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What DEs are people using? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by ABeeinSpace@lemmy.world to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml

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I wanted to get a feel for everyone’s thoughts on desktop environments (or window managers if you don’t use a DE). I’m new to Lemmy, so apologies if this is too low-effort a post.

Personally I’m running KDE on my main computer, but I have an Arch virtual machine I use for more experimentation. That VM has seen KDE, i3, and will probably see hyprland at some point soon

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[–] wirthy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

XFCE with the WM replaced with Openbox. Ask me about my Openbox keyboard bindings for window moving and resizing :)

I kind of want to try KDE again, but I still feel it's too laggy, at least on my machine with intel graphics.

[–] ABeeinSpace@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am asking about your Openbox bindings

[–] wirthy@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Win+ijkl moves the window to the next edge with the "MoveToEdge" function, snapping it around the screen.

Win+Shift+ijkl grows the window from any edge.

Win+Ctrl+ijkl shrinks the window from any edge.

Win+Cursor switches desktops, Win+Ctrl+Cursor sends window to other desktops.

It seems intuitive to me because ijkl is used for actions within the desktop, cursor keys (reaching farther) are for between desktops.

https://pastebin.com/N2w84aEx

[–] ABeeinSpace@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Makes sense to me too. That’s pretty nifty