Hyprland is actually good

I recently switched from GNOME to Hyprland, and actually also deleted all GNOME related packages. It didn’t take long for me to realize it is exactly what I need from a DE on a Linux machine.

The config is easy to understand and the config file itself is pretty easy to maintain and come up with.

Anyone who is hesitant to switch should seriously read their wiki first. That’s how I came to think about using it and after reading it, started to play with the config.

Hyprland is quite mouse-friendly as well, which comes in handy at times. Although, I prefer a keyboard-centric workflow, the ability to do most of the stuff with your mouse as well is a nice addition to the overall polished feeling.

waybar, hypridle, hyprlock, wlogout, cliphist and all the other little things

It took me a while to figure out what other tools I require. Hyprland has a solid base with their hyprenvironment and home-grown tools.
Luckily, it is very easy to search for all the use cases and potential problems and find, install, and configure the correct tools.

Rice

I did almost no ricing. Yes, the window borders are purple. Yes, waybar was styled, but just a bit so it matches the overall themes. There is no transparency, no custom buttons and themes, nothing. I tried to keep it as simple as possible. When I look at some on the Hyprland setups I see on reddit, I ask myself if these people also work on it, or just stare at the nice menus, wallpapers, and transitions.
I don’t even have a wallpaper.

There are no next steps

At least none are planned. I finished my setup two weeks ago and haven’t touched it since. Everything works. I haven’t seen any issues with anything. This is literally the smoothest (and nerdiest) Linux experience I had so far.