I’m currently using kde and am loving it but online i keep on seeing people say, just get “hyprland or sway”. I want to know why they are so praised compared to a normal DE and why people praise the productivity of them.

Yeah they do look clean and minimal. They do level up a system in how you can change the looks and it organizes the system by itself rather than having floating windows, but why are they “essential for every linux user?”

Image credits to u/panospanagia on r/unixporn

  • [object Object]@sh.itjust.works
    15·
    2 days ago

    Definitely not essential in any way for general desktop usage. Its main selling point is that you don’t need to use your mouse to control the windows as opposed to other window managers. For people who are used to programs that heavily revolve around keybinds, it makes the desktop completely usable without touching the mouse at all. Also these programs usually come with text based configuration with minimal defaults, and pretty much lets them to customise it however they want.