Using Qtile. Every day WORKFLOW and CONFIGURATION. The Python based LINUX window manager

The window manager Qtile in action. Configuration with Alacritty, Polybar, Thunar, Brave, Pywal and Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams, ChatGPT plus a Windows 11 VM. The LINUX window manager configured for my every day work. Similar appearance to Hyprland window manager.

THE ML4W DOTFILES MOVED FORM GITLAB TO GITHUB!

Qtile is a Dynamic Window Manager based on the programming language Python.

Qtile is simple, fast and extensible. With a bit of a learning curve you are able to create and design your own personal user experience for your daily work. Qtile is very well documented. One of the best documentations of all available Window Managers.

The first part of the video is about my personal workflow and in the second part I will share some insight of my Qtile configuration.
THE ML4W DOTFILES MOVED FORM GITLAB TO GITHUB!

My configuration looks a bit like the Hyprland window manager:

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00:00 In this video…
01:20 The Qtile Workflow
03:55 Floating Windows
04:45 Outlook, Teams, Brave and ChatGPT
06:00 Windows 11 Virtual Machine
06:45 Qtile configuration

[cyberguy]

I have been using qtile for some time now, I love the fact that it is minimal and less resource hungry. tbh I love linux anyway regardless of WM, or DE. Awesome video and thank you

[alexcolclough]

I really love this rice... have switched over to it and made some of my own changes to better suit me, but this is one of the cleanest ive ever seen for qtile.

[offensive-operator]

years using bspwm and you and your video just made me want to try qtile. it is beautiful

[thesaigoneer]

Liked and subscribed! Great vid, and man, I'll have to go through your dots. Super practical things in there. Qtile is still on the wishlist, but I got caught up Hyprland for now. Keep them coming!

[f.d.]

Very nice video showing the actual workflow. Gratuliere

[gnudoc]

Liked and subscribed. Great presentation, thank you. I'll be reading your dotfiles with interest! The right side of your polybar seems very nice.

[softwarewalaa]

Loved Your Work, Literally Very Thankful To You ❤

[JosenildoMarques]

Very beautiful! I love it! I have never used Arch Linux before. I'll create a VM and give it a try. Danke schon!

[micleh]

Awesome!
Your setup and default shortcuts are very close to how I configured my dwm, but yours is much nicer and more streamlined.
I'm very much interested in how you prepare your configuration so that you can push it to gitlab (symbolic links, etc.). I'm a huge fan of reproducibility, since I reinstall systems on different computers frequently.
My virt-manager can also be started easily (with win10 or 11) but yours is even more hassle-free. Maybe you can do a video on how you set it up.

Thanks for your very useful and streamlined videos.

[abdoulayebalde]

You have a really nice config file. I love most of the thing you showed. I am using Qtile as well but I am not able to make the scratchpad work. I don't know what's the problem though. Nice work and keep uploading these nice videos. also show us how you integrated windows 11 on this. I really need a full explanation of that please. Thanks in Advance

[Jeff_Seely]

You're configuration of my favorite window manager is stunningly gorgeous and highly functional. My workflow is the same as yours. I use Outlook, teams, and require Windows 11 to connect to factory automation with proprietary software. All of this looks really suitable! Which base installation distro of arch did you use? Thank you very much for your demonstration and have a good day.

[foxythemes]

Super organized and beautiful setup. Great job! What do you use to show line numbers in vim?

[SteDenig]

Really great content, perfect presentation. Keep going! Greetings! 👍

[garygordonhiggs]

I'm curious, I never see any of t he so-called linux pundits using the Qtile widgets for the weather and for the easy to settup and use.

[patrickprucha]

Very nice looking and functional. Good Work! It must of taken some type just searching the backgrounds. I would be curious, from start to finish and only time spent on working your customization, how much time it actually took you.

[MattCamp]

fellow Qtiler here.. I like your rice, , gonna have to go take a look at your dotfiles

[PLANTROON]

Thanks for the great qtile demonstration. I'd like to ask - how do you get GPU acceleration in WIndows 11 VM?

[original-bug]

Your video was easy to follow and really impressed me. Can you make another one for Debian-based systems, focusing on using Qtile? 😊

[jimmymkirk]

Is the non-hyprland qtile stuff still out there? My nvidia card can't get over the hurdles.

[average-arch-enjoyer]

0:43 No wonder I couldn't find many rice tutorials for qtile.