▲ 113 ▼ I Finally Tried Niri, The New Way Of Tiling Linux Users Are Going Crazy About (feed.itsfoss.com) submitted 4 months ago by cm0002@lemy.lol to c/linux@programming.dev 33 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] pelya@lemmy.world 34 points 4 months ago (4 children) Laughs in 15 virtual desktops permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 months ago (3 children) This is the way I always did it on Mac, and now do it on Cosmic. Almost always I want windows to have the full real-estate of the screen (editor, browser, etc) so tiling rarely makes sense for me and instead I want to be able to rapidly change between windows. So using whole workspaces as a side-to-side carousel where I can flip back and forth between adjacent ones in a moment has been my go-to workflow for 15 years already. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Ansis100@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 child) Same here. I also like to have specific types of apps on specific desktops so that I always know that, for example, Super+2 is my web browser, Super+4 is email and Signal etc. I'm much more effective on a fixed layout of things rather than searching for the app I need visually. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago I don't do strictly fixed, but I do relative, for example my terminal is left of my IDE, my browser is right. Using workspaces as instantly switchable 'screens' also helps make presentations and demos really slick, i find. You can screen-share the whole monitor and then flick between your deck and code and a browser very cleanly with no window fumbling. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 months ago The independent virtual desktop per screen in KDE 6.7, Cosmic, and macOS(which I’m pretty sure has had it working like that the longest) was really such a game changer for me. The all screens changin was always so awkward. And coupling it with a mouse that has a center-left and center-right click on its scrolling wheel which get remapped to switch desktop in the respective directions is silky smooth. I did like the tiling in Cosmic a lot though and wouldn’t mind incorporating it into a single desktop or screen. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 months ago (3 children) This is the way I always did it on Mac, and now do it on Cosmic. Almost always I want windows to have the full real-estate of the screen (editor, browser, etc) so tiling rarely makes sense for me and instead I want to be able to rapidly change between windows. So using whole workspaces as a side-to-side carousel where I can flip back and forth between adjacent ones in a moment has been my go-to workflow for 15 years already. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Ansis100@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 child) Same here. I also like to have specific types of apps on specific desktops so that I always know that, for example, Super+2 is my web browser, Super+4 is email and Signal etc. I'm much more effective on a fixed layout of things rather than searching for the app I need visually. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago I don't do strictly fixed, but I do relative, for example my terminal is left of my IDE, my browser is right. Using workspaces as instantly switchable 'screens' also helps make presentations and demos really slick, i find. You can screen-share the whole monitor and then flick between your deck and code and a browser very cleanly with no window fumbling. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 months ago The independent virtual desktop per screen in KDE 6.7, Cosmic, and macOS(which I’m pretty sure has had it working like that the longest) was really such a game changer for me. The all screens changin was always so awkward. And coupling it with a mouse that has a center-left and center-right click on its scrolling wheel which get remapped to switch desktop in the respective directions is silky smooth. I did like the tiling in Cosmic a lot though and wouldn’t mind incorporating it into a single desktop or screen. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ansis100@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 child) Same here. I also like to have specific types of apps on specific desktops so that I always know that, for example, Super+2 is my web browser, Super+4 is email and Signal etc. I'm much more effective on a fixed layout of things rather than searching for the app I need visually. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago I don't do strictly fixed, but I do relative, for example my terminal is left of my IDE, my browser is right. Using workspaces as instantly switchable 'screens' also helps make presentations and demos really slick, i find. You can screen-share the whole monitor and then flick between your deck and code and a browser very cleanly with no window fumbling. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago I don't do strictly fixed, but I do relative, for example my terminal is left of my IDE, my browser is right. Using workspaces as instantly switchable 'screens' also helps make presentations and demos really slick, i find. You can screen-share the whole monitor and then flick between your deck and code and a browser very cleanly with no window fumbling. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 months ago The independent virtual desktop per screen in KDE 6.7, Cosmic, and macOS(which I’m pretty sure has had it working like that the longest) was really such a game changer for me. The all screens changin was always so awkward. And coupling it with a mouse that has a center-left and center-right click on its scrolling wheel which get remapped to switch desktop in the respective directions is silky smooth. I did like the tiling in Cosmic a lot though and wouldn’t mind incorporating it into a single desktop or screen. permalink fedilink source parent