Ubuntu Sway Remix is great for both beginners who want to get familiar with the keyboard-oriented interface of tiling window managers and advanced GNU/Linux users who want a powerful, user-friendly and minimalistic interface.

What's new: Sway is updated to version 1.8.1, with a new bindgesture command, new ext-session-lock-v1 protocol for more secure screen lockers, xdg-activation-v1 is now used for more reliable workspace matching when launching new clients, new "disable while trackpointing option and various Vulkan renderer improvements;

This guide aims to be an easy to follow and straightforward way to install the master version of Sway and the wlroots dependency. It will then extend to useful projects you might want installed for a complete desktop experience.

Oct 28, 2020 · I'm on Ubuntu 20.04 and I just installed and configured Sway using what was available in the repo. I believe i'm on Sway 1.4.2 or something. I know that the latest release is 1.6.1 for sway, and 0.14 for wlroots. Is there anyway I …

Jun 26, 2024 · Ubuntu Sway Remix is an unofficial flavor of Ubuntu that uses Sway, a lightweight, tiling, and Wayland-compatible window manager renowned for its efficiency and minimal resource usage. The distro is tailored for users who value minimalism and control, facilitated largely through keyboard commands.

In this section we are going to build wlroots (required to build sway) and sway from the source repository. We will be building the latest stable version that seems to be supported by the dependecies in ubuntu 20.04: Sway 1.5.1. Here we will be building and installing wlroots.

sway (SirCmpwn’s Wayland compositor) is a tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11. It works with your existing i3 configuration and supports most of i3’s features, plus a few extras.

Oct 25, 2022 · Installation guide for the latest sway version on Ubuntu 20.04. Source can be found on github. This guide aims to be an easy to follow and straightforward way to install the master version of Sway and the wlroots dependency. It will then extend to useful projects you might want installed for a complete desktop experience.

Jun 29, 2017 · An unofficial PPA ppa:samoilov-lex/sway exists (compatible with Ubuntu 19.04+): Run following commands in order to install Sway from the PPA: sudo add-apt-repository …

For questions and bugs with software in this PPA please contact Ubuntu Sway Remix. 16 updates added during the past month.