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I just installed Kubuntu last week so I could get the additional shift-drag targets to split my 34" ultrawide into 3 sections, or bump to the edges for the half

I just installed Kubuntu last week so I could get the additional shift-drag targets to split my 34" ultrawide into 3 sections, or bump to the edges for the half filled.

cluckindan 6mo ago
Install i3wm, it will change your life.
- setopt 6mo ago
  I’m currently using Krohnkite [1] to get dynamic tiling in KDE, and Klassy [2] to get i3wm-like pixel borders instead of full window decorations. [1]: https://github.com/esjeon/krohnkite https://github.com/esjeon/krohnkite [2]: https://github.com/paulmcauley/klassy https://github.com/paulmcauley/klassy
- hombre_fatal 6mo ago
  Something I realized after spending a few months in sway (i3) and then niri is that I only care about a few windows (code editor, terminal, browser, apps I use moment to moment). All the rest I'd prefer to just summon as-needed and then dismiss without navigating away from the windows I care about. sway/niri want me to tile every window into some top-level spot. Took me a while to admit it, but the usual Windows/macOS/DE "stacking" method is what I want + a few hotkeys to arrange the few windows I care about.
  - opan 6mo ago
    In sway, put the lower priority windows in another workspace, or the scratchpad, or in tabs/stacks. You can bind keys to focus specific programs by their appid/class also, so even if they're on another workspace or monitor it'll jump right there. It sounds like the scratchpad may be especially close to what you want.
    - hombre_fatal 6mo ago
      Your sway solutions are hacks around the MRU stack of a stacking desktop environment though. I don't want to leave the workspace nor go find which tab/stack I've put Spotify just to use it. And scratchpad is no better since I'd have to do an explicit summon/dismiss cycle between workspace and scratchpad just to recreate behavior I already have on a normal desktop env.
  - yepguy 6mo ago
    I'm surprised to hear that niri didn't work for you, I feel like it's a really good middle ground between tiling and floating window managers. It handles a lot of window resizing and arranging for me, without being too rigid. Windows can have any width they need without having to evenly divide my monitor.
    - hombre_fatal 6mo ago
      Niri is a great system for spawning windows. But it answers the question of: "Alright, whenever I want the $app window, I just go to column X of workspace Y" Which isn't something I want for 99% of the windows I have open. Most of my app interactions are transient where I prefer "summon $app from the ether without navigating anywhere". For example, here are low priority apps I have open: calendar, discord, whatsapp, notes, journal, database gui. Niri would make me find a place to put these apps in the top level and then navigate to them which doesn't match their transient nature.
      - yepguy 6mo ago
        Makes sense I guess. I mostly work with a few long-lived applications, and I hate having to do any manual window management myself. I'm fairly sure you could use scripting to come up with a Niri workflow that worked for your use case. Maybe something like niri-scratchpad (https://github.com/Vizkid04/niri-scratchpad https://github.com/Vizkid04/niri-scratchpad). But I sympathize if you don't want to spend a ton of time experimenting with your tools when you already have something that works for you.
  - cluckindan 6mo ago
    Maybe awesome-wm would be better for you then.
  - aquariusDue 6mo ago
    Yeah, I came to the same conclusion a few months back. Sadly I had to ditch KDE for GNOME due to an issue[0] specific to NixOS but after going through the gauntlet of tiling window managers and PaperWM/Niri over the years I've also settled on a traditional DE. [0]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/126590 https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/126590

I just installed Kubuntu last week so I could get the additional shift-drag targets to split my 34" ultrawide into 3 sections, or bump to the edges for the half filled.

cluckindan 6mo ago

Install i3wm, it will change your life.

setopt 6mo ago
I’m currently using Krohnkite [1] to get dynamic tiling in KDE, and Klassy [2] to get i3wm-like pixel borders instead of full window decorations. [1]: https://github.com/esjeon/krohnkite https://github.com/esjeon/krohnkite [2]: https://github.com/paulmcauley/klassy https://github.com/paulmcauley/klassy
hombre_fatal 6mo ago
Something I realized after spending a few months in sway (i3) and then niri is that I only care about a few windows (code editor, terminal, browser, apps I use moment to moment). All the rest I'd prefer to just summon as-needed and then dismiss without navigating away from the windows I care about. sway/niri want me to tile every window into some top-level spot. Took me a while to admit it, but the usual Windows/macOS/DE "stacking" method is what I want + a few hotkeys to arrange the few windows I care about.
- opan 6mo ago
  In sway, put the lower priority windows in another workspace, or the scratchpad, or in tabs/stacks. You can bind keys to focus specific programs by their appid/class also, so even if they're on another workspace or monitor it'll jump right there. It sounds like the scratchpad may be especially close to what you want.
  - hombre_fatal 6mo ago
    Your sway solutions are hacks around the MRU stack of a stacking desktop environment though. I don't want to leave the workspace nor go find which tab/stack I've put Spotify just to use it. And scratchpad is no better since I'd have to do an explicit summon/dismiss cycle between workspace and scratchpad just to recreate behavior I already have on a normal desktop env.
- yepguy 6mo ago
  I'm surprised to hear that niri didn't work for you, I feel like it's a really good middle ground between tiling and floating window managers. It handles a lot of window resizing and arranging for me, without being too rigid. Windows can have any width they need without having to evenly divide my monitor.
  - hombre_fatal 6mo ago
    Niri is a great system for spawning windows. But it answers the question of: "Alright, whenever I want the $app window, I just go to column X of workspace Y" Which isn't something I want for 99% of the windows I have open. Most of my app interactions are transient where I prefer "summon $app from the ether without navigating anywhere". For example, here are low priority apps I have open: calendar, discord, whatsapp, notes, journal, database gui. Niri would make me find a place to put these apps in the top level and then navigate to them which doesn't match their transient nature.
    - yepguy 6mo ago
      Makes sense I guess. I mostly work with a few long-lived applications, and I hate having to do any manual window management myself. I'm fairly sure you could use scripting to come up with a Niri workflow that worked for your use case. Maybe something like niri-scratchpad (https://github.com/Vizkid04/niri-scratchpad https://github.com/Vizkid04/niri-scratchpad). But I sympathize if you don't want to spend a ton of time experimenting with your tools when you already have something that works for you.
- cluckindan 6mo ago
  Maybe awesome-wm would be better for you then.
- aquariusDue 6mo ago
  Yeah, I came to the same conclusion a few months back. Sadly I had to ditch KDE for GNOME due to an issue[0] specific to NixOS but after going through the gauntlet of tiling window managers and PaperWM/Niri over the years I've also settled on a traditional DE. [0]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/126590 https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/126590