Scrolling Window Managers Are My New Best Friend

Brodie Robertson June 8, 2025
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I've recently been trying out a Wayland compositor called Niri, it is what is known as a scrolling window manager or a scrolling tilling manager. I've really come to like this model and have actually switched to it ==========Support The Channel========== ► Patreon: https://brodierobertson.xyz/patreon ► Paypal: https://brodierobertson.xyz/paypal ► Liberapay: https://brodierobertson.xyz/liberapay ► Amazon USA: https://brodierobertson.xyz/amazonusa ==========Resources========== Niri: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/ EndlessWM: https://github.com/peterfajdiga/EndlessWM Cardboard: https://gitlab.com/cardboardwm/cardboard PaperWM: https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM Karousel: https://github.com/peterfajdiga/karousel Scroll: https://github.com/dawsers/scroll PaperSway: https://spwhitton.name/tech/code/papersway/ Hyprscrolling: https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprland-plugins/tree/main/hyprscrolling Hyprslidr: https://gitlab.com/magus/hyprslidr =========Video Platforms========== 🎥 Odysee: https://brodierobertson.xyz/odysee 🎥 Podcast: https://techovertea.xyz/youtube 🎮 Gaming: https://brodierobertson.xyz/gaming ==========Social Media========== 🎤 Discord: https://brodierobertson.xyz/discord 🐦 Twitter: https://brodierobertson.xyz/twitter 🌐 Mastodon: https://brodierobertson.xyz/mastodon 🖥️ GitHub: https://brodierobertson.xyz/github ==========Credits========== 🎨 Channel Art: Profile Picture: https://www.instagram.com/supercozman_draws/ #Niri #WindowManager #Wayland #OpenSource #FOSS 🎵 Ending music Track: Debris & Jonth - Game Time [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDTvvOTie0w Free Download / Stream: http://ncs.io/GameTime DISCLOSURE: Wherever possible I use referral links, which means if you click one of the links in this video or description and make a purchase I may receive a small commission or other compensation.

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