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Welcome to Axyl.

Introducing a new minimal Arch Linux-based distro.
Axyl focuses fully on tiling WMs. Level up your productivity with i3, bspwm, dwm and more.



i3 bspwm dwm xmonad qtile

Contents

📷 At First Glance

i3 (the default desktop)

i3
i3
BSPWM
bspwm
DWM
dwm
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XMonad
XMonad
Qtile
qtile
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Learn More About Axyl

🎁 Installation

Download the latest Axyl release from the Releases section.

Once you've downloaded the .iso file, flash the ISO image into a portable drive, like a flash drive. We recommend using balenaEtcher for this task.

Then, boot from the flash drive from the BIOS/UEFI.

When you boot up Axyl, you will be greeted by a welcome screen to install the OS. You can install right away, or just try out Axyl in the live boot.

i3 is Axyl's default window manager. You can install up to seven WMs from the ISO.

Axyl offers several WMs:
- i3
- bspwm
- dwm
- XMonad
- Qtile
- leftwm
- spectrwm

🖥 Global Keybindings

All default WMs in Axyl come with the same set of basic keybindings:

Keybind Function
Ctrl + Shft + Q Log Out Session
Ctrl + Shft + R Reload Current Session
Super + [1..7] Switches to Workspace 1 to 7
Super + Shft + [1..7] Move Apps/Windows to Workspace 1 to 7
Super + X Launch Powermenu
Super + Enter Launch Terminal (xfce4-terminal)
Super + C Close/Kill Window
Super Launch j4-dmenu-desktop
Super + D Launch dmenu
Super + N Launch NetworkManager dmenu
Alt + E Launch Edit Configs dmenu
Alt + L Launch Quick Links dmenu
Ctrl + Alt + L Lock Screen
Super + Shft + W Launch Firefox
Super + Shft + F Launch Thunar
Super + Shft + R Ranger Quick Launch
PrtSc Screenshot
Ctrl + PtrSc Screenshot Active Window
Ctrl + Alt + PrtSc Screenshot Selected Area

For the keybindings specific to bspwm, dwm, XMonad and Qtile refer to this guide.

❓ Getting Help

Axyl is built on top of Arch Linux. For documentation on pacman, installing packages, and other tasks refer to the Arch Linux Wiki.

If you need help or tech support for your Axyl installation, feel free to file an issue in our issue tracker so we can assist you.

You may also join Axyl's Discord server to ask for tech support and general inquiries.

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