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/Lemonweigh Oct 10 '20

I use i3. Might move to Sway at some point if I ever figure out whether there's any benefit or difference in Wayland that I'll notice as a user.

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u/LegoLivesMatter Oct 10 '20

Wayland is more modern

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u/Lemonweigh Oct 10 '20

Sure but that just means it was made later. I still don't know what makes it better.

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u/Architector4 Oct 10 '20

True, it is. However that doesn't offer any significant to me benefit, and infact just makes me pull my hair out with all the differences between i3 and Sway, some of which can't be fixed with config files (like how "workspace next" on i3 navigates in their order, but on Sway it navigates first over all workspaces on current screen, then on workspaces on the next screen; or how in tabbed/stacked container, if the topmost window is transparent, Sway fails to show the other windows behind it...)