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I'll try something different next install, I swear.

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Show threadgrrgyle
I’m still stuck on i3 and sway. I hear there’s a version of KDE that is tiling…? But I haven’t found anything definitive on that.
Mar 15 at 1:44amWeb
Show threadLiketearsinrain6d ago
Kwin supports tiling, although nothing stops you from replacing it with i3.
Show threadgrrgyle5d ago

I’ve heard this which made me assume it was like an option I can just enable, but every search has only come up with some baroque scripting or configuration guides, which seems like a lot more work than just using an actual tiling window manager.

E: Oh I get it now, you just install Krohnkite. This is a bit of an improvement, I will admit.

Krohnkite

A dynamic tiling extension for KWin

Codeberg.org
Show threadLiketearsinrain5d ago
Yes, scripts like that exist (or replacing kwin). I don’t do it anymore, so I didn’t have recommendations, but may check this one mentioned.
Show threadAeonFelis5d ago

still stuck on i3 and sway

That’s an odd statement. I’d place i3 and Sway deeper down the rabbit hole, being build-your-own[^1] as opposed to packaged deals like KDE.

[^1]: in the sense of building a configuration - not in the sense of compiling code.

Show threadgrrgyle5d ago

I’d place i3 and Sway deeper down the rabbit hole …

I mean they are, but my mind and fingers have been so twisted by vim that I can’t really interact with floating wms without feeling honestly pretty intense discomfort. I see people having fun with their cool Plasmas etc and I wish I could make the leap, but every time I try I just bristle at all the mouse use. The lack of control makes me feel like I’m trying to use a computer while wearing oven mittens.

Show threadAeonFelis5d ago

My point is - why go backward? You already have your Sway[^1] based setup, configured just the way you like it, with the ability to switch various components in and out. What does a monolithic[^2] environment like KDE have to offer you?

[^1]: Assuming it’s Sway and not i3 because I assume you have already switched to Wayland. You switched to Wayland, right? You need to switch to Wayland. Why are you not switching to Wayland?

[^2]:, Yes, you can tweak KDE, but since all the various parts were created to fit together switching one will always result in awkward UX.

Show threadgrrgyle4d ago

why go backward?

I guess I hadn’t thought of it that way. Maybe I already have the wm experience that works for me, and I can just load up KDE when friends come over and I want to provide a more approachable UI for them.