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To simplify setting up seats on #sway, I wrote a little TUI tool (in Rust) that gives you a big list of all your input devices, and you can then move them between seats using your arrow keys.

https://codeberg.org/blinry/multi-seat-configurator

To simplify setting up seats on #sway, I wrote a little TUI tool (in Rust) that gives you a big list of all your input devices, and you can then move them between seats using your arrow keys.

https://codeberg.org/blinry/multi-seat-configurator

But also, I'm excited to tell you that https://swaywm.org (a popular clone of @i3wm) has *great* built-in multi-seat support out of the box! ✨ You can configure the seats dynamically using `swaymsg seat <name> assign <input_identifier>`.

There's an open issue https://github.com/swaywm/sway/issues/3491 that makes it less useful, but I wrote a small patch https://github.com/blinry/sway/tree/one-seat-per-device to fix it.

#sway

But also, I'm excited to tell you that https://swaywm.org (a popular clone of @i3wm) has *great* built-in multi-seat support out of the box! ✨ You can configure the seats dynamically using `swaymsg seat <name> assign <input_identifier>`.

There's an open issue https://github.com/swaywm/sway/issues/3491 that makes it less useful, but I wrote a small patch https://github.com/blinry/sway/tree/one-seat-per-device to fix it.

#sway

Ich lege ja eigentlich keinen Wert auf Animationen in Window Manager, aber #mango gefällt mir recht gut. Hat das Potenzial #Sway abzulösen #mangowm . Es gibt leider noch kein Paket für #Debian - aber #Void Linux hat es https://mangowm.github.io/

Ich lege ja eigentlich keinen Wert auf Animationen in Window Manager, aber #mango gefällt mir recht gut. Hat das Potenzial #Sway abzulösen #mangowm . Es gibt leider noch kein Paket für #Debian - aber #Void Linux hat es https://mangowm.github.io/

Hi mastopeople,

I need help to have working screen sharing on my #debian laptop inside a #videoconference tab in #firefox or #chrome.
I'm sure it broke since I switched to #Sway on #Wayland.
I'm not sure if the browsers run natively or with Xwayland (they are not listed in `xlsclients`)

Any help appreciated, the simpler and more standard the better, I don't want to start downloading untrusted tools or compile things…

Please RT

#mastohelp

Hi mastopeople,

I need help to have working screen sharing on my #debian laptop inside a #videoconference tab in #firefox or #chrome.
I'm sure it broke since I switched to #Sway on #Wayland.
I'm not sure if the browsers run natively or with Xwayland (they are not listed in `xlsclients`)

Any help appreciated, the simpler and more standard the better, I don't want to start downloading untrusted tools or compile things…

Please RT

#mastohelp

Learning from pagodas: the skyscraper that sways with the wind instead of fighting it

Repost to help others discover this.

https://1ban.news/movable-floors-skyscraper-sway/

#1ban #movable #floors #skyscraper #sway #science

Learning from pagodas: the skyscraper that sways with the wind instead of fighting it

Repost to help others discover this.

https://1ban.news/movable-floors-skyscraper-sway/

#1ban #movable #floors #skyscraper #sway #science

#ViernesDeEscritorio #VoidLinux #Sway

Tan cerca de que se acabe el viernes de escritorio.

Void Linux musl recien instalado solo para ver que tanto se puede hacer con musl.

Did actually manage anyone to do screen sharing under #Wayland / #Sway on #FreeBSD with Firefox, e.g. in BigBlueButton?

After making sure pipewire and friends are running and also the xdg-desktop-portals I'm seeing the chooser in Rofi, select the screen which I want to share and then ... nothing happens

Did actually manage anyone to do screen sharing under #Wayland / #Sway on #FreeBSD with Firefox, e.g. in BigBlueButton?

After making sure pipewire and friends are running and also the xdg-desktop-portals I'm seeing the chooser in Rofi, select the screen which I want to share and then ... nothing happens

Autotiling 1.9.4

#sway #swaywm #Wayland #nwgshell

https://github.com/nwg-piotr/autotiling/releases/tag/v1.9.4

Autotiling 1.9.4

#sway #swaywm #Wayland #nwgshell

https://github.com/nwg-piotr/autotiling/releases/tag/v1.9.4

Alle 7 Minuten wird die #WLAN Verbindung gekappt. Auch wenn sie gleich wieder aufgebaut wird, nervt es extrem 🤬

Mein gestriger Versuch #Fedora #Sway auszuprobieren, entpuppte sich als Reinfall. Fedora #i3 werde ich aber gleich nochmal testen, ob hier die Installation funktioniert.

Alle 7 Minuten wird die #WLAN Verbindung gekappt. Auch wenn sie gleich wieder aufgebaut wird, nervt es extrem 🤬

Mein gestriger Versuch #Fedora #Sway auszuprobieren, entpuppte sich als Reinfall. Fedora #i3 werde ich aber gleich nochmal testen, ob hier die Installation funktioniert.

@angrylinus @cyon

#Sway and #i3wm have the same feature (tabbed windows)

That's 95% of what I use on those machines.

On KDE, I have sway-like keybinds for moving windows around defined, but no tabs, except for programs that use them natively (like Firefox, Okular, Dolphin, etc.)

@angrylinus @cyon

#Sway and #i3wm have the same feature (tabbed windows)

That's 95% of what I use on those machines.

On KDE, I have sway-like keybinds for moving windows around defined, but no tabs, except for programs that use them natively (like Firefox, Okular, Dolphin, etc.)

Thinking of switching to #RiverWM from #Sway I have a gut feeling that I'll like River better, I but can't be bothered to reconfigure everything again. There's no motivation.

During my upcoming days off, I will be enjoying myself more and learning. I think Void Linux will have to be a next week project. As I've got to write a config file for Sway, as my plan is to install the minimal image and add a WM on top.

However, I don't want to rawdog it. Playing around with a bit and plugging in all the specifics for my laptop will aid me.

With luck, my rough draft config file will work out any kinks. As I can get the default base config as a starting point, further customize that with all the stuff I want to add. I kinda want to mimic Garuda Linux's slick setup.

#voidlinux #Linux #Sway

building recent #sway from source on #popos (an #ubuntu derivative) is not exactly trivial, as many system packages are too old and hence need rebuilding from source, which came with a few extra cans of worms. Here's a writeup of what I roughly did:

https://anatol.versteht.es/blog/building-sway/

I have a #sway and #waybar question for all you #CSS folks.

So I have configure the battery module of the waybar configured. At the top of the file I have the following

#waybar {
background: transparent ;
background-color: alpha(@base, 0.75);
[...]
}

Which makes a nice semi-transparent bar except for...the battery when it is in the warning state, and only during the warning state. Regular and critical state remain semi-transparent, but warning get this ugly black background...

I solved the problem by adding the following lines

#battery.charging {
color: @green;
background: transparent ;
}

#battery.warning:not(.charging) {
color: @yellow;
background: transparent ;
}

#battery.critical:not(.charging) {
color: @red;
}

Notice the critical not changing that does not need background: transparent ;

So I have a working bar, but I really does not know why or how this is giving me a weird behaviour.

Do any one of y'all know what why how where? :battery_full: :battery_medium: :battery_low: :battery_empty:

TIL: there’s a thing named #DankLinux, which is “a complete desktop shell for #niri, #Hyprland, #MangoWC, #Sway, #labwc, #Scroll, #MiracleWM, and other #Wayland compositors”. This might be a quick and easy way to get all the little details working out of the box, and to get a consistent look’n’feel as a bonus.

(EDIT: oh, and it’s based on #QuickShell.)

https://danklinux.com

TIL: there’s a thing named #DankLinux, which is “a complete desktop shell for #niri, #Hyprland, #MangoWC, #Sway, #labwc, #Scroll, #MiracleWM, and other #Wayland compositors”. This might be a quick and easy way to get all the little details working out of the box, and to get a consistent look’n’feel as a bonus.

(EDIT: oh, and it’s based on #QuickShell.)

https://danklinux.com

@pjz Man, I so love i3 but it is an accessibility nightmare.

Getting screen zoom to work is nion impossible.

I tried Sway, but I have committed the most egregious sin you can in the Church of Drew Devault - my computer has the FORBIDDEN NVIDIA GPU IN IT!

boo hiss rotten fruit gets thrown onstage.

So I threw my hands up and am enjoying the incredible awesomeness that is @kde, and I'll leave #Sway to the true believers willing to live by the edicts of the Church of Devault :)

@pjz Man, I so love i3 but it is an accessibility nightmare.

Getting screen zoom to work is nion impossible.

I tried Sway, but I have committed the most egregious sin you can in the Church of Drew Devault - my computer has the FORBIDDEN NVIDIA GPU IN IT!

boo hiss rotten fruit gets thrown onstage.

So I threw my hands up and am enjoying the incredible awesomeness that is @kde, and I'll leave #Sway to the true believers willing to live by the edicts of the Church of Devault :)

FYI: If you used `gdmflexiserver` to launch a new session from something like `sway`, *this no longer exists upstream*.

Remedy: I switched to `lightdm`, which has `dm-tool` (which lets you switch to the greeter).

#Linux #Gnome #GDM #GDM3 #LightDM #Sway #Wayland #Compositor

People who are new to @prav may be wondering why they need to give a govt id and 1000 rupees to become a member?

Even long term #FreeSoftware community members might be wonder why do we need to bother with all these?

Don't we just need #vi vs #emacs or #kde vs #gnome vs #sway fights?

Don't we just need to have #Arch vs #Debian vs #Fedora choice?

There are two additional challenges in addition to maintaining software,

1. Run the service reliably - pay bills
2. Break network effects

New release 26.06.05 Lilidog, Beardog, and Waydog! https://sourceforge.net/projects/lilidog/

For Waydog, fully customized Mangowm 0.13.0 installer addition, and Labwc bumped to 0.9.7.

All builds have updated themes and new customization options.

Distrowatch: https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=lilidog
Github: https://github.com/sleekmason

#opensource #linux #debian #trixie #archlinux #labwc #sway #niri #mango #unix #freebsd

#Linux Weekly Roundup for May 31st, 2026: MX Linux 25.2, #Sway 1.12, Rhino Linux 2026.1, #AlmaLinux OS 10.2, Rocky Linux 10.2, #IPFire 2.29 Core Update 202, Calibre 9.9, #MKVToolNix 99.0, #PipeWire 1.6.6, #fwupd 2.1.4, #NixOS 26.05, #Armbian 26.5, Shelly 2.3.2, #Audacious 4.6, AppGrid 1.8, #NVIDIA 610, #Marknote 1.6, #Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 1, #COSMIC 1.0.14, new #Steam Client update, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-may-31st-2026

#OpenSource #FOSS #GNU

I got a used MacBook Air M1, for use as portable desktop and for HAM activities from parks and summits.
These are down to 5万円/350$, and in general used hardware here in Japan is in excellent condition.

Of course I'm using Fedora Asahi Remix on the system. Gave KDE again a try.. but #sway it is for me, again.
The procedure to encrypt the SSD has changed considerably, I captured it in this article: https://blog.fluxcoil.net/2026/05/fedora-asahi-remix-with-LUKS-encryption-in-2026/
#linuxonair #Asahi #HAM

STREETS OF RAGE 4 - LINUX - TESTANDO SWAY + WAYLAND + OBS
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1fUf4YTlGWo

#streetsofrage4 #sor #sor4 #linux #steam #steamplay #proton #sway #wayland #obs #linuxgamer #linuxgaming #sega

Ich nutze seit vielen Jahren den Font "Terminus" in der OTB-Variante für meine Terminals - xterm unter Xorg und #foot unter #Sway .

Nun setzen viele Distros nach und nach als Default die Konfiguration, Bitmap-Fonts zu "verbieten", zuletzt #Void Linux. Klar kann man das wieder deaktivieren, aber es könnte sein, dass die Bitmap-Fonts irgendwann endgültig verschwinden.

Das Problem ist: Im Bereich der skalierbaren Fonts (TTF u.ä.) habe ich bisher keinen gleichartigen Ersatz gefunden. "Hack", "IosevkaTerm" und wie sie alle heißen - alle sehen sie im Vergleich zu den Terminus OTB Fonts "schwammig" und unscharf aus.