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Con Sway does not guarantee support for NVIDIA drivers
It works for the most of configurations, but it is not guaranteed; those who use Sway on NVIDIA do not get any technical support. Even further, requirement to run Sway with "--my-next-gpu-wont-be-nvidia" is rather humiliating.
Con Tiling
Windows use the entire screenspace, multiple windows can have odd dimensions cramping text or content.
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Sway
Recommended 6 years ago
Sway comes packed with everything I need and expect as a previous i3 user, also including screen locking and taskbars by default! It's a truly lovely experience.
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TilingPro
Compatible with the i3 window managerPro
Screen locking through built-in SwaylockPro
Status bars through built-in SwaybarPro
Supports gapsSway
4 years ago
Sway is incompatible with most of graphic cards (Nvidia). it requires to use nouveau (parody of driver) or AMD/intel graphics (parody of graphic card)
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Supports gapsCon
Sway does not guarantee support for NVIDIA driversCon
Doesn't support custom Desktop environments (Kde, xfce, mate, etc)Sway
Recommended 4 years ago
Intuitive and sane. It's the first tiling WM I've put serious time into, and mostly it just works. Configuration is a snap thanks to the extensive man pages and the well-commented default config file. Instant config reloads mean you can see the results of your edits immediately. Only downside is impe...
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Con Doesn't support custom Desktop environments (Kde, xfce, mate, etc)
Since it is a desktop environment itself...
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Con Difficult configuration
This has largely (completely as far as I know) been cleaned up with the first official release (1.0).