#cow #fvwm #wayland

Hello all. Here's a few minor updates since I last posted:

* Output management improvements. Now, when, monitors are turned off, or one switches to a VT and back again, window positions are restored correctly. This is controlled by `set preserve_desk_on_output_loss` which defaults to true. Setting this to `false` will use the first available output and desk and mash all windows onto that.

* A new `desk-name` command to rename and limit the number of desks per output. There's also a `desks.count` setting to control the minimum number of desks.

Plus a few bug-fixes.

Since my last post, I've not had an offer to help overhaul the default config. That's OK -- but I admit, a pity as well.

I would also say it's worth looking at the outstanding PRs as well:

https://codeberg.org/thomasadam/cow/pulls

They're all from me, each in a state of "I'm working on them". The most recent is the DSL PR, which I hope will help with low-level scripting.

If there is anyone interested in helping this project, please join the #cow-wayland channel on irc.libera.chat and I'd be more than happy to find something worthwhile!

Enjoy!

We've release #Livi 0.5.0, our light video player for mobile 📼 . It now shows a proper status page when processing a URL (by @tpikonen ) and can (optionally) avoid display notches in landscape mode when the #Wayland compositor sends the necessary information (e.g. #phoc does). It's already updated in #Debian and on #flathub.

#Phosh #LinuxMobile #gtk

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A screenshot from a nested Phosh session. The video player processes a URL via yt-dlp.

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A screenshot from a nested Phosh session emulating a Poco F1. The video does not overlap the large display notch on the left.

Messing around with Waydog Trixie in a VM.

First impressions are positive. I like the initial welcome greeter that asks some questions about start up.

https://github.com/sleekmason/Lilidog-Trixie

#Linux #Waydog #WaydogTrixie #Xfce #Labwc #Wayland #Lilidog #Debian #DebianTrixie #Trixie

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Screen shot of the Waydog Trixie as installed desktop with a terminal with fastfetch run for output (nothing fancy - just qemu things). The logo drawn in character mode is a doggo foot print. Nice!

KDE Plasma 6.7 wird die letzte Version mit X11-Session sein
https://linuxnews.de/kde-plasma-6-7-wird-die-letzte-version-mit-x11-session-sein/ #kde #plasma #wayland #x11 #linux #linuxnews

What was the #wayland window manager again where you have an infinite desktop and can zoom in and out and between apps?

https://github.com/EVV1E/waylandcraft