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--- sway [2019/12/13 23:25] – created 8bit
+++ sway [2021/10/04 13:27] (current) – created pavroo
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-====Draco Desktop Environment====
+===== Sway =====
-{{:page_under_construction.jpg|Public Domain Image}} Pardon our dust. Coming soon.
+   Sway is available from Debian repository now
+"Sway is a tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11. It works with your existing i3 configuration and supports most of i3’s features, plus a few extras. "
-<WRAP center box 75%>
+==== Installation ====
-|[[cde|<--- The Common Desktop Environment (CDE)]]  |  [[enlightenment|Enlightenment  --->]]|
-</WRAP>
+=== Sparky 6 ===
+Sway can be installed on Debian 10 "Bullseye" / Sparky 6 "Po Tolo" via the command:
+  sudo apt install sway
+=== Sparky 7 ===
+Installation Sway on Sparky 7 "Orion Belt" based on Debian "Bookworm", can be done via APTus AppCenter-> Desktop-> Sway icon (recommended way) or installing the meta package:
+  sudo apt install sparky-desktop-sway
+or just the "sway" package.
+==== Usage ====
+The full installation via APTus AppCenter comes with basic configuration and a few tools, such as:
+– Alacritty – a terminal emulator for Wayland
+– bemenu – lets you launch an application; it can be started via left bottom icon or a shotcut: mod+d
+– Swaylock – a desktop lock for Wayland
+– Swayidle – an idle management daemon for Wayland
+– Xbacklight – a simple utility to set the backlight level
+– nmtui – a CLI network manager
+– Xwayland – lets you launch some applications from X window server
+– and a few small apps
+{{:sparky7-sway.png?400|Sway on Sparky 7}}
+<WRAP center box 100%>
+|[[manokwari_desktop|<--- Manokwari Desktop]]  |  [[start|^ Wiki Start Page ^]]  |  [[desktops_from_third_party_repositories|Desktops from 3rd Party Repositories  --->]]|
+</WRAP>

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