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dwm alternatives (suppo.fi)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by dog@suppo.fi to c/linux@lemmy.world

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So I'm using dwm as an interface for Proxmox currently, but here's my gripes.

Config requires rebuilding.
Hotkeys seem to break for no reason*, last when I created a new user for controlling proxmox.
No real mouse controls for stuff.

Now I realize dwm is mostly a keyboard focused window manager.*

For context, proxmox runs on debian, but doesn't necessarily support everything properly (ie plasma has heavy visual glitching from something).

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[–] t0m5k1@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

using proxmox without the web gui is possible but it is expected to be accessed via webgui or term/ssh and the VMs on there accessed via ssh,rdp,vnc,novnc,etc.

Due to it fundamentally being an advanced qemu/kvm/virtio frontend you can use virtmanager to access the VM from a desktop. In this instance try something like i3, awesomewm, bspwm or even xfce (it can be very light weight).

[–] dog@suppo.fi 2 points 8 months ago

Commented on this twice already, so see those replies;

I'm using the web ui, I just need to use it from dwm on the same system for the initial master vm configuration.

After I have gpu-p and such configured, I can access the web ui from inside the vm.

The question was though what other options than dwm would be more fit for me, and what's available on debian/proxmox.

Because while dwm is lightweight like i3, awesome, bspwm, etc, it's not a great fit right now.