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This is one of those issues where there's a billion different solutions based on a billion different reasons.

Have you compared the configuration files? You most likely have some keybinding that root don't have, and hopefully works for root as well.

What does $TERM say for both users? I assume you use Bash for both users?

Yes. I just assumed it was stable since it's there to choose from at the login screen. I really don't use Mint, so I can't verify how stable it is.

I see! I use Gentoo myself. I prefer to setup everything myself, but I understand that those all-in-one solutions might be of great value for others though. :)

I use niri, I don't know if it's ressource demanding or not but the readme seems to say it works fine on old computers: Performance: while I run niri on beefy machines, I try to stay conscious of performance. I've seen someone use it fine on an Eee PC 900 from 2008, of all things.

That sounds promising!

Regarding eye candy it's also very sober by default, it can do animations, blur and transparency but you have to ask for it in conf.

That's good! While I love eyecandy, I don't understand why you want it with a tiling window managers, but that's just me being old I guess.

I use it because It's a nice middle ground between traditionnal wms and tiling ones. No messy stacking windows, no need to think too much about the layout, plus you get a larger screen than everyone at no cost :)

I can't imagine ever using it, but it's great that it works for you (and a lot of other people). :D

I haven't really looked into any of the modern alternatives, but it feels like they're a lot easier to get started with if you're new to tiling window managers, which can be overwhelming as it is.

There are very nice looking things like noctalia or dankmaterialshell that can take care of everything for you (dms in particular), including bar/dock/niri conf/wifi etc. It's much easier to have something functional and nice looking than before (including with other wms like sway).

You lost me here. What is noctalia, dankmaterialshell and dms? :D

And docks? Like those bouncy panel thingies in Mac OS?

I love eyecandy as well! It's what got me interested in Linux back when Beryl was a thing. :) However. When it comes to tiling window mangers, I personally find it distracting, but I completely understand the appeal of it for others. A lot of the desktop screenshots looks really cool, but I don't see how people can be productive with all the bling. :D

I've been a happy keyboard driven user for a long time now, and I can't ever imagine going back to using the mouse for all the things. I still use it for my secondary web browser though, but that's becasue a lot of websites sucks. :( I'm pretty sure that escaping most usage with any pointing device have saved my writsts from a lot of pain!

I would assume so. I have never seen anyone call it heavy, but I'm also not in circles where it's being used either. It looks like a window manager for the younger generation. :)

Me! I have a Fairphone 6 with LineageOS (without any Google services).

Have you looked at Cinnamon? It's modern and comes with a lot of features. It supports both X11 and Wayland.

I got about 20-25% better battery life when switching to Wayland with a fairly similar setup (Sway instead of i3).

If you experience performance issues, it's most likely a bug.

Niri is one of those 'modern' tiling window managers, which comes with a lot of eye candy and what not. It's probably a lot lighter than your average desktop environment, but compared to a traditional tiling window, I would consider it fairly resource heavy.

Thanks!