[arch-general] [OT] Favorite/best desktop in archlinux

matthew ilovecountrymusic483 at gmail.com
Mon Nov 7 21:27:04 UTC 2016


I use gnome myself.  I am an orca user so gnome good for accessibility.  
Mate is also good.  There is a couple of things you have to odo to get 
mate to work though gnome just works rite out of the box.


Matthew




On 11/06/2016 05:49 PM, Lukas Rose wrote:
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>>> On 06 Nov 2016, at 23:15, Bruno Pagani <bruno.pagani at ens-lyon.org> wrote:
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>>> Le 06/11/2016 à 23:12, Maykel Franco via arch-general a écrit :
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>>> Hi, what the best desktop envieronment for archlinux? Only is the question.
>>>
>>> I like very much kde plasma but he used a lot of ram and sometimes it
>>> is very heavy. Do you think?
>> There is no such thing like “the best DE”. This is a matter of
>> taste/desired features, dot. Most people I know running Arch use i3,
>> personally I use KDE Plasma. ;)
>>
>> Bruno
> You have to find out yourself what suits your usage best. I love XFCE for its simplicity, lightweightness and Linux-ish style (category bases menus as typical for Linux, customizable panels with applets etc).
>
> No matter what DE you use, docky is often a nice addition as a program launch menu.


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