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Haha thanks, I think I'll finally give those a try, I've been trying to make KDE work, and it just doesn't.

by ericd 3y ago

_TwoFinger 3y ago
Just an idea, if you find yourself unable to warm up to tiling: for_window [all] floating enable It's stupid, but I've been using this for a couple of years now.
- bee_rider 3y ago
  That’s interesting. So do you start the programs floating, and then put them in tiling mode sometimes? Or just avoid tiling completely? (It seems like that would be giving up a lot of the specific strengths of the window manager… but of course if it works for you, it works!)
  - _TwoFinger 3y ago
    I don't use the tiling at all. I use the multiple desktops feature a lot, though. Some programs are pinned to a dedicated desktop and run all day. Others I start in (or move to, later) a numbered desktop, and switch to them by changing the desktop. Often, most of the desktops contain only one window. I once used i3 and sway the right way, of course. I guess I had one too many of those programs that were not designed to work at arbitrary window sizes, added the above rule and called it a day.
- ericd 3y ago
  Oh cool, didn’t realize i3 could be used non-tiling. Thanks!
bee_rider 3y ago
I recently-ish switched to Ubuntu and tried to give their weird gnome a try, but it just became a nightmare of addons and then the addons started conflicting or something. Anyway I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m not smart enough to use a desktop environment. For my laptop, I’ve used i3, polybar (to get pretty bar at the top), rofi (a fine launcher), autorandr (detect and switch to my monitor and turn off laptop screen when I plug in), and… a random Arch Linux forum post to get automatic accelerometer based screen rotation going. https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=243005 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=243005 I bet there’s a fancy tool out there but this script seems to work after a little customization, and it is only a couple lines, so it can be understood!
- ericd 3y ago
  Yeah, the reason I’ve been trying to make KDE work as a daily driver is because I got sick of Ubuntu’s gnome. Thanks very much for all the tips!

Haha thanks, I think I'll finally give those a try, I've been trying to make KDE work, and it just doesn't.

by ericd 3y ago

Haha thanks, I think I'll finally give those a try, I've been trying to make KDE work, and it just doesn't.

Just an idea, if you find yourself unable to warm up to tiling: for_window [all] floating enable It's stupid, but I've been using this for a couple of years now.

bee_rider 3y ago
That’s interesting. So do you start the programs floating, and then put them in tiling mode sometimes? Or just avoid tiling completely? (It seems like that would be giving up a lot of the specific strengths of the window manager… but of course if it works for you, it works!)
- _TwoFinger 3y ago
  I don't use the tiling at all. I use the multiple desktops feature a lot, though. Some programs are pinned to a dedicated desktop and run all day. Others I start in (or move to, later) a numbered desktop, and switch to them by changing the desktop. Often, most of the desktops contain only one window. I once used i3 and sway the right way, of course. I guess I had one too many of those programs that were not designed to work at arbitrary window sizes, added the above rule and called it a day.
ericd 3y ago
Oh cool, didn’t realize i3 could be used non-tiling. Thanks!

bee_rider 3y ago

I recently-ish switched to Ubuntu and tried to give their weird gnome a try, but it just became a nightmare of addons and then the addons started conflicting or something. Anyway I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m not smart enough to use a desktop environment. For my laptop, I’ve used i3, polybar (to get pretty bar at the top), rofi (a fine launcher), autorandr (detect and switch to my monitor and turn off laptop screen when I plug in), and… a random Arch Linux forum post to get automatic accelerometer based screen rotation going. https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=243005 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=243005 I bet there’s a fancy tool out there but this script seems to work after a little customization, and it is only a couple lines, so it can be understood!

ericd 3y ago
Yeah, the reason I’ve been trying to make KDE work as a daily driver is because I got sick of Ubuntu’s gnome. Thanks very much for all the tips!