I tried i3 and now just wondering, which WM I can pick and why, because of their great diversity. Any advices?
Sway is based on i3, but it uses Wayland. If you liked i3, give that a try.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Window_manager#Tiling_window_managers
Wayland: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Wayland#Tiling
Hyprland user here.
My recommendation is to just try bunch of them and see which one fits your needs or you like using the most.
Try both manual tiling and auto tiling for both X11 and Wayland, one will eventually stick.
I started with AwesomeWM, then tried bunch of other ones , and to my surprise, I found myself using DWM (flexipatch) the most. I’m planning to transition to Hyprland soon.
Just use what you like and don’t pay much attention about the reviews.
I personally use and recommend Sway.
If you are the kind of person who cares about the culture around the software that you use, avoid hyprland. It’s creator is antilgbt and their discord server is pretty toxic. I also happen to think their documentation sucks.
You can join the discord and check it for yourself. Been on it since December 2023 but never once saw one toxic comment. Also don’t know since when but the discord has no off topic conversation. The discord screenshots in drews blog were 2-3 years ago.
Hyprland already has explicit sync enabled unlike sway. Sway is good too but at that pount I’d just be using i3 which is more stable.
I think the best is you read and inform about each of them and then choose. I’m not sure what answer you expect here. Do you know Python? Well then maybe Qtile is for you. Do you want switch to Wayland? Some window manager are Xorg/X11 only. Some are configured in a simple configuration file and some are configured by programming in a programming language.
Do you want an auto tiler or manual tiling? i3 is an example of manual tiling, which I did not like to do. Auto tiling means you don’t choose what position, it will always determine it automatically based on the rules the layout has. Some tiler have multiple layouts and rules you can switch between.
How to choose a window tiling manager? By reading and learning about them and eventually watching videos in action. Ultimately you just install them and try out. Tiling window manager are not like an entire desktop environment and therefore not that invasive or disruptive. You can easily remove them if you don’t like.
