As I’m about to start renewing and expanding the computer fleet in my house I decided I want to have a machine solely for my personal use, where I can use some solutions no one else will feel comfortable with in the house.

I’ve been wanting to try window managers for a while but after researching on it for a bit I’m none the wiser on which to choose.

There are a few distros out there that already deliver this kind of experience but I want to use the opportunity to learn and start from a stock Debian and build from there to where I want to get to.

I’m fully capable of setting up my computers as is but I’m aware WMs require a bit more involvement, so having at least good documentation is a must.

I’m also not averse to learn some coding, even more when considering I want to have a fully costumized conky, but I’ve never coded before.

The machine will be used essentially for writing, web surfing and email and, if possible, running Stardew Valley.

Any advice will be welcome.

Thanks in advance.

  • Baut [she/her] auf.
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    1 year ago

    Sway has a pretty well commented default config. It’s pretty polished and mature, and since it’s Wayland it’s far more secure than Xorg.

    $ sudo apt install sway swaylock swayidle

    Check the example configuration file for the default terminal emulator (probably “foot”) and just install that as well for now. You can pretty much also skim that config to learn the most important keybindings or edit them to suit you better.
    There’s a pretty good wiki page detailing its configuration: https://wiki.debian.org/sway
    I’d assume you’d need xwayland for Stardew Valley?