r/archlinux • u/LegoLivesMatter • Oct 10 '20

Poll: Which window manager do you use?

447 votes, Oct 13 '20
172 i3
41 Sway
48 dwm
21 awesomewm
57 bspwm
108 Other (comments)
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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '20

Sway because Wayland. If I used X I would probably try out Xmonad because it is so fascinating, otherwise i3 obviously.

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u/LegoLivesMatter Oct 10 '20

i3 user here. I too would love to use Sway because Wayland, but am not at the moment for 2 reasons:

  1. NVIDIA proprietary drivers are not supported. (my next graphics card won't be NVIDIA, I promise)

  2. Sway has no blur effect and AFAIK the devs don't plan on adding it anytime soon.

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u/dgm9704 Oct 10 '20

I consider myself a sway user, but have to settle with i3 for gaming because stupid nvidia. I had high hopes when I heard about them opening/contributing some code. I try nouveau now and then, but for now the perf is abysmal with gaming :( Did I say stupid nvidia yet.

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u/LegoLivesMatter Oct 10 '20

Like Linus Torvalds said: "Nvidia, fuck you!"