Linux Window Managers — Dotfile Evaluation

Systematic evaluation of Hyprland and KDE Plasma dotfile repositories. Cloned, examined, graded.

What's Here

showcase/ — Interactive Website

• index.html — Full evaluation with real screenshots from repos
• screenshots/ — Real screenshots downloaded from each repo's own assets

docs/evaluation/ — Research Documents

• full-evaluation.md — Complete 34-program grade matrix across 10 repos
• terminal-vs-gui.md — Terminal vs GUI file mapping for all programs
• improvements-plan.md — 10 project improvements with implementation status
• decomposition-notes.md — Hand analysis of first 5 repos
• compatibility-matrix.md — Compatibility groups for config swapping
• dotfile-decomposition.md — Initial decomposition framework
• dotfile-research.md — Initial research findings
• full-decomposition.md — Extended decomposition data

scripts/ — Tools

• switch-de.sh — Desktop theme switcher (KDE 15 themes + Hyprland 10 repos)
• transition-kde.sh — KDE Plasma 6 installer with Surface support
• transition-hyprland.sh — Hyprland installer with Surface support

skills/ — Agent Skills

• dotfile-repo-evaluator/SKILL.md — Systematic dotfile repo evaluation skill

Stats

• 21 repos cloned for analysis
• 12 real screenshots downloaded from repos
• 34 programs graded with S/A/B/C/D/F letter grades
• 340 individual grades across all repos
• 0 fake content — all data from actual repo examination