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X11 tiling WMs (lemm.ee)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by flashgnash@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I am potentially going to be able to put Linux on my work PC soon, have been using it on my personal PC and laptop quite happily with hyprland ontop of NixOS

Thinking of using NixOS for my work machine as well, however I don't want to use hyprland or even Wayland as I need this machine to be stable and reliable (Nvidia GPU)

Is I3 still the best option for this or are there better alternatives? (leaning towards I3 ontop of KDE)

I'm also somewhat tempted to just go GNOME with the forge extension as it seems the most reliable, though the tiling on that extension is far from perfect

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[–] Drito@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I tried I3 but it seems the new window always appears in a vertical slice, maybe some people like that so windows are set manually. I prefer automatic tiling, I use Bspwm for that. It needs two config files but they are simple, no programming is required. Its way to split screen is almost always good. In the rare exceptions I add a rule in the main config file so the app appears in a floating window.

[–] drndramrndra@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 10 months ago

I3 is a hybrid wm, there's a shortcut to change between vertical and horizontal splits.

I find that approach much better than having to cycle through a bunch of presets to get a configuration I want.

On top of that tabbing/stacking tiles is amazing for keeping everything organised in more complex configurations.

[–] ScottE@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Yes, i3 is not automatic, but you can arrange things however you want - it's definitely something where you need to read the docs first.