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If you're looking to switch from X11 to Wayland, you should definitely check out Sway[1]. It's all the greatness of i3 rebuilt on top of a cleaner, leaner, mean
by cosmojg 7y ago
If you're looking to switch from X11 to Wayland, you should definitely check out Sway[1]. It's all the greatness of i3 rebuilt on top of a cleaner, leaner, meaner tech stack!
[1]: https://swaywm.org/ https://swaywm.org/
- Naac 7y ago>> cleaner, leaner, meaner tech stack! What does that mean? Sway is a great project, but I would be careful of using Wayland, as lots of minor issues came up last time I was using it ( death by a thousand papercuts ). For example, if you rely on years of small x scripts ( xrandr, etc. ), be prepared to rewrite all of them for wayland. Last time I used Sway/Wayland, I couldn't find a good alternative to redshift. While Gnome has it, I can't seem to just use this feature independently on other DEs. Again, Sway is fantastic, and I fully support moving off to Wayland. But best case scenario Sway is a drop-in replacement. Most likely there will be some fiddling. Especially if you've been using i3 for years and have built a custom ecosystem around it.
- thomasfortes 7y agoThere's a patched redshift for wlroots compositors (sway is the most prominent one) on AUR, works perfectly in my machine.
- dpbriggs 7y agoI'm also holding out with i3 until the wayland ecosystem matures a bit more. I am thankful that a wayland equivalent already exists though.
- nearmiss 7y agoI found similar issues. One other showstopper for me was the lack of keyboard/mouse sharing ala synergy or barrier.
- Kaze404 7y agoI switched to Sway a couple days ago and to be completely honest I'm not sure what I gained from it besides Wofi feeling more modern than Rofi. I don't regret the switch but I don't feel like it was a good choice either.