Hyprland 0.54 & Labwc 0.9.4 Servers Released

Available Composite server Hyprland 0.54 using the Wayland protocol. The project is focused on tiling window layout, but also supports classic random placement of windows, grouping of windows in the form of tabs, pseudo-mosaic mode, and full-screen opening of windows. The code is written in C++ and distributed under the BSD license.

Provides options for creating visually attractive interfaces: gradients in window frames, background blur, animation effects, and shadows. Plugins can be connected to expand functionality, and socket-based IPC is provided for external operation control. Configuration is carried out through a configuration file, changes in which are picked up on the fly without restarting. The functions also include: dynamically created virtual desktops; modes of arrangement of elements on the screen; global processing of hotkeys; Gesture control on the touchpad/touch screen.

In new version:

  • Added the ability to use different window layout modes on different virtual desktops and monitors. For example, for virtual desktops 1-4 you can select the dwindle mode (BSPWM style tiled mode), for 5-8 – the master mode (one main window on the left, the rest in a stack on the right), and for 9-10 – scroll (infinite scrolling of windows). The process of creating and maintaining your layouts has been significantly simplified.
  • Added a new layout mode monocle, in which windows always occupy all available space. The hyprscrolling plugin code has been moved to the main part of Hyprland.
  • The performance on systems with integrated GPUs has been significantly increased (from 50% to 500%).
  • The work on the integration of the
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