I’m interested in TWMs for some while now.
Currently, I’m running Gnome with the Forge extension, which gives me a quite nice tiling with the full fledged DE experience I need.
Especially Hyprland is the project I have an eye on the most. The ultra-smooth animations are just out of this world! (I’m not only locked on Hyprland tho.)
My current setup feels a bit clunky, and I want something proper, without losing the comfort of a fully functioning DE.
My end goal maybe would be making my own uBlue-image with a setup that works sane out of the box.
Are there any setups and recommendations of needed packages?
How do Sway, Hyprland and other TWMs differ from each other?
Which one would you recommend for starters, and which one is “the best”?
What do I need to know before getting started? Should I just dive into it head first?
If I have to ask all these questions, would you just say I should ditch the idea for now, with my current level of knowledge and time?
What has your experience been? Any problems I may encounter?
Thank you for your answers?
Is there a fork of Sway, that is more future oriented and wants to break that original idea of just replacing i3?
I’ve heard something of SwayFX. Is it something like that?
I think I will just try many different ones with someone else’s customisation in a VM and see what I like.
I’ve never tried SwayFX, as animations aren’t really important for me (altough I currently use them (sped up) on hyprland).
Edit: Remember that almost all apps/bars/launcher available in those preconfigurations also work on other compositors. I personally recommend to make note which tools you like and assemble them to a desktop you like on any compositors. E.g. my desktop looks and works nearly identical on Sway and Hyprland.
I don’t think SwayFX has animations yet, it’s on the roadmap but for now it’s window blur, rounded corners, etc.