[arch-general] [OT?] Which is most future-proof desktop environment?

[m.celiesius]

I think, XFCE.

On 12/30/2015 03:11 AM, Francis Gerund wrote:
> Wow.
>
> It seems that desktop environments and window managers are like "standards"
> -  "the good thing is that there are so many of them".   :-)
>
> Well, then:  which DEs and WMs are MOST likely to be still around (and have
> major usage and development) in 5 years?  In 10 years?
>
> And which are LEAST likely?
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 11:45 AM, bob <bdjor71 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I use i3 with xfce4 session, It took me a while to figure out, but in the
>> session and startup dialog for xfce4 you canchoose a display chooser on
>> login, I disable all xfce4 sessions except xfce4-panel and xfsettingsd,
>> install i3 with urxvt and all the plugins for urxvt (tabs, perls etc). In
>> my ~/.cache/session I have the sessions xfce4 and i3 beneath eachother.So
>> now when login from tty, the display chooser appears (when checked in xfce4
>> session and startup manager)  with i3 or xfce4 as wm.The xfce4 is only
>> xfce4, the i3 is in combination with the xfce4 whisker menu, and 2 panels
>> with mainly xfce4 features.
>> Also took a while to make the i3 config as I want, but to be honest, with
>> this setup I am 10x times more productive.Switching workspaces, with dual
>> monitor setup , the second monitor almost feels as overkill.Especially with
>> laptop or 1 screen, things are super.
>> So for me i3 and xfce4
>>
>>