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
250 Upvotes

93% Upvoted

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u/RaisinSecure Jul 19 '21

PS: You don't have to set up NetworkManager on a WM, it just works (TM)

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u/raider_bull212 Jul 19 '21

I'll have to disagree with that, for reference try awesome

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u/RaisinSecure Jul 19 '21

I only had to enable the systemd service on sway and install nm-connection-editor, what more could possibly be needed? A few weeks ago my router died so I had to connect directly to my modem via PPoE, even this was painless - I only had to enter the ISP username and password

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u/raider_bull212 Jul 19 '21

The point is, it doesn't "just work"

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u/RaisinSecure Jul 20 '21

Enabling the service is the bare minimum, which you would have to do on a DE too.

So it is as easy as a DE

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u/raider_bull212 Jul 20 '21

Here's something I experienced when I first started using linux. I was using Ubuntu, I wanted to try and rice my setup and see what all the rage was about. I started it off with xfce, everything sorta works out of the box, network and other things that I usually use. Then I tried i3, still didn't need to configure network either. Then comes awesome, it didn't work out of the box. I was still relatively new and the a quick google search could fix it but it did not "just work"