• Croquette
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    3 days ago

    I tried Manjaro with sway, but had a few deal breaker issue, such as sound not working at all.

    I just installed i3 on my personal pc and it works straight out of the box, which is a better experience already than Sway.

    So I will see how I like it. I bought a 48" monitor specifically to act as a bezel-less dual/quad monitor, so a WM felt like it was a no brainer.

    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 days ago

      WMs tend to be like that sometimes, they usually require some form of configuration, like sound, and more general system management, theming, etc. But if you’re familiar with all of that, it’s trivial enough to setup and get working.

      Ironically i3wm is intended for multi monitor operation, i’m unsure if you can do virtual monitors, though idk if software limits that at all, you might be able to do that natively lol. I’ve been using i3 with 3 monitors for a while, it’s super nice. Basically exactly what i wanted for my setup.

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      3 days ago

      if you like i3 you should check out qtile. it’s written in python and has good documentation.

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        3 days ago

        I am just getting started with i3. I think the issue was more with Manjaro Sway.

        It’s been a few days now without any issues on Linux Mint. I haven’t done anything complicated yet, but it feels natural to open and move windows around, which is a great start.

        And the sound works too. So that’s good.