TileOS is a Debian-based distro using tiling window managers as its user interface. TileOS is designed for both beginners who want to try tiling window manager environments and experienced Linux users who want a stable, comfortable and flexible keyboard-oriented user environment.
There are three editions available. The Sway Edition features Sway, a lightweight and highly customizable Wayland compositor that’s designed to be compatible with the i3 window manager but is built using Wayland.
There’s also a River Edition which features River, a minimalistic and lightweight dynamic Wayland compositor. The final edition features Qtile, a highly customizable, dynamic tiling window manager written in Python.
Features include:
- Stable and solid Debian base with some packages backported from Debian Testing.
- Fully pre-configured desktop based on a tiling window manager (or Wayland compositor).
- Fresh and stable graphics drivers (Mesa) backported from Debian Testing.
- Many device drivers and non-free firmwares are included in the base system.
- Included some performance optimizations as well as some system tweaks.
- Included additional repositories for installing programs not found in Debian, such as ONLYOFFICE, and VirtualBox.
- Ability to install additional software in the Calamares installer.
| Working state: | Active |
| Desktop: | Sway, River, Qtile |
| Init Software: | systemd |
| Package Management: | APT |
| Release Model: | Fixed |
| Platforms: | x86_64 |
| Home Page: | tile-os.com |
| Developer: | TileOS Developers |
| This article is part of our Big List of Active Linux Distros which is currently under development. |
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Guys, the link to this distribution’s website is wrong as it leads to your own page 🙂
Link fixed, thanks.