think it someone post before … alway nice see different desktop ideas ( we all different ) 
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Well - one way to look at it suggests you are now using Arch PLUS… 
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Fine to download it - not so sure about trying to USE it…
actually it's fine in a VM without internet access
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Just put some color in my dark setup
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Can you share those wallpapers? Or are they in another post that I missed?
Ubuntu Unity 21.04 created by a lad born in 2009.
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Might still be my choice if I didn’t go hi-dpi. Going to the top for everything is a longer trip now… (sigh). Beautiful workflow though…
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That reminds me a lot @Shjim’s waybar!
(Also it’s nice to know what the screenshot is working! There’s a menu too. Shift+Print 
)
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Unity is awesome, I want it so darn much on Arch
Unity is built on top of the libraries of Compiz - in fact running Unity allowed even the “non-professional” aspects of Compiz to be activated at the user’s choice (Magic Lamp, wobbly windows, a fish tank with multiple fish swimming in the spinnable cube etc etc) by merely activating options. Compiz is still available (in the AUR) in 2 series types - .8 and .9 - and works quite well (I have it on a couple of my builds). I haven’t looked for it, but the Unity plugin should also be possible to add. I don’t know if you would have to import it from the Unity Ubuntu build - but there should be a way.
BTW - my current level of understanding the situation has the .8 versions being more suited to Arch builds - don’t know if that’s still the case… at least the effect and most of the workflow is available there.
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Yep, I know that, but I’m not talking about the window manager, compiz doesn’t have much unique that isn’t in Kwin these days (and both can be used standalone as well!). i’m more interested in the workflow, and I can clone it with KDE, but it just isn’t that perfect.
Just wasn’t sure if you knew that Unity was built as a plugin for Compiz (which is why Compiz got pretty good…). Anyway - good luck fine-tuning things!
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it was there:
That’s it! I have to reinstall this game just for the desktop pictures!
Indeed it was, but I doubt that would work now 
I don’t feel confident about replacing nautilus, systemd, network manager, zeitgiest, and so much more. Damn, Ubuntu devs do like lock-in!
If you’re adventurous, you could make Ubuntu more like Arch… they have a ‘rolling release’ out there called ‘Rolling Rhino’, and so far it is surprisingly stable in my experience (limited). On an Ubuntu base, it should be easier.
That said, if it was actually easy, I might have done it myself - and I didn’t (and won’t) 
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The lad is trying to build Unity X, and I am sure he’d succeed. Here’s what he tries, of course, without the help of Ubuntu. It would be nice to help him, if you can code, even if you don’t like Ubuntu.
Learning using a tiling window manager with i3
So basically i installed XFCE and change the wm to i3, mainly trying some stuff and yes i’m learning it from scratch
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Best way !. Think it great you do this 
You might find interesting + may help if you stuck
https://github.com/endeavouros-team/i3-EndeavourOS/tree/7bff0b6258bd7f0fd4a44aea6192df89ee6dd676
it old but still good for read and learn set i3 up … if want updated eos i3 it here
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