Labwc (Wayland) and Mabox

Labwc
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I’ve been experimenting a bit with Labwc recently - a Wayland composer inspired by Openbox.

It looks like the next refreshed ISO will also include Labwc, in addition to Openbox :slight_smile:

Of course, Openbox remains the flagship project in Mabox. Labwc will be available for advanced users, experimenters, prototype testers.

What do you think about it?

For now, the necessary packages are slowly appearing in the Mabox repo.
They’re already here:

  • libsfdo
  • labwc
  • labwc-tweaks-git
  • sfwbar
  • labwc-menu-generator-git

So if you’re impatient, you can install those packages and get your hands dirty now :wink:

I plan to have two labwc sessions available:
- basic - for self-configuration
- and mabox-ified - with my experimental add-ons

More about Labwc: Labwc website | Labwc github repo

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Can’t wait for it. I have experimented with Hyprland but not Labwc yet.
Labwc could be the wayland future of mabox :+1:

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I’ll try to publish an ISO before the end of 2024.

Don’t expect anything big. I’m new to Wayland and Labwc. It’ll be more like a base for DIY experiments :wink:

Session selection in LightDM…

Mabox_20241226-11-38-58
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Some progress…

…but a lot of work ahead :wink:

mabox-labwc-pre
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On the menu’s :cook:

Nice to see jgmenu working. :penguin:

The other menu is generated with labwc, i guess.

It is good to see that most code is like openbox.

There was some talk from begin 2024 about no workspaces support.
A user came with a hotkey solutions. Is that still an issue?

I’ll wait for your next Mabox release to test it out. :space_invader:

:bird:

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Jgmenu is usable, but not 100% like on X11. I will use it anyway.
Native menu is ok… but it’s an entirely different league.

Workspaces works - mouse wheel over desktop switch them like in Openbox.

Waybar and sfwbar are powerful tools - but I don’t really know them at all yet.

A lot to learn…

Overall, after spending a dozen or so hours with Labwc I am very pleased :slight_smile:

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Is it more memory hungry than OpenBox ?

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I haven’t checked it thoroughly, but it seems that the memory usage is at a similar level.

I have the impression that Labwc works faster and more efficiently.

I haven’t started Openbox for a few days - I’m a bit scared by this fact :wink:

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How is it going with labwc config since january ? will you eventually make your dotfiles available somewhere (with a minimal info on dependencies/tools used) ???
Just keeping an eye on this interesting project :grinning:

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Here you can find @napcok work :wink:

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Thanks a lot. I will try it on my mabox vm. :+1:

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Don’t waste your time :wink:
It is old and temporary repo with nothing interesting in it.

I made big progress during January - February on learning and experimenting with Labwc. But I have nothing 100% ready to show/publish. In March, I’ve had a hand injury, so I did not touch anything for about two weeks. :wink:
Now my hand is fine, but… I switched my focus on Mabox Openbox again.

I will go back to work on Labwc after I finish polishing March Mabox ISO refresh.
And hopefully be ready to publish ISO with “maboxified” Labwc at the end of April…

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Take care of your hand and have no stress about labwc mabox.
I understand that you have a life outside mabox and that there is no rush.

I’m going to play with labwc on my side anyway. I’m already familiar with waybar (on Hyprland) and some wayland utilities. I have installed the maboxlinux labwc and associated packages. There is some love to put in it in order to be usable. I will play with that for a while just to see if I can improve it locally.

Regards,
Bernard

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