A Year in Hyprland

Speaker: Josh Shupack

Room: CC 234

Time: Sun 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A)

Difficulty: Introductory / Some experience required

Track: OSS Distributions

Presenter Location: In-person

Experience: several-th time speaking

Description:

Hyprland is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that sits in the sweet spot between minimal window managers and full desktop environments. Josh began using it about a year ago while searching for something more powerful and modern than IceWM, but less opinionated and heavyweight than KDE Plasma — and it quickly became a favorite.

This talk begins with a brief introduction to what a window manager is and how it fits into a Linux system. From there, Josh shares practical tips for getting started with Hyprland, common pitfalls to avoid, and insights from a year of daily use. He’ll also walk through his current workflow and demonstrate some of the fun, highly customizable behaviors he has configured.

Although Josh uses openSUSE Tumbleweed, Hyprland is available across many distributions, making this session valuable for anyone curious about modern Wayland‑based tiling environments.

Target Audience:

Linux users curious about tiling window managers

People exploring Wayland compositors

Anyone looking to customize and streamline their desktop workflow