#paperwm — Public Fediverse posts

So the Swirl WM is neat. Very simple but attractive look, with a tight, Niri-like interface. It's not there yet, but it's really good and usable if you're an i3 kinda person who wants a #PaperWM experience.

SweetPotatOS on the other hand, I am less sure about. Your user isn't included in Sudoers by default, which is weird. I also saw some base system setups I wasn't fond of (no choice of file systems on install, some xdg related issues (I think), and some other stuff).

Considering it's a one-dev show, it has a lot of promise, especially the Swirl WM. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone who isn't at least intermediate skilled at #Linux, though. At least, not yet. Try it in a VM before you install.

I love #gnome, its #libadwaita app ecosystem. But I also love #scrolling #tiling à la #niri. For now, #paperwm works well, but I wonder what the future of window management in GNOME will look like. 🤔

Mosaic isn't going to cut it for me. 🫣

#linux #wayland

@mosgaard I was thinking about the easiest way to share my setup with all of you. Because, I spent a quite a bit of time making sure the default GNOME key bindings continue to work while the #paperwm key bindings are mostly in-line with what niri uses.

I still need to think some more about it, though, because I haven't found a streamlined way yet. 🫣

In any case, I've become completely addicted to the PaperWM/GNOME combo (and scrolling/tiling in general). 😎

#archlinux #gnome #paperwm #odoo #opensource business @loveyoumore. 🙂🫣😜

A new (short) #video is up. This time only on my #youtube, since my #peertube seems to be down at the moment. 🫤

In this issue of "Linux Audio Soliloquy" I'll explore some of the reasons why I'll be sticking with #gnome + #paperwm for the time being. 🫣😎

https://youtu.be/oGBuEP9TCVI

#niri

I made a short #paperwm #video for all the #gnome users out there who'd like to try #niri but don't quite have the time or confidence to make the switch.

I'd say PaperWM is about as good as it gets when it comes to scrolling, tiling window management on GNOME.

#peertube: https://spectra.video/w/nMUcdMzJkK2FfrYTrzs5yN

#youtube: https://youtu.be/TOPfzaKGWK8

On my way from #gnome to #niri, I've installed #paperwm, and I'm totally in love! 😍

I had to strip its settings down to bare #scrolling window management, but other than that, I have no complaints.

When I have some time, I'll install #niri and explore what I'd be missing by leaving GNOME behind. I still intend to use the GNOME default and circle (etc.) apps, though—I just like them too much. ☺️

ok. totally in love with #paperwm now. I tweak the shotcuts and settings ... now really really happy.

currently diving into #paperwm for #gnome.... not bad at all!

"what if you had an extra mouse button to manipulate windows movement" #ux #uxdesign

from this video: https://youtu.be/1fZTOjd_bOQ?si=rlMZArPxx5QpyDXg&t=1745

well, obviously. That is why, for almost 2 decades now, I always have a mouse with extra buttons and always map the super/win-key to one of the side buttons and always configure my #windowmanager to use the super/win key to manipulate windows.

But I just realized, many won't ever have considered this trick.

#gnome #paperwm

Man kann in virtuellen Maschinen übrigens auch gefahrlos andere Systeme ausprobieren. Dazu zB die Anwendung "Gnome boxen" / "Gnome boxes" verwenden. Darin kann man virtuelle Rechner erstellen.

Probiert zB mal irgendeine Distribution mit #gnome und installiert darin die Erweiterung #paperwm. Dann habt ihr eine Oberfläche die euch bei der Arbeit am Rechner so unterstützt, da wird sogar #macos neidisch.

@NuclearSquid @lebout2canap Blague à part, dans le domaine bien particulier de l’UX des gestionnaires de fenêtres : si quelqu’un peut me citer une évolution aussi dingue que #Niri ou #PaperWM, enlighten me.

Après 5~10 ans de WM classiques (fenêtre flottantes), puis 20 ans de WM en mosaïque (dwm, wmii, awesome, i3, sway…), les WM « scrollable-tiling » ont cliqué immédiatement chez moi. Ils me semblent supérieurs en tout : plus intuitifs, plus efficaces, et configuration minimale.

Three-finger scrolling in #paperwm is broken on Gnome 49, so I've been trying out the #niri window manager with dms as an alternative. So far it feels snappy and polished - I'm very impressed! My only real complaint is that it lacks an option to turn off window snapping when scrolling.

It started with scrollable tiling (first PaperWM, then Niri), now it continues with my daily runs of Death by Scrolling. If it continues like this I will end up creating a Loops account for myself😏.

#PaperWM #Niri #DeathByScrolling #LoopsVideo

Then I came across #PaperWM. It's a GNOME extension! So, I erased everything on my laptop and made that minimal #arch install, then set up GNOME. Looks suitable enough for me without the configuration hell I've experienced with the others.

Suite à un post de @birozularutti qui s’est mis à l’essayer sur les conseils de @fabi1cazenave, j’ai moi-même installé l’extension #PaperWM pour #GNOME.

Côté pile je ne quitte pas le confort de mon environnement de bureau habituel, côté face le potentiel n’est pas exploité à fond (en particulier le mode overview, encore plus quand on compare avec Niri) et PaperWM est tenu aux limites qui lui sont imposés par GNOME, mais de toute évidence le “scrollable tiling” c’est vraiment un truc pour moi.

@birozularutti @lebout2canap Nécessairement ! 😇
Et oui, je crois bien que #PaperWM a résolu élégamment le problème de la gestion des fenêtres. Ça me semble à la fois plus intuitif que les bureaux classiques et plus efficace que les bureaux en mosaïque. Perso j’utilise #niri et je suis totalement conquis, après 20 ans d’utilisation de tiling (wmii, i3, sway…).

https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri

Update:

I've just installed #Fedora workstation and I must say, I'm more relaxed now. Gnome 49 soon to be released so I'm looking forward to that. Also, for anyone using #Gnome desktop environment on their laptops, you should take a look at the #PaperWM extension. It's a total game changer for me. I historically have only ever used keyboard driven tiling window managers on laptops because I just hate trackpads. This extension is a perfect substitute imo.

https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM

@SillobreMVC J’utilise des bureaux pilotables au clavier mais oui, dans le registre des bureaux souris, Gnome a le bon ratio ergonomie/intuitivité : il y a un petit effort d’adaptation à faire quand on vient de Windows, mais le résultat est bien plus efficace.

Si jamais tu veux expérimenter l’étape d’après en ergonomie, #PaperWM est une dinguerie. J’utilise un bureau (#Niri) qui repose sur ce même principe.

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/6099/paperwm/

Heavily considering giving #niri a try after #paperwm has been causing some stability issues lately. I'm not sure if I'm ready to go back to a non-DE setup though (ran #openbox and #awesomewm back in the day). Niri sure is tempting though :-)

In my ongoing transition from Mac to #Linux I have been trying to avoid just setting up something like a Mac, but worse. So I have been trying some more radical things, like the tiling window manager i3, but it was a bit much for me.

Then I came accross scrolling tiled window mangers and, oh my! This is how things should be done. There are a few out there, but I'm using #PaperWM https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM

Going back to my Mac with higgledy-piggledy windows feels outright barborous now.

Very much liking #paperwm, a scrolling tiling WM extension for GNOME: https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM

Historically I haven't gotten on well with tiling WMs, so I'm surprised at how well the scrolling kind work for me.

Trying out #PaperWM. It's pretty buggy, especially with multiple monitors, but it's a really interesting window management paradigm!

@CleoMenezesJr @kramo are there workspaces in that video? I've been using #PaperWM and really liking it.

I'm getting used to #PaperWM as a tiling solution on top of #GNOME. It's quite nice, but it took me some tweaking (in particular key bindings) to finally appreciate it.