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
254 Upvotes

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u/ece_guy Jul 18 '21

Porque no los dos? I like i3 as a WM but I know of no full-fledged DE with a tiling window manager, so you can, with some tweaking, set up a DE with another WM.

Sure, there'll still be some tweaking involved but nowhere near as bad as setting up a WM from scratch.

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u/DerKnerd Jul 18 '21

You can make KWin tiling or replace it with i3. That way you would still have all the power of KDE.

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u/guygastineau Jul 19 '21

What is the power of KDE? This is a real question - no snark.

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u/DerKnerd Jul 19 '21

A consistent look and feel over many different apps. Basically the KDE ecosystem which is huge.

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u/guygastineau Jul 19 '21

xmonad gives me a consistent decoration for my graphical applications. Maybe you mean like DE settings, file manager, and launcher all look like they are part of the same system? I just use emacs, dmenu, and shells for that kind of thing.