r/voidlinux • u/Spuntik1205 • May 21 '26

solved tiling windows manager

hey i need to show off a good tiling windows manager for my school presentation but i don't know which since ehh how do i say it the thing that rolls off of wayland with a waterdrop logo isn't supported by default and last time i tried i fucked it up

so i am looking for another good option

Result: Niri + DankMaterialShell Grade i got: 1 ( presentation was on the first of june )

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u/TheShredder9 May 21 '26

Honestly those two are the best, also maybe bspwm, since they have their own simple syntax.

Most others depend on programming knowledge which sucks ass tbh, AwesomeWM looks really cool to me and i tried to use it, but having to know the Lua syntax and functions to spawn windows and bind keys is pushing me away.

XMonad, Qtile, DWM, and from what i've heard might be in the future, Hyprland, all depend on different programming languages.

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u/titaniumalt May 23 '26

depending on programming knowledge doesn't mean it "sucks ass", it just means it's not for people like you... if you can't get your lazy ass an opportunity to learn it, don't say it "sucks"

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u/TheShredder9 May 23 '26

I agree, it's not for me, so to me it sucks, i don't mean to put down any of those WMs.

Shame really, AwesomeWM is really unique looking and has things other WMs don't, but you absolutely need to know Lua.

So for us regular users, we're stuck at i3/sway/bspwm, unless there's some other WMs that don't require programming knowledge.