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I've seen Niri floating around the conversation, but still find myself drawn to Hyprland. There's something about "pagination" vs a scrollable compositor that makes things feel much more targeted and organized.

I use Omarchy, btw.

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If I'm not mistaken, you can have the same workflow with niri. You don't need to use "scrollable" feature of Niri, you can attach screens to workspaces.

I was a former Hyprland user but after I switch to Niri I didn't look back because I think it's kind of having best of two worlds.

In my workflow, I have browser on workspace 1, code editor on 2, CCTV Viewer on 3 (we have a baby and babysitter so I occasionally check them).

In the other monitor, I have slack, terminals etc.

So when I need to switch between browser <-> code (or terminal) I can do quickly. Scrollable comes in handy when you need to check something quickly; for example you are trying to solve something and you need to run some commands in terminal. In that case I just open a new terminal next to browser, do my job and get rid of it.

Also the Super+Tab view is awesome, you can easily see which window is where. Niri also some IPC features so you can find window id and make Niri focus to it. This comes handy if you use Vicinae (Raycast like launcher for Linux). I can switch windows with just using that.

One final note, I highly recommend DankMaterialShell - https://github.com/AvengeMedia/DankMaterialShell/ along with Niri.

That's fair -- Basically, you're saying you just add the feature of 'scrollable' to any workspace?

DMS looks pretty slick.

> I use Omarchy, btw.

I've been thinking about this comment all day trying to decide if this was an unironic "I use Arch btw" or an intentional homage, but it made me laugh a lot

Intentional homage (and tongue in cheek joke)

I'm also on Omarchy. I use it somewhat like a scrollable compositor, in that I open a max of 2 windows, then move on to the next desktop, then just scroll through them all. But have the option for floating windows or a vertical split when needed (to run a command or something). Plus Hyprland is becoming more cohesive by the day.

I feel the I use Arch btw is fair because with pure Arch you actually have to configure things, you know.

But Omarchy is a fully pre-configured distro, there's no flex in that.

I'd consider it just an opinionated distribution of Arch, with a lot of flex.

Sure, I think if you disagree with the majority, you'd go Arch and rice your own from the base install (lot of folks who do), but if not, it's a very streamlined way to get off to the races with a community supporting the shared baseline 'opinions'

What am saying is you can't flex if people half baked the work for you, "btw I use Arch" was a flex because you had to configure everything yourself.

So it's a but ridiculous imho, there's no flex in it but you try to flex anyways...

It’s a meme, not a flex.

I avoid anything to do with DHH for his views expressed on his blog. I'm sure Omarchy is nice and all, but there are other choices without the ethical baggage.

I'm familiar with DHH's opinions -- Can you elaborate on how there are ethical implications/baggage associated with using FOSS?

Must we leave the vicinity of people we don't always agree with?

It's not the FOSS, it's the distribution. As far as I can tell everything in that distro is available elsewhere.

I am relaxed about the small potential downsides of not being in the vicinity of people who lionize Tommy Robinson.

Am I the only one that reads it as "I use monarchy, btw"?

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