So here I am again. I did tried a couple of Window Tiling manager such dwm, i3, Awesome, Hyprwm in a Linux virtual machine, and I want to share with you what’s my impressions as user using those tools for first time.
- I did not feel much comfortable using them because they put the user in a complete different environment respect one we are habit to use everyday. I feel they are very uncomfortable for everyday usage.
- I did not like them because systray or status bars are minimals and I even can’t see by quick screen looking which apps are running in background and what they are doing
- I did not like them because I have a gaming PC, sometimes I use to play some Lutris + Proton Linux games and on these screen refresh rate was freezed at 60hz. I did non tried with xrandr because I remember I followed a guide months ago that specify how to run videogames at full monitor native refresh rate on a double monitors setup on Nvidia cards. I don’t think this is even working under a tiling manager since I was not able to open Nvidia driver settings from terminal.
- I had even some difficulties to start a simple script at user login
- I feel uncomfortable with no resizable neither minify at computer task bar windows
- The only reason I liked them because they are so minimal and computer resources friendly, but with a Ryzen 5800x and 32gb ddr4 ram I think that’s even too minimalist setup.
So at the end I ended up I did not like using all of them. My final verdict is I’m stuck with XFCE desktop with my little riced config, with a “little bloated” systray bar, Whysker menu and some customization on themes and with a custom windows composition.
I know my system can run without problems Gnome or Cosmic desktops, but as I said many times I don’t like at least Gnome because I feel it’s a dumb desktop. I never tried Cosmic but for what I heard it will run only on Hyperland, so for now for me that’s a big NO.
Guys let’s say I’m stuck on XFCE, it’s so rock stable, polished and with it’s 90is old looking style, the one I like so much and I’m so habit to use, where I started my first footsteps in IT (Windows 95 <3 ).
So yes, that’s my green garden in a Linux desktop forest for at last 2-3 years now, I feel so comfortable using it, I would be very difficult change my POV.