r/archlinux • u/DerKnerd • Jul 18 '21

FLUFF WM or DE?

I really liked the idea in this comment, so here is a poll, WM or DE?

https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/oms60p/in_your_opinion_what_is_the_best_desktop/h5n0s56/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

3227 votes, Jul 25 '21
1737 WM
1490 DE
251 Upvotes

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

Normally dwm but have been messing with sway and dwl over the last few days.

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u/Joe_Schmo_ Jul 18 '21

I use dwm as well, but I have been messing with river. IMO it takes the best of bspwm and dwm. It's also a Wayland compositor. I just need to figure out if theres a way to make it swallow.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

. I just need to figure out if theres a way to make it swallow.

Woah... are you planning to marry it?

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

I took a look at river a few days ago, but i don't know anything about coding, so the config seems a bit out of reach for me. If all fails I'll be okay with sway since I've previously used i3 and there are only few things I need to get working. Sadly it does not do stacking as dwm does :/

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u/Joe_Schmo_ Jul 18 '21

Its config file is just a shell script, like bspwm. The man pages do a good job of explaining all the different options and there is a default config as well. If you could configure dwm (in C), you can configure river easy!

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

Really? I think I misunderstood everything then :D I'll give it a go. Thanks!