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Were you using hyprland before?

No. I'm from not-even-a-tiling-window-manager land. Years ago I tried i3 and sway but couldn't get used to them, they drove me nuts and I went back to XFCE. Years before that I used KDE. I encounter gnome all the time too on other people's computers. But tiling window managers I could never get used to. Somehow, and I can't explain it yet, niri immediately felt normal and good compared to when I tried tiling window managers before. Maybe hyprland is better even. I never tried it.

Do you have a link?

Ty 🙏

When I tried i3 I also ended up abandoning it, but been using hyprland for a while now and really enjoy it. I heard niri is very similar but with a lot less config needed which for what I value, it means you might have started with the best option 🙂

It hasn't. That's why I love it. What it has done is help me organize windows better. I used to spend a lot of time fiddling with the spacing and sizing of windows, dragging them between desktops, forgetting where I put windows and searching for them, dealing with overlap making sure a small amount of header bar was visible so I wouldn't lose windows behind other windows.... too much manual window management. I tried many times to always put windows into the same place so I would get used to and know where they were, but somehow that never worked out. With niri, with just 2 monitors and 3 (or it might become 4) workspaces, along with the scrolling to the right, I have everything I need, no wasted space (tiled), easily findable and easily groupable.

once you get to tiling, you won't be able to go back. exactly this, mousing around, dragging and organizing by hand, alt tabbing too much, is so cumbersome.

I had stayed on X11 myself because of issues I had with GNOME and KDE Wayland. i3 with Polybar has been solid for me.