course, I do not install personal software and keep a clear division between my “work like” and my “real life.”However, I also don’t like to carry two computers just to jot down personal notes. My remedy is to install a virtualization system and create a “personal” virtual machine. (Building cloud software as my day job means I usually have a few VMs running all the time.)Since I want this VM to have minimal impact on my work, I base it on a “Server” version of Ubuntu. however, I like some graphical features, so my most minimal after market installation approach is:sudo apt-get install -y xinit Since most of what I do is org-mode work, the next step is:sudo apt-get install -y emacs I have played with a lot of window managers, and while some claim to be unobtrusive and minimal, I really just want Emacs in full-screen mode (utilizing all screen estate possible).To accomplish this, I create an .…