Linuxteaching
- What is Sway Wayland?
- Should I use a tiling window manager?
- How do you use a sway compositor?
- Is openbox a tiling window manager?
What is Sway Wayland?
Sway is a tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11. It works with your existing i3 configuration and supports most of i3's features, plus a few extras. Sway allows you to arrange your application windows logically, rather than spatially.
Should I use a tiling window manager?
windows in a tiling wm usually don't have border decorations, this saves some screen space. switching virtual desktops and windows using keyboard only is indeed much faster and convenient as soon as you get used to it.
How do you use a sway compositor?
Starting
- Manually. To start Sway, simply type sway in the Linux console.
- Automatically on TTY login. ...
- From a display manager. ...
- Keymap. ...
- Typematic delay and rate. ...
- Statusbar. ...
- Wallpaper. ...
- Input devices.
Is openbox a tiling window manager?
Openbox is a stacking window manager that comes as part of the LXDE desktop. ... Openbox is primarily configured with an XML file that dictates both keyboard and mouse bindings, while also allowing you to control window decoration, defaults, etc.
