Qtile Is Love, Qtile Is Life

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Published 2024-02-02
In the last couple of weeks, I reinstalled ArcoLinux on my main production machine. I'm using Qtile for the window manager, and I've been working on the config a bit, cleaning some things up and streamlining some things.

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All Comments (21)
  • @superangrybrit
    DT is the reason I became addicted to Tiling Managers. πŸ™‚
  • @isazani2012
    Your videos are the reason I use tiling window managers! While I'm not using Qtile this particular video game me an aha moment to fix an issue I was having with my hyprland config file πŸ˜„πŸ™πŸ½
  • @DrSteveMorreale
    Excellent DT! You have me wanting to try your distro and definitely this tile manager with your great customizations. Thank you for sharing especially such organized and commented documentation! Proud to help support your work!
  • @bobgrimes8618
    I followed your XMonad journey for years, using it for a time. Now, I have returned to MATE as I no longer have time to mess around with a tiling manager. Still watching you as your Linux videos are outstanding!
  • Been messing around with configuring sway & waybar, python based configs is looking very appealing. Great vid, DT!
  • @flow5718
    Welcome back DT. I love you <3
  • @SamuTheFrog
    this is so sick, your vids help me understand this stuff so much better.
  • @pulsarpl
    Hi, I just wanted to thank you. I've just changed my PC and used that oportunity to make some changes. I switched from i3wm to Qtile and it's so much better!
  • @itildude
    Qtile is the best. I have three monitors, and on one set of screens I have my personal stuff, and on one set I have my work stuff. I have a function to quickly switch between the set of three screens. Aside from that, I just overall love the WM.
  • @cajewi
    Best Linuxchannel. Greetings from Sweden.
  • @Danielddiniz
    Thanks for explaining the config again. Planing on bring QTile as a second window manager after Awesome, this is going to help. Just one question: what’s your key binding to swap a program to other monitors?
  • @MrFl0rp
    No little automobile wreck is /g/onna keep DT down! Glad to see you posting again!
  • @JohnCrawford1979
    I was trying out Garuda in both Hyprland and Qtile, but settled on Hyprland. Between them, as well as i3 and Sway, they are really similar, as expected with tiling managers. However, the curved corner was an aesthetic that helped sway me to Hyprland. But Qtile was a really close second, as it and Hyprland functionally were the most intuitive to me. Although Openbox on Maybox is still my main rig, Hyprland is winning me over. Openbox is a good transition from window to tiling management, and does have some great features.
  • X11 will still be alive and well thanks to people like Distrotube here. Also I realized something after listening to DT reinstalled everything. I might be in the wrong here but I starting to understand why the immutable distro. The base system, or the host is kept to the minimum. The rest of the packages is either in flatpaks which is its own environment so if a flatpak breaks, it's flatpak. Fedora Silverblue has toolbox that contains a discount Fedora image inside, like half a VM machine, so if something breaks it probably breaks in there as well. Why immutable distro is rock solid, cuz you are meant to change and break shits somewhere else, not on the main system.
  • With Arcolinux, a fresh install is quite easy with a variety of choices available.
  • @nichtgestalt
    Since Qtile is compatible with Wayland it would be very interesting of you to "review" its functionality. You are quiet experienced so I assume you have a lot to say about that topic. :)