Based on our record, i3 seems to be a lot more popular than Ly. While we know about 89 links to i3, we've tracked only 7 mentions of Ly. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
This is partially why I use tools like i3 (/ sway). I like the tool; it works extremely well for me; the design has stayed the same for 20 years; there's no profit motive to come along and fuck everything up. It just works. It is boring in the best way possible. Source: 5 months ago
I use MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid-2014) with Manjaro as OS using i3 as a window manager. It isn't perfect, but I'm thrilled with it. I have been a Mac OS user for the last 15 years and wouldn't change what I have now for a Mac OS because I don't need more than what I'm using for development. Source: 10 months ago
For daily usage I really like kubuntu with i3wm, but it takes some configuration and getting used to the shortcuts, but it's well worth it. Source: 12 months ago
Some window managers are meant to be used as-is, and provide a minimalist yet functional environment that use very little resources or give power users an almost HUD-like interface. Examples of those window managers are OpenBox and i3wm for X, and Weston and Hyprland for Wayland. Source: 12 months ago
I did use i3 exclusively for a few years. The reasons I chose it were. Source: 12 months ago
After building & installing ly demonstrate manager (https://github.com/nullgemm/ly) I can'tseem to start it as there is no entry in /etc/sv to start. I then came across this: https://github.com/drozdowsky/ly-void. A build of ly that supports runit & sure enough it has a service to start however when I restart my pc and ly display manager starts, even with the right credentials it does not log in, only... Source: about 2 years ago
I definitely know what you mean; I used to use ly (and haven't been able to figure out how to write a package/service for it, yet) and would love to use that, again. Source: over 2 years ago
Yes, actually! Ly is a console-based display manager that allows you to select your login target between any of the standard sessions (KDEs, GNOMEs, and what have you), explicit launching of .xinitrc, or just dropping straight into terminal. Source: over 2 years ago
What DM are you using? I tried to compile both ly-void and normal ly according to this guide. Source: over 2 years ago
On the github page there is an instruction to build it manually, but idk whether that works on fedora :/. Source: almost 3 years ago
dwm - dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle and floating layouts. All of the layouts can be applied dynamically, optimising the environment for the application in use and the task performed.
LightDM - A lightweight display manager
awesome - A dynamic window manager for the X Window System developed in the C and Lua programming languages.
GDM - Electronics
bspwm - A tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning
SDDM - QML based X11 and Wayland display manager. Contribute to sddm/sddm development by creating an account on GitHub.