sway-toolwait: Tame Your Autostart App Layout

TL;DR Use sway-toolwait to control the layout and workspace of your autostart apps. Introduction I used to have the following in ~/.config/sway/config.d/autostart_applications: swaymsg "workspace number 1" swaymsg "exec flatpak run --env=OBSIDIAN_USE_WAYLAND=1 md.obsidian.Obsidian" swaymsg "exec kitty" swaymsg "workspace number 2" swaymsg "exec firefox" swaymsg "workspace number 3" swaymsg "exec chromium --ozone-platform-hint=auto" swaymsg "exec kitty" swaymsg "workspace number 4" swaymsg "exec vieb --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland" swaymsg "exec kitty" As you can see, I have 3 Chromium-based app....

March 24, 2023 · 3 min

It's high time for Sway (Wayland)

TL;DR I think Wayland is ready for daily use if you don’t have a machine with Nvidia. Introduction I switched from Windows to Linux on 2021-10-06, so my Linux experience is < 1 year. Previous Linux experience WSL VirtualBox with Ubuntu 20.04.4 Linux journey Manjaro with Gnome Desktop since 2021-10-06: Manjaro with i3-gap since 2021-10-19: Switched to Sway since 2022-07-19. Current config: Sway After watching Brodie’s First Look At Sway WM: Welcome Home “i3”, and given Sway is a drop-in replacement for i3 (I could use my i3 config), I decided to switch to Sway....

August 27, 2022 · 2 min