Re: [arch-general] [arch-gen] Qt wayland DEs?

8 Nov 2021

      On 11/7/21 07:37, Frank via arch-general wrote:
...
If I recall correctly theShell runs on Wayland too:
https://vicr123.com/
Frank
I look at both DEs:  theShell [1] and theDesk [2].  It wouldn't make sense to have 2 DEs for the desktop, unless one was for Xorg, and the other for Wayland, but it doesn't seem that case.  The other case would be that one was for mobile while the other for desktop, but that doesn't seem to be the case either.  I can't tell why 2 DEs, but looking at the dependencies on the github corresponding webpages:

TheShell
--------
     qmake
     A EWMH compatible window manager. (KWin is the default)
     the-libs
     wmctrl
     xbacklight
     kscreen
     NetworkManager
     libsystemd
     akonadi (on Ubuntu, you'll need libkf5akonadi-dev - thanks SparkyCola)
     libcups
     libxcb
     libxcursor
     tsscreenlock
     ts-polkitagent
     ts-bt
     ts-qtplatform
TheDesk
-------
     Qt 5
         Qt Core
         Qt GUI
         Qt Widgets
         Qt SVG
     the-libs
     libtdesktopenvironment
     Xlib
     xorg-libinput
     NetworkManager-Qt

So nothing making me suspect of Wayland...  Looking at their corresponding code frequency graphs, it seems theDesk has been more active lately...  From AUR, the dependencies are:

TheShell
--------
     kscreen (kscreen-git)
     kwidgetsaddons (kwidgetsaddons-git)
     kwin (kwin-hybris, i3-plasma, kwin-lowlatency, kwin-unredirect, kwin-git, kwinft-git, kwinft)
     libcups (libcups-noudev, libcups-nosystemd-minimal-git, libcups-git)
     networkmanager (networkmanager-secure, networkmanager-noscan, networkmanager-consolekit, networkmanager-git, networkmanager-iwd)
     qt5-base (qt5-base-headless, qt5-base-git)
     qt5-charts (qt5-charts-git)
     qt5-location (qt5-location-git)
     redshift (redshift-git, redshift-minimal-git, redshift-gnomerr-git, redshift-wayland-git, redshift-minimal)
     ts-bt
     ts-bugreport
     ts-qtplatform
     tsscreenlock
     wmctrl
     xdg-utils (mimi-git, sx-open, busking-git, xdg-utils-git, linopen, xdg-utils-mimeo, xdg-utils-handlr, xdg-utils-slock, mimi-bachoseven-git, mimejs-git)
     xorg-xbacklight (acpilight)
     alsa-utils (alsa-utils-transparent, alsa-utils-git, alsa-utils-nosystemd-minimal-git) (optional) – for volume controls
TheDesk
-------
     accountsservice (accountsservice-elogind)
     bluez-qt (bluez-qt-git)
     kwin (kwin-hybris, i3-plasma, kwin-lowlatency, kwin-unredirect, kwin-git, kwinft-git, kwinft)
     libtdesktopenvironment
     libthedesk
     libtwebservices
     libx11 (libx11-git)
     libxi (libxi-git)
     modemmanager-qt (modemmanager-qt-git)
     networkmanager-qt (networkmanager-qt-git)
     pulseaudio-qt (pulseaudio-qt-git)
     qrencode (qrencode-git)
     qt5-location (qt5-location-git)
     td-polkitagent
     the-libs (the-libs-blueprint)
     thedesk-platform
     thedesk-xdg-utils
     xf86-input-libinput (xf86-input-libinput-hires-scroll, xf86-input-libinput-git)
     bluez-qt (bluez-qt-git) (make)
     libtdesktopenvironment (make)
     libtwebservices (make)
     libx11 (libx11-git) (make)
     libxi (libxi-git) (make)
     modemmanager-qt (modemmanager-qt-git) (make)
     networkmanager-qt (networkmanager-qt-git) (make)
     polkit-qt5 (polkit-qt5-git) (make)
     pulseaudio-qt (pulseaudio-qt-git) (make)
     qrencode (qrencode-git) (make)
     qt5-location (qt5-location-git) (make)
     qt5-tools (qt5-tools-git) (make)
     the-libs (the-libs-blueprint) (make)
     xf86-input-libinput (xf86-input-libinput-hires-scroll, xf86-input-libinput-git) (make)

It looks to me the theDesk is like the next generation.  However, it also looks to me, they both are Xorg DEs, in which case, I'm already using LXQt + KWin...  So, none seems like Wayland DEs unfortunately.

Thanks !!

-- 
Javier

[1]  https://github.com/vicr123/theshell
[2]  https://github.com/vicr123/thedesk