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Choosing a hybrid Wayland Compositor (slrpnk.net)
submitted 5 months ago by boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net to c/linux@programming.dev
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  1. I am very unlikely to switch away from KDE Plasma 6
  2. I would anyways like to try Sway or the like
  3. I dont use virtual desktops and find just navigating through a bottom taskbar makes more sense for me
  4. I have many apps fullscreen, and would never tile more than once vertically, as I am on a Laptop
  5. I want: NightLight, tray icons, a good app menu, many KDE Apps (Dolphin, Kate, Ark, Gwenview, Spectacle Edit feature at least)

Are Wayland WMs ready for this use case? What would you recommend to fill these exact requirements?

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[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 13 points 5 months ago (14 children)

Can you tell what your motivation is? KDE Plasma fulfills these requirements. Do you just want to try something more lightweight? Do you want a tiling window manager?

[–] KRAW@linux.community 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Even if you want tiling, Krohnkite is available for Plasma 6. It was enough for me to switch away from Sway, since I care less about minimalism.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is Krohnkite available for Plasma 6? My understanding is that Kwin Scripts need to be updated, or at least re-uploaded, as Plasma-6-compatible. Presumably that's not the case for Krohnkite, since it's been unmaintained for a while...?

Personally, I'm using Polonium.

[–] KRAW@linux.community 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm aware. Krohnkite got updated to support 6

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Ah, found it: https://store.kde.org/p/2144146

I did not know, it got forked another time...

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