Has anyone gotten Budgie DE to work with the s6 init and using startx?
xfce worked with exec startxfce4 in my .xinitrc but Budgie shows a grey screen with oops. something went wrong.
gnome-settings-daemon uses systemd which is probably the issue.
So I'm just wondering if anyone knows how to get around that?
I installed the group from Arch Extra repo. Can I just uninstall the gnome-settings-daemon parts of the DE?
To begin with, I would install DM and check if the environment starts normally. Then you need to find out which lines it uses to launch DE.
Why did you install gnome-settings-daemon from the Arch repo? It's in Artix and compiled without systemd.
Sorry. I accidentally deleted Budgie from "Budgie Group"
gnome-settings-daemon was a dependency of budgie-control-settings which is part of the Budgie Group I installed from Arch Extra repo.
I just drilled down in the Budgie Group packages and there are a bunch of packages/dependencies that require systemd (networkmanager, modemmanager, power, bluetooth etc).
It might be a case of too many things in Budgie relying on systemd to run it out of the box on Artix yet.
If I didn't install (or removed) all those systemd dependencies, would that be an option to get Budgie working?
[EDIT] This person used Budgie and Artix: https://www.reddit.com/r/UsabilityPorn/comments/pdx6lv/budgie_artix_linux/
Just saw the HOWTO guide and ALPH repo has replaced almost all the Arch Extra repo so will try ALPH repo tonight to see if Budgie is in there.
So I made the decision to stick with xfce and install a theme to my liking.
I used xfce for the longest time and really liked it but that was years ago. When I got back on linux I used Arch and Budgie DE for a lightweight but modern looking DE which xfce out-of-the-box wasn't.
I didn't realize/remember xfce had all these themes out there! I found a bunch I like so will install one of them.