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General Category => Off-Topic => Topic started by: lennartpooppering on 16 December 2021, 21:18:54

Poll
Question: What is your favorite wm available in Artix repositories?
Option 1: awesome votes: 0
Option 2: blackbox votes: 0
Option 3: bspwm votes: 0
Option 4: herbstluftwm votes: 0
Option 5: i3 votes: 0
Option 6: icewm votes: 0
Option 7: openbox votes: 1
Option 8: spectrwm votes: 0
Option 9: sway votes: 0
Title: What is the best window manager available in Artix official repositories?
Post by: lennartpooppering on 16 December 2021, 21:18:54
I'm thinking about migrating from XFCE to some minimalist wm.
Title: Re: What is the best window manager available in Artix official repositories?
Post by: strajder on 17 December 2021, 06:30:39
Don't believe polls. Try for yourself, see what you think is best.
Title: Re: What is the best window manager available in Artix official repositories?
Post by: qontinuum on 17 December 2021, 23:50:19
It is a long task but I recommend you to use each of them from 1 week to one mont each so you can have an idea of them all
There is no best one, it all depends on you and your use
Title: Re: What is the best window manager available in Artix official repositories?
Post by: tintin on 18 December 2021, 07:00:09
It all depends on how you use it.
As I mainly do graphics, I prefer Dolphin which I add to XFE.
Title: Re: What is the best window manager available in Artix official repositories?
Post by: limotux on 18 December 2021, 12:38:26
I am using an old laptop.
I have KDE Plasma and it is OK. (I like dolphin and baloo file search and the start menu!)
I wonder why in the poll there is no KDE Plasma and Gnome as they are the two most popular DEs.
Including them will give a better view of the topic.

Thanks.
Title: Re: What is the best window manager available in Artix official repositories?
Post by: strajder on 18 December 2021, 13:04:03
Window manager and desktop environment are two separate things.
Title: Re: What is the best window manager available in Artix official repositories?
Post by: limotux on 18 December 2021, 14:34:02
Quote from: strajder – on
Window manager and desktop environment are two separate things.
Sorry for being that illiterate!
I have seen some distros offering during installation to chose from KDE, XFCE,... and openbox which is on the list.
I don't understand this. So, this means you can have for example KDE Plasma "desktop environment" on your choice of "window manager"?
Title: Re: What is the best window manager available in Artix official repositories?
Post by: calvinh on 18 December 2021, 16:51:24
Quote from: limotux – on
Sorry for being that illiterate!
I have seen some distros offering during installation to chose from KDE, XFCE,... and openbox which is on the list.
I don't understand this. So, this means you can have for example KDE Plasma "desktop environment" on your choice of "window manager"?

It's possible to integrate a WM (for example openbox and xmonad) in a DE like KDE.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Window_manager
Title: Re: What is the best window manager available in Artix official repositories?
Post by: calvinh on 18 December 2021, 16:54:50
Missed a few important ones in the category, xmonad, qtile & leftWM.
Title: Re: What is the best window manager available in Artix official repositories?
Post by: limotux on 18 December 2021, 18:23:02
Quote from: calvinh – on
It's possible to integrate a WM (for example openbox and xmonad) in a DE like KDE.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Window_manager
Thank you very much.
I'm now reading the link.
Thanks a lot.
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