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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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