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Hyprland v0.46.0 released (github.com)

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A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor

Breaking changes

window/layer rule regexes now require a full match (not any match) to trigger.
cursor:dumb_copy is gone in favor of cursor:use_cpu_buffer. This should allow no-downsides Nvidia hardware cursors. Please note it's experimental.

Notes for packagers

New deps: hyprgraphics, re2

New features:

binds: add option to allow fullscreening a pinned window (#8526)
config: add 'force' option for 'cursor:warp_on_change_workspace' (#8681)
core: Add support for hyprqtutils' update screen (#8651)
core: add a few festive splashes
core: move colorspace handling to oklab (#8635)
dispatchers: Add an option to prioritize focus change within groups with movefocus (#8601)
hooks: add pre connected/disconnected monitor events (#8503)
hyprctl: add an inhibitingIdle field to windows
hyprctl: add directScanout to hyprctl monitors
hyprctl: add json output on hyprctl -j plugins list (#8480)
input: add warp_back_after_non_mouse_input
logging: Add some context to config error logs (#8326)
makefile: add stub to discourage direct make
pointer: add drm dumb buffers for cursors (#8399)
renderer: add lockdead_screen_delay (#8467)
renderer: add option to blur IME popups (#8521)
version: add link versions for other utils (#8619)
windowrules: add rules for mouse and touchpad scroll factors (#8655)
xwayland: Support cross DnD from Wayland (#8708)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago (2 children)

...now it's (probably) the most popular Wayland window manager.

KWin and Mutter probably hold that title and likely will for many years to come. There would have to be a mass exodus or software switch in Plasma and Gnome before Hyprland could match their market share.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Of course, I was comparing it to other "standalone" window managers, not the ones used by GNOME/KDE, since the userbase will be obviously much higher for the desktop environments.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Kwin and mutter only run with desktopmanagers, he meant windowmanagers that come around without a desktopmanager, like sway or i3 etc.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I wonder if i3 is more, just because it's been around forever, but I could certainly see Hyprland as having the most growth among standalone options.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I would think i3 is slowly dying because sway is it's Wayland replacement. But wrong, i3 has a stable fanbase.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Sway, from what I understand, hasn't really made a ton of improvements that would entice the X11 holdouts to switch. Not that it's bad, but if it's virtually the same as X11—and that's what someone knows best—why would they bother switching (I would, but I also try to use Wayland whenever possible).