So I did some fiddling around with KDE and managed to turn it into a really decent tiling WM using the Krohnkite KWin script.

My main gripe with hyprland and the likes, plus all the panels like waybar, nwg-panels, hyprpanel etc. was their barebones nature and the complete lack of responsiveness - no useful context menus, barely any customisation unless you spend way too much time writing CSS and bash scripts, no integration with the rest of the system.

Krohnkite solves that by giving you proper tiling inside an actual complete desktop environment.

The only caveat is that you cannot shift focus from a window on one screen to a window on another screen, you have to use the "switch screen" combination instead, and I haven't found yet how to make the mouse cursor move to the window along with the focus.

#linux #kdeplasma #kde #krohnkite #tiling #tilingwm

Dash to Dock just broke after the recent update, auto-hide doesn't always work.

Quite annoying when the dock covers up the bottom of windows. But whatever, I uninstalled it.

I plan to move to the tiling WM world anyways in the summer (because I want auto-tiling, which is only available on GNOME, KDE and COSMIC among the DEs afaik, but all will be Wayland-only soon, and I still need X11 because of a few minor things, although there's Sonic DE but who knows how much time it will take to arrive to Debian Stable, and I don't want to distrohop, also, I noticed some lag on GNOME recently, and some freezing once or twice, maybe my laptop is aging. KDE isn't more lightweight either, COSMIC is lighter, but it isn't as mature yet, it may also get heavier later on, as more things will be added), when I'll have more time to configure stuff, research how to do stuff and set up everything how I want it to work, etc., so it's time to slowly transition to that workflow anyways. (Phew, what a long sentence lol)

I just use the built-in search of GNOME, press Super key and type the name of the program, the same way I'll probably do on a tiling WM.

Actually I'll might also change my habits to hold Super key to drag windows, instead of grabbing their header.

It's like when Windows users are told to try out programs which are also available on Linux, before actually switching to Linux lol.

#TilingWM #DashToDock #Linux #GNOME #FosseryTech

Long after making it, it finally became useful for more than avoiding to type 'sway --unsupported-gpu'.

Turns out some software on linux doesn't work well with tiling compositors. Some doesn't work well with Wayland desktops. Some doesn't work with some X11 desktops for no apparent reason, but does work with different X11 desktops.

https://github.com/warmsignull/desktop

#Linux #LinuxDesktop #Wayland #X11 #TilingWM #OpenSource

🚀 New Zena ISO released!

A modular, polished Linux desktop. Switch software profiles instantly with Zix, create VMs in one command, and enjoy a refined, consistent theme.

Clean, flexible, and ready to use.

Download: https://zena-linux.github.io

#opensource #linux #bootc #Fedora43 #immutable #atomic #linuxgaming #desktop
#operatingsystem #operatingsystems #iso #linuxdesktop #tilingwm #niri #dankmaterialshell

Introducing #Yashiki: A new tiling window manager for macOS.

If you miss #River or #AwesomeWM on your Mac, this is for you.

It features tag-based workspace management and an external layout engine (plugin system), heavily inspired by the River philosophy.
I built this over the weekend because I needed something closer to my Linux workflow.

https://typester.dev/blog/2026/01/18/yashiki-window-manager

#macOS #WindowManager #RiverWM #AwesomeWM #Rustlang #TilingWM

As a long-time #AwesomeWM and #River user on #Linux, I started a project called #AeroTag to extend #AeroSpace.

I’m super happy with the result. With this, I feel like I can finally live comfortably in the Mac world! ☺️

https://typester.dev/blog/2026/01/11/tag-based-workspace-management-with-aerospace

#rustlang #windowmanager #macos #tilingwm #emacs #opensource

Been using #Linux as my daily driver for almost two years now. Still interact with #windows at work from time to time, could never go back to it for my own computer though!

People need to understand that it can break from time to time, especially when you're using a Linux distro with a rolling release. if you're looking for something stable, try #debian.

If you're looking for something more 'bleeding edge', I can't recommend #arch enough (obligatory 'I'm using arch btw'). You'll get

- a great wiki with plenty of details, tutorials and explanations
- a big user base
- a system that is customizable to your needs
- a system that lets you run up-to-date software

Don't expect smooth sailing though. you will learn a lot during installation and setup. things that 'just work' on windows, might need you to tinker/research a bit on Linux. Things will break with updates because software dependencies might break when using more recent and not-so-battletested software.

but it's a learning curve you wouldn't want to miss IMO. You'll need a weekend or so to set things up in an efficient way for you.

I recommend checking out the various Desktop Environments available and see which one appeals to you. Been using #gnome #kde #xfce #hyprland and switched to #niri recently. It's just so efficient and the work flow is perfect for my needs.

#tilingwm

Moving Back to a Tiling WM – XMonad

https://wssite.vercel.app/blog/moving-back-to-a-tiling-wm-xmonad

#HackerNews #TilingWM #XMonad #WindowManager #Linux #Productivity

📁 [COD] I've built a modal #XMonad config so you don't have to. This way, the #tilingWM can be used like #Vim with different modes and appropriate keybindings:

https://nerdbude.com/nv-xmonad/