Just a call for opinions: if you use Arch, and you wanted to choose and stay with a desktop environment long-term, what would you choose - and why? If using standalone window-managers is an option, I've been happy with Stump WM for almost five years now.
Runs on even my slowest machines, has great Emacs integration, Emacs-style keybindings are amazing and allow me a very fluent workflow. Also gives me all the screen real-estate possible, keybinds pretty much eliminate the need for desktop icons or a panel and I think it's crucial when most of the time you work on an 11-inch screen. You can still bring the panel up if you ever need access to, say, a dock. Lack of extremely active development doesn't bother me, there is nothing that really needs to be added and if there is something you can easily add it yourself, real-time. -- Serge Hooge () ascii ribbon campaign - against HTML e-mail /\ - against proprietary attachments