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How do you theme a wm like qtile to look good? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by ExplodeyWolf@lemmy.world to c/unixporn@lemmy.ml
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[–] SmallAlmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Most of the "looks" come from the compositor (picom) and the bar.

[–] JustineSmithies@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Or if you're running Qtile under Wayland then Qtile is the compositor too. My dotfiles and a screenshot are here to show what's possible.

https://codeberg.org/JustineSmithies/qtile-wayland-dotfiles

[–] ExplodeyWolf@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So... what's a compositor?

[–] gunpachi@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago

Basically it's a piece of software that renders visual effects. It can also eliminate Frame tearing and minor janky visuals that you would see in a Window manager session.

Picom is the one people usually use in Xorg.

Picom allows you to specify window border corner radius and such which can help you fine tune your Rice's looks.