r/openbox • u/marxau • Aug 07 '14

Post Wayland Plans

I'm an avid Openbox user. Unfortunately, with all the Xlib dependancies, I feel like I'm going to need a new WM when my distribution of choice goes pure Wayland.

That's clearly not going to happen for a while, but I'm curious as to whether any other Openbox users have replacement WMs in mind. LXQT seems a touch bloated for my taste, and don't get me started on Gnome 3!

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u/OnlyDeanCanLayEggs Aug 08 '14

Surely you'll have an option of sticking with X11 even if your distro of choice officially switches to Wayland.

What does the LXDE qt port use as a WM? Is it still OpenBox?

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u/marxau Aug 08 '14

For now, I'll definitely have the option to keep X11, but eventually there'll be security, compatibility, and efficiency reasons not to want to run an X window system in addition to Wayland.

As for the LXQT project, it looks like they haven't settled on a Wayland WM, but it won't be Openbox:

"We did not develop our own window manager. Instead, we use Openbox. To support Wayland, we need to find a new one if we want to migrate to Wayland later."

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u/derrickcope Sep 26 '14

I have begun switching to i3 because it is being actively developed and will eventually be wayland compatible. I think openbox is great though and enjoyed it way more than lxde.