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2026-10-11 11:50 UTC

Ever since I tried tiling window managers, I can’t go back to traditional style of handling windows anymore. Nowadays I’m on KDE, but I use extensions to automatically tile every window I open and close. Single applications are stretched to fullscreen, and every opened up window would then scale the applications to half screen and so on. There are different logics and algorithms (known as layouts) how this can work. Multi virtual desktops are a must with this philosophy, when opening and grouping multiple applications. In general automatic tiling (with manual intervention and rules for specific windows) does have its own problems sometimes. Recently, and I mean since yesterday, I changed the philosophy to a different philosophy. I’m currently on an endless tiler, where windows are opened up and can be scrolled from left to right on the screen. The most prominent of these type of window managers would be Niri, but I use an extension on KDE to emulate this behavior.

Replies (2)

  • @rescue_toaster@lemmy.zip 2026-10-11 13:17

    What do you think of niri? I think im of a similar mind. I switched to i3 10ish years ago, and could never go back to a floating WM. Now on sway and am perfectly content with my workflow. Im curious to try out niri, but haven’t really been that motivated to try it.

    Open ##4987481

  • @iusemybrain@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-12 17:10

    Same here, I started with hyprland and every time I go back to KDE or gnome, I feel like I’ve went back 10 years. I use the base sway package in the fedora spin, and after customizing keybinds it works great.

    Open ##5005134