This project is an attempt to provide a user-friendly desktop based on Sway - a popular tiling window manager (compositor) using the modern Wayland graphics stack. Ubuntu Sway Remix is great for both beginners who want to get familiar with the keyboard-oriented interface of tiling window managers and advanced GNU/Linux users who want a powerful, user-friendly and minimalistic interface. Ubuntu Sway contains popular console-based applications and utilities (CLI) along with graphical user interface (GUI) applications to meet the needs of most users.
Features:
Solid Ubuntu base
No Snap's!
Very cool tiling Wayland compositor with amazing community
Lightweight, easy to install, simple to use
Popular console-based apps along with GUI apps
Many customizations for comfortable use of Sway
Ready to use out of the box
System requirements:
CPU: Dual-core CPU with 1.6 GHz
RAM: 2 GB
Storage space: 20 GB
GPU: Any Intel or AMD gpu (Nvidia cards required additional settings and NOT officially supported. See for details.)
Raspberry Pi:
Supported models: 3b, 3b+, 4, 400 and 5 (arm64 only)
Minimum 2GB of RAM (models with 4GB+ is recommended)
microSD card: 8 GB required
Required good CPU heatsink
Installation:
Download image from downloads page
Create bootable USB stick using Etcher or similar tool
Click "Run Calamares installer" in Ubuntu Sway Welcome app (on Ubuntu Sway Remix 22.04 the installer will run automatically after boot to desktop)
Follow through installation process. Installation is pretty straightforward and takes 10-20 minutes depending on your storage device speed. Check out our FAQ for additional hints.
NOTE: there are currently problems installing using partition encryption. Use at your own risk!
