Post #3969610
2026-07-20 21:00 UTC
I got Canoe and jrwm to show me some windows. But on other WMs I think they just don’t register my keypresses like they should so there a re no windows showing up. Maybe I’m missing some other package or step that is so “well known” that it’s not included in any of the setup guides. In general I think the setup process to a basic functioning system is just more involved than I’ve had on other DEs. And I’m probably not deep enough into Linux and am expecting more from the window manager than it actually offers.
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@memphis@sopuli.xyz 2026-07-21 07:12
I only tried one (rill) and it also required a separate config file before I could start spawning windows. Anyways I think this river project is mainly interesting for two reasons: Allowing single developers to actually make their own wayland window manager. Possible without it, but not necessarily feasible. Making it possible to run a functional wayland desktop under memory constraints. River seems to use something like 100-150MB on my system. The second point appeals to me, because my daily driver laptop is nearly 15 years old, so every MB of memory I can save is of tangible value. I’ve gone back to X11 on it because of video driver issues on wayland, but I keep an eye out for projects like these.