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Although using a Wayland window manager was cute, Sway always felt like a gimped version of bspwm to me. This is likely due to many of the bspwm features I use, as well as certain X applications not working well under Wayland (such as feh). I am also not interested in maintaining the config for Sway, and prefer bspwm's approach where it's configured through bspc and shell scripting. In summary, "after all these years", Sway is still more trouble than it's worth for me personally, and I'd rather invest that time focusing on my existing bspwm setup, which has always been pleasant to use.
.files
These are my dotfiles. As of 2022, my operating system of choice is still Arch Linux, although installing Gentoo may prove to be a fun side project.
History
I have been using GNU/Linux since 2012 and Arch Linux since 2017. My setup was originally i3 before I switched to bspwm. As of 2021, I added Sway, although I like switching between GNOME and Plasma as well.
The biggest advantage my dotfiles have is a consistent setup between GTK and Qt applications across multiple window managers. Making GUIs look nice on bspwm was a major task for me, and I'm satisfied with the result. Qt applications also work well under GNOME, with a consistent theme if you're using Arc for everything.
Old screenshots
Over time my tastes in desktop environments have changed. For nostalgic purposes, here is a collection of screenshots of my usage of GNU/Linux over time.
TODO: Add screenshots
