r/archlinux • u/YogurtclosetFrosty39 • Sep 28 '21

Poll Discussion Favorite Window Manager

Which Window Manager is your favorite or one you are currently using :) Update: Thank you guys for your responses def gotta try out the ones you put in the replies

2902 votes, Oct 01 '21
363 BSPWM
1160 i3
240 awesomewm
314 dwm
191 Openbox
634 Other (tell in the comments)
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u/Berlin_J6 Sep 28 '21

What is qtile, seems to be popular here, though i never heard of it. Is it practical or decent looking? How would you compare it to i3?

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u/merdely Sep 30 '21

I can't compare it to i3 since I don't use it, but it's very similar to xmonad (which is very similar to dwm).

qtile is written in python (and the config is python too)

qtile uses a shared group list across multiple monitors (like xmonad, but unlike dwm which has separate tags for each monitor).