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So I finally got into tiling window managers and tried out hyprland. I spent quite a good amount configuring everything and there is still a hell of a lot more to do, but I am already loving the matching colors and the general look and feel.
For everyone who is curious about my setup:
Distro: Manjaro Terminal: Kitty editor: emacs browser:firefox taskbar: waybar compositor: hyprland
I also use fastfetch instead of neofetch.
Neat! To complete the reclaiming trifecta, you need to steal a Framework laptop and build a Middle East-themed website with Ruby on Rails Ü
Is neofetch even still a thing? Debian seems to have stopped packaging neofetch between 2023 (bookworm) and 2025 (trixie); I just assumed that the original dev stopped keeping it up to date, similar to youtube-dl. I wasn't in the mood to dig into it and possibly uncover more FOSS drama ...
I'm on i3-wm btw. Can't be arsed to change my setup to Wayland.
You're right about neofetch. It is no longer supported and therefore a lot of distros don't even have it in their repositories anymore. Luckily there are enough alternatives (of which fastfetch is one)
Also, if i3 works for you, why should you switch?
Fastfetch also has neofetch config, just alias neofetch to fastfect --config neofetch and you are back to the glory days of neofetch.
Xorg doesn't get actively developed anymore. I don't care about new features, but it's going to get issues with security, compatibility and probably stability at some point. TBF, "at some point" does a lot of work here - I don't believe that Wayland's tighter security makes a difference (at least not right now), and I'm still on oldstable, too. So, realistically, I can wait until it's actually an issue ...
Ah OK, didn't knew that I3 is for X11. Always thought it was for Wayland too.
Nah, i3 is pretty old and like most Xorg WMs, it has no plans for moving Wayland (AFAIK). But Sway is a drop-in replacement that works nearly the same and is even compatible with i3's config files. I could switch today if there wasn't all the other stuff that needs to be configured for Wayland (screenshots, clipboard, screenlocker etc.).
I like that waybar a lot.
Thanks, it took quite some time to figure out how I can style it properly.
fellow Emacs user !!!!
Emacs is what showed me the power of customization through config files. I quickly learnt to appreciate the power and portability. If I wouldn't have started using and configuring emacs, I would have never even touched hyprland.
Looks good. What's that music player you're using?
Also do you have any cool binds? For example I have a bind for switching my audio output from speakers to headphones, it's so useful.
I use Navidrome as a music player. Currently I still font have a dedicated server, so the instance is just running locally.
Regarding my keybinds, here are all keybindings I configured:
I recently heard about Noctalia from a colleagues. Its a wayland shell with support for most wm/de's, including hyprland. Its probably the most solid hyprland experience Ive had after just a tiny bit of keybind tinkering.
Before that I used end-4 dotfiles but I still prefer Noctalia just because the ease of use.
Also really nice setup! Just figured Id mention these because I know hyprland can feel a little jank to set up