swaylock-effects
Swaylock, with fancy effects (by jirutka)
Exquisite
Easy window layout management for KDE Plasma (by qewer33)
| swaylock-effects | Exquisite | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 11 | |
| 163 | 180 | |
| - | - | |
| 5.5 | 8.0 | |
| about 2 months ago | 20 days ago | |
| C | QML | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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swaylock-effects
Posts with mentions or reviews of swaylock-effects.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-18.
- Issue with swaylock
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Wayland worth the switch?
swaylock-effects-git https://github.com/jirutka/swaylock-effects/issues/3
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What low key UX improvements would you like to see in linux desktop environments?
It’s still being worked on. A new repository was made to add support for latest swaylock changes, but it’s currently broken. Let’s hope it’s fixed soon
Exquisite
Posts with mentions or reviews of Exquisite.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-25.
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How can I debug why a Kwin script is slowing my system shutdown?
If it matters, the script is https://store.kde.org/p/1852610/ / https://github.com/qewer33/Exquisite.
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2022 was the year of Linux on the Desktop
Would recommend this https://github.com/qewer33/Exquisite
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Arrange Windows vertically
I tried two tiling tools, Exquisite and Bismuth, but neither seems to be right for me. Mainly because they don't seem to work well on two screens.
- Tile windows not working in portrait mode?
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KZones - a KWin script that is a true replacement for PowerToys FancyZones on KDE Plasma!
Not sure if you know Exquisite, it has a layout switch and work with modifier keys. https://github.com/qewer33/Exquisite
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What low key UX improvements would you like to see in linux desktop environments?
Do you mean something like Fancyzones? If so, have you checked this out? Combined with this would be what you meant, right?
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Fancyzones equivalent for KDE?
ThereIs Exquisite , but it's still in beta
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I created KWin script for "snap assist" feature from Windows
This looks cool! Perhaps you could combine efforts with Exquisite to support arbitrary layouts?
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Updated Edna Themes
Exquisite https://github.com/qewer33/Exquisite
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Is there any 'tiling assistant' feature planned for future versions of Plasma?
For a tiling assistant window, you can use Exquisite, and for a more full auto-tiling experience you can use Bismuth, as others have suggested.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing swaylock-effects and Exquisite you can also consider the following projects:
mpv-mpris - MPRIS plugin for mpv
kzones - KDE KWin Script for snapping windows into zones
kde-snap-assist - KWin script for KDE Plasma which suggests other window thumbnails on snap
bismuth - KDE Plasma add-on, that tiles your windows automatically and lets you manage them via keyboard, similarly to i3, Sway or dwm.
LGTVCompanion - Power On and Off WebOS LG TVs together with your PC
pact - The Pact Smart Contract Language
sway - i3-compatible Wayland compositor
exldap - A module for working with LDAP from Elixir
pam-cryptsetup - Automatic LUKS header updates via PAM
luv-icon-theme - Lüv is the spiritual successor to Flattr, a flat but complex icon theme for freedesktop environments.
swaylock-effects - Swaylock, with fancy effects
swaylock-effects vs mpv-mpris
Exquisite vs kzones
swaylock-effects vs kde-snap-assist
Exquisite vs bismuth
swaylock-effects vs LGTVCompanion
Exquisite vs pact
swaylock-effects vs sway
Exquisite vs exldap
swaylock-effects vs pam-cryptsetup
Exquisite vs luv-icon-theme
swaylock-effects vs swaylock-effects
Exquisite vs mpv-mpris