u/LBXZero

One of my suggestion for MS Windows with managing multiple windows on screens was creating a custom window "frame" layout where I can toggle the maximize button to go between a loose window, maximized to the section's frame, and maximized to screen. I am able to adjust and save these custom frame layouts per screen.

An example is my 2nd monitor is set in portrait mode, and I commonly place Discord in the bottom half of the screen and a web browser or a media player in the top half of the screen. I hate resizing the windows every time I close and reopen these applications. I basically have some standard layouts of my own.

Right now, I am using Gnome in CachyOS. I am willing to change to a different desktop environment. What extensions and desktop environments have this functionality? More importantly, is there a name for this feature so I can search for it?

-- Edit 1 --

So the term is tiling manager. That is helpful.

I hope this is an appropriate subreddit for information. I have installed CachyOS onto its own SSD in my PC, dual boot between Windows 11 and CachyOS. I am taking the setup in steps, addressing hardware issues first before I delve deeper into transitioning software from Windows 11 to Linux.

My present hardware issue is the Audio. I got a Creative Labs Sound Blaster X AE-5 Pro in the PC. CachyOS defaults with Pipewire. On the first install, CachyOS didn't detect this sound card. After enough stress in my first attempt to get the sound card's audio working instead of the GPU's audio, I did a clean reinstall of CachyOS, and now the sound card is detected, but the speaker setup is not configured right. I have a 5.1 surround sound setup, and below is how the channels are distributed on the speakers.

Front Left Channel -> Front Left Speaker

Front Center Channel -> Front Left Speaker (Louder)

Front Right Channel -> Front Right Speaker

Rear Left Channel -> Front Right Speaker (Louder)

Rear Right Channel -> Subwoofer

Subwoofer -> Front Right Speaker (static)

My searches for correcting the speaker profiles are a complete mess. I can't get recommended applications for configuring the speaker outputs to install. The documentation I can find does not have sufficient clarity on this subject.

I am willing to edit the configuration files directly if I have the proper documentation. Any applications, I need help getting them installed.

--- Extra note ---

I do still have the issue where the audio upon switching back to Windows is distorted unless I reboot a second time or do a full power down. Current hypothesis is the sound card is retaining the Linux settings during a reboot, and Windows settings don't take over unless the memory in the sound card is flushed from a power down or a 2nd reboot. Current solutions I am looking at are adjusting audio quality settings for Linux where it is not staticky for Windows or send a report to Creative Labs.

So far in my progress into running a dual-boot Windows/Linux system, I am halted at getting the physical audio ports on the Creative Labs Sound Blaster X AE-5 Pro setup correctly for 5.1 surround sound. After a clean reinstall of CachyOS, the Linux OS now properly detects this sound card, but the preset settings do this:

Front Left Channel -> Front Left Speaker

Front Center Channel -> Front Left Speaker (Louder)

Front Right Channel -> Front Right Speaker

Rear Left Channel -> Front Right Speaker (Louder)

Rear Right Channel -> Subwoofer

Subwoofer -> Front Right Speaker (static)

My searches for correcting the speaker profiles are a complete mess. I can't get recommended applications for configuring the speaker outputs to install.

I am willing to edit the configuration files directly if I have the proper documentation. Any applications, I need help getting them installed.

--- Extra note ---

I do still have the issue where the audio upon switching back to Windows is distorted unless I reboot a second time or do a full power down. Current hypothesis is the sound card is retaining the Linux settings during a reboot, and Windows settings don't take over unless the memory in the sound card is flushed from a power down or a 2nd reboot. Current solutions I am looking at are adjusting audio quality settings for Linux where it is not staticky for Windows or send a report to Creative Labs.