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Xmonad deserves a go. I can't use i3 because it is
so Limited. It is perhaps easier, but I don't know. I didn't know Haskell but I did it anyway. I've been on #Xmonad for more than a decade and I have yet to see anything better.
i3 is a backup I use while setting up my xmonad that I can't wait to get out of. Xmonad is like the emacs of window managers. Of course there is Exwm. But that might take you a minute or two.
Anybody have Wayland-compatibile tiling compositor (WM) recommenddations? I'd been using #xmonad for years, but it doesn't work with Wayland. #KDE #Plasma with #bismuth was good for me, but Bismuth doesn't work with latest Plasma. I've really not found anything good with Gnome, and the options like #sway and #hyprland require a bunch of time to configure and don't do things like remembering what to do when I plug in different external monitors like KDE does. I appreciate KDE's automation.
@Riedler This is timely. I'd been using #xmonad for years, but it doesn't work well with Wayland. #KDE #Plasma with #bismuth was good for me, but Bismuth doesn't work with the latest KDE. I've really not found anything good with Gnome, and the options like #sway and #hyprland require a bunch of time to configure and don't do things like remembering what to do when I plug in different external monitors like KDE does.
"Lock my screen? Hoho, oh no I don't do that. I just use Xmonad with custom keybindings and when I walk away, I switch to an empty workspace."
Nachdem ich auf meinem Laptop schon etwas länger #fedora laufen hab, bin ich jetzt auch auf meinem Desktop gewechselt. Auch die DE hab ich gewechselt. Von #gnome zu #KDE. Auch wenn ich noch meinem alten #xmonad hinterher trauer, aber kann halt kein #wayland.
Ich hatte dort vorher ein #manjaro laufen und war im Gegensatz zu einem "echtem" #Arch immer etwas unzufrieden. Jetzt sind die einzigen Maschinen, die noch Arch basiert sind mein Server und mein #Steamdeck 
Aber das bleibt auch erstmal so
Last change on the software side of my dev setup was to start using #PaperWM. It’s so awesome! It’s fast, smooth, has exactly what I need from a window manager, and it’s rock solid. In the past I’ve been using #awesomewm, #xmonad, #i3wm and while I liked them all better than classic floating WMs, only PaperWM feels exactly like what I always needed. And, on a 120hz display its quick animations look fantastic.
@dahukanna I use rectangle too. About as useful (or more, because it does not interfere with how applications render their windows, it only moves them around) and less extreme than #xmonad or #i3 on linux.
Tiling window manager users and fans: Do you find tiling workflow to work for you better on a larger screen or on a smaller one? For example do you find laptop screens to be best utilized with tiling workflow or do you see tiling as means of operation that gives you more advantage the bigger the screen canvas is? Let's say 43". Or maybe you find some screens to be too large for tiling to make sense?
#linux #tilingwm #sxmo #xmonad #linuxphone
On Friday while doing a sign-off for a prac at uni. A tutor complimented me on my system. He was asking me about my text editor (emacs) and window manager (xmonad). He was running DWM.
I also showed him my phone and sxmo. He was very surprised that linux on mobile had functioning sms and calls.
I went back to gnome after probably almost 10 years of #FluxBox and a handful of years of #xmonad
I went back to Gnome, because instead of tiling, the workspace system combined with maximized-windows/fullscreen-windows is sufficient for my usage
When tiling is needed, I can use #tmux #screen #zellij : but I don't use them that much this way, only for named terminal sessions
Gnome is a default go-to solution that is worth my not-spending time on those configs
I made the similar movement to declutter and minimize my configuration of Vim, so as I can be efficient on any Vi on any computer
And I prefer Gnome over KDE, namely because KDE feels really too much like Windows: uppercut KO :-) I have fought you
This account had been sitting empty for a year as I didn't have the spoons to restart on the fedi after my old instance went down so this will be my #introduction
I am very lazy so it will just be a list of hashtags c:
#autism #adhd #audhd #neurodivergent #disabled
#trans #queer #asexual #aroace
#tech #FOSS #solarpunk #libre #gamingonlinux #linux #xmonad
#socialist #socialism #anarchist #anarchism #ecosocialism #ecosocialist #nonsectarian #politics #auspol
#plushies #rubiks #linguistics #purple
Since desktop environments can always change and many new releases came out since last year, I would like to know which desktop environment you currently use?
#gnome #kdeplasma #xfce4 #cinnamondesktop #matedesktop #budgiedesktop #lxqt #linuxdesktop #linux #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #i3wm #bspwm #xmonad #dwm #fvwm #qtile #wayland #xorg
* Multiple choices possible
Today, I have mostly been installing Xmonad as I haven't tried it since downsizing to a single monitor. Now I need to sort out a basic working config file before I try booting into it.
Oh, yes, I've been there before staring at a black screen.
I held out pretty long on #xorg, mostly because I sincerely loved #xmonad. I've been using it since… oh, well, let's ask git log… uh. 2007! That's 14 fucking years of my life where it was my main way of interacting with a computer!
But the quirkiness and bugs got too many, and I went to #wayland, which was painful. But after some bang-ups, I've found #hyprland, and I'm quite happy with it! I can get *most* of what I loved about Xmonad, plus it looks nice.
