▲ 127 ▼ Minimal Wayland Software? (mander.xyz) submitted 3 years ago by SnailMagnitude@mander.xyz to c/linux@lemmy.ml 41 comments fedilink hide all child comments Will be doing a fresh install on an old laptop in the near future and was considering trying wayland. Can you recommend a decent & light window manager & terminal emulator? I've played around with wayland but always ended up back on xorg, was gonna give it another shot.
[–] MaliciousKebab@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 years ago (2 children) Sway and foot work pretty decently. Might want to check them out. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jsnc@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 3 years ago (2 children) imv as an image viewer emacs has wayland support zathura for pdf viewing Check Awesome Wayland for more. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] aard@kyu.de 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) In case you're already using emacs I wouldn't bother with a separate pdf viewer - pdf-tools for emacs is imo the best PDF viewer nowadays available on linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jsnc@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 years ago Well, I gotta leave something for those who choose to reside with the beast: Neovim permalink fedilink source parent [–] SnailMagnitude@mander.xyz [S] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) imv looks good, thanks for the link I'm a bit confused, I left Reddit to escape emacs users....should I be on kbin instead? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] quantenzitrone@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago imv is the absolute best permalink fedilink source parent [–] jsnc@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 years ago There is no saving your soul; Emacs is life, Emacs is death. /j permalink fedilink source parent [–] famfo@social.dn42.us 3 points 3 years ago In case you want eye candy (or how I call it: the Wayland compositor doing compositing) you can also check out swayfx. Personally, I use it with kitty and waybar. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jsnc@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 3 years ago (2 children) imv as an image viewer emacs has wayland support zathura for pdf viewing Check Awesome Wayland for more. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] aard@kyu.de 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) In case you're already using emacs I wouldn't bother with a separate pdf viewer - pdf-tools for emacs is imo the best PDF viewer nowadays available on linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jsnc@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 years ago Well, I gotta leave something for those who choose to reside with the beast: Neovim permalink fedilink source parent [–] SnailMagnitude@mander.xyz [S] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) imv looks good, thanks for the link I'm a bit confused, I left Reddit to escape emacs users....should I be on kbin instead? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] quantenzitrone@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago imv is the absolute best permalink fedilink source parent [–] jsnc@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 years ago There is no saving your soul; Emacs is life, Emacs is death. /j permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aard@kyu.de 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) In case you're already using emacs I wouldn't bother with a separate pdf viewer - pdf-tools for emacs is imo the best PDF viewer nowadays available on linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jsnc@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 years ago Well, I gotta leave something for those who choose to reside with the beast: Neovim permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jsnc@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 years ago Well, I gotta leave something for those who choose to reside with the beast: Neovim permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SnailMagnitude@mander.xyz [S] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) imv looks good, thanks for the link I'm a bit confused, I left Reddit to escape emacs users....should I be on kbin instead? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] quantenzitrone@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago imv is the absolute best permalink fedilink source parent [–] jsnc@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 years ago There is no saving your soul; Emacs is life, Emacs is death. /j permalink fedilink source parent
[–] quantenzitrone@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago imv is the absolute best permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jsnc@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 years ago There is no saving your soul; Emacs is life, Emacs is death. /j permalink fedilink source parent
[–] famfo@social.dn42.us 3 points 3 years ago In case you want eye candy (or how I call it: the Wayland compositor doing compositing) you can also check out swayfx. Personally, I use it with kitty and waybar. permalink fedilink source parent
