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For Gnome users, I really enjoy using Pop Shell (the window manager from Pop OS) as a tiling window manager. It doesn't exactly solve the problems with TWMs tha

by snide 3y ago

For Gnome users, I really enjoy using Pop Shell (the window manager from Pop OS) as a tiling window manager. It doesn't exactly solve the problems with TWMs that this post discusses, but I often run into folks who don't know that you can use a lot of the bits from Pop OS in generic Gnome. I made a video about how to set it up if anyone is curious. The series was aimed at beginners, so feel to hop around if you just want to see what it looks like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoG0AsS6oPo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoG0AsS6oPo

jklinger410 3y ago
I found the Forge plugin on GNOME Extensions to be a much better solution. https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4481/forge/ https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4481/forge/
- em-bee 3y ago
  there is also paperWM. what i can't see with any of them is how to combine tiling of smaller windows with fullscreen windows. basically i want the tiling to only apply to windows that are not fullscreen, and i want to be able to switch between the tiled layer and the fullscreen layer. even better, if there are multiple tile layers. one could implement that with workspaces of course but gnome puts all workspaces in a row , which makes this difficult. i really want all apps related to a task on one workspace and switch between multiple tile sets. paperWM can scroll, that may help. or i could try to combine it with something like wsmatrix that puts workspaces in a grid.
pushfoo 3y ago
For any readers who can't watch a video at the moment: 1. To be precise, Pop Shell is an extension for Gnome, not a separate window manager 2. It's available pre-packaged on Fedora, Arch, and Manjaro 3. It's easy to install from source on other distros Install instructions & source available here: 1. https://support.system76.com/articles/pop-shell/ https://support.system76.com/articles/pop-shell/ 2. https://github.com/pop-os/shell https://github.com/pop-os/shell I use it as a daily driver on Debian 11. It's the best balance of tiling and "normal" desktop UI I've found so far.

by snide 3y ago

jklinger410 3y ago

I found the Forge plugin on GNOME Extensions to be a much better solution. https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4481/forge/ https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4481/forge/

em-bee 3y ago
there is also paperWM. what i can't see with any of them is how to combine tiling of smaller windows with fullscreen windows. basically i want the tiling to only apply to windows that are not fullscreen, and i want to be able to switch between the tiled layer and the fullscreen layer. even better, if there are multiple tile layers. one could implement that with workspaces of course but gnome puts all workspaces in a row , which makes this difficult. i really want all apps related to a task on one workspace and switch between multiple tile sets. paperWM can scroll, that may help. or i could try to combine it with something like wsmatrix that puts workspaces in a grid.

pushfoo 3y ago

For any readers who can't watch a video at the moment: 1. To be precise, Pop Shell is an extension for Gnome, not a separate window manager 2. It's available pre-packaged on Fedora, Arch, and Manjaro 3. It's easy to install from source on other distros Install instructions & source available here: 1. https://support.system76.com/articles/pop-shell/ https://support.system76.com/articles/pop-shell/ 2. https://github.com/pop-os/shell https://github.com/pop-os/shell I use it as a daily driver on Debian 11. It's the best balance of tiling and "normal" desktop UI I've found so far.