Want to try tiling experience keeping KDE software. What to choose?

eDio · 2011-11-27 23:33:40

Hi all.

At first, I would like to note that I understand, that the most right way of choosing some peace of software is to try by yourself. However I hope someone has the experience I'm trying to get, so this might save me plenty of time. And anyway I would like to get some suggestions, as I'm completely new to tiling WMs world.

I've been using KDE for more than a year. The last month I've spent with Ubuntu.
Finally, I decided to go back to Arch but also try some different experience - tiling WMs.

What confuses me, is that I'd like to keep using KDE software (krusader and okular particularly) and use KDE it for system configuration if possible (fonts, themes). And thus, I don't know, what would be the best way to combine all this stuff, I mean, tiling WM adn KDE together.

For example, couple of questions
1. What login manager I should use?
2. Should I stuck with KDE workspace (with no panels) or I should rely fully on WM?
3. And the most important: what WM would you suggest to fit my needs? I've heard wmii is a great thing, btw.

I have almost clean system now. Only very basic KDE stuff is installed.

Please, suggest me scenario of combining KDE with tiling WMs.
Suggest WM, which will fit to described conditions well.

Thanks in advance for your help and comments!

P.S. Archlinux is amazing distro

bohoomil · 2011-11-27 23:45:06

You can use any software you like with a tiling WM: this is the matter of your choice only, and what (how much) you wish to install. Getting down to your questions:

1. you can keep KDM or use as little as startx -- again, it's up to you.
2. were I you, I'd simply try and use a tiler without the KDE specific items (e.g. plasma things and so on). This way you're closer to truth / magic / the real thing.
3. there are plenty of them waiting to be tested -- a nice comparison is the best way to find out which type is best for you. I stick with dwm because it's stable, fast, offers all the goodies I need using a single application instead of dozens of plug-ins. However, I wouldn't know that dwm is the best choice for me if I hadn't used most of its competitors (sometimes for a couple of days, sometimes longer).

Last edited by bohoomil (2011-11-27 23:46:20)

flamelab · 2011-11-27 23:54:48

You do know that Kwin does have tiling features right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbNnhDGanH8

desaparecido · 2011-11-28 19:06:27

Hi, I use Awesome (from AUR repo or archlinuxfr repo) and I'm really happy. I use with KDE apps without problem, I tested before wmii, i3 and another ones but finally my choice was awesome, because you still use mouse if you want, and for me was important this feature because I searched a smooth transition from "mouse-user" . I'm not LUA programmer but even like that the configuration for basic customization is easy to learn, and even with the basic config is really useful. There are a lot of widget with a lot of function that you can add in function of your needs. Is really fast and stable, and minimalist, that for me sometimes is important, to be concentrate (for exemple.. ). The best is test some WM. Good test and good choice.

eDio · 2011-11-28 22:18:13

Thanks for your replies!

2 flamelab
I didn't know about kwin tiling support (I've heard about it, but thought, that an ability to maximize window, when moved to the screen edge, is the KDE version of tiling )
Played with it for an hour and ought to say, I'm not impressed with it.
Going to try "true" tiling WMs tomorrow.

Thanks once more for your help.

Arch Linux

#1 2011-11-27 23:33:40

Want to try tiling experience keeping KDE software. What to choose?

#2 2011-11-27 23:45:06

Re: Want to try tiling experience keeping KDE software. What to choose?

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Re: Want to try tiling experience keeping KDE software. What to choose?

#4 2011-11-28 19:06:27

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#5 2011-11-28 22:18:13

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