I loved niri as a long-time i3 user, but once the novelty of it faded, I realized it was mostly its GNOME-like features that charmed me, like pressing Meta for “explode” view and dynamic workspace management, while the actual tiling and window management wasn’t as streamlined for me (especially stacking thinga vertically).
Sometimes I also miss the quality-of-life of a full DE, like dynamically switching from light to dark mode, but that can arguably be achieved in some other way - or even running i3 under a DE.
Sometime when I upgrade from my trusty old Nvidia GPU, I might switch to sway, but as of now, nothing has managed to topple i3 for me.
Im a long time i3 user too. I like my setup, and have probably dozens of custom i3-xxxxx programs that I’ve made over time, my custom config compositor, custom rofi menues that show different options hepending on the hostname, a well-tuned i3-status-rs, and of course: the muscle memory of all the shortcuts…
I gotta say, jumping to Wayland and using cute bars and themes looks tempting, but it’s probably gonna be a pain in the ass.
i3wm-ist here.
Niri also didn’t provide anything to me i3 didn’t. It was actually more dificcult and less productive for my professional work with two monitors. But for laptop only usage it’s amazing.
i3 to sway is pretty smooth. You don’t have to change much and after a while you forget if youre using i3 or sway.
I loved niri as a long-time i3 user, but once the novelty of it faded, I realized it was mostly its GNOME-like features that charmed me, like pressing Meta for “explode” view and dynamic workspace management, while the actual tiling and window management wasn’t as streamlined for me (especially stacking thinga vertically).
Sometimes I also miss the quality-of-life of a full DE, like dynamically switching from light to dark mode, but that can arguably be achieved in some other way - or even running i3 under a DE.
Sometime when I upgrade from my trusty old Nvidia GPU, I might switch to sway, but as of now, nothing has managed to topple i3 for me.
Im a long time i3 user too. I like my setup, and have probably dozens of custom
i3-xxxxxprograms that I’ve made over time, my custom config compositor, custom rofi menues that show different options hepending on the hostname, a well-tuned i3-status-rs, and of course: the muscle memory of all the shortcuts…I gotta say, jumping to Wayland and using cute bars and themes looks tempting, but it’s probably gonna be a pain in the ass.
i3wm-ist here. Niri also didn’t provide anything to me i3 didn’t. It was actually more dificcult and less productive for my professional work with two monitors. But for laptop only usage it’s amazing.
i3 to sway is pretty smooth. You don’t have to change much and after a while you forget if youre using i3 or sway.