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Rofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement - davatorium/rofi

I’ve used Openbox as a minimal DE replacement for years, with Tint2 as panel and pseudo launcher. When I switched to EndeavourOS a couple of years ago Rofi came pre-installed along with those as window switcher, search and app launcher.

At the time it seemed superfluous and I just flat out uninstalled it, but now I’m coming around to maybe ditching Tint2 (and the stodgy old JGmenu that EndeavourOS uses) in favour of using Rofi as a search based launcher and menu.

I can imagine it’ll be an abrupt transition but my question for the more seasoned Rofi users out there is, what should I look out for and what are your immediate caveats?

  • lemming934@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    10·
    5 months ago

    I’ve been using Rofi for a few years. I can’t think of anything to look out for, pretty much does what it says on the tin.

    • HandlesOPEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      Nice, I’ll see if it can replace ye olde taskbar standard for me 👍

  • hallettjEnglish
    51·
    5 months ago

    I guess it’s not relevant for your setup, but I like rofi because there is a fork that works in Wayland, and it’s the only Wayland window switcher I have found that isn’t tied to a specific window manager.

    • HandlesOPEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      Oh no, I’m not Wayland ready yet. I still use Openbox for crying out loud 🤣 Tried and true still works for me but I’ll give Rofi a shot!

    • mranderson17@infosec.pubEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      I like tofi as a wayland alternative. Unfortunately like so many of these projects it seems to be somewhat recently unmaintained.