I want to find interesting WM setup, which will be good alternative to DE. In pictures I seen similar WM setups, but there many insteresting like nwg-shell. So i decided create new topic, which will be similar to https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/share-your-desktop-2026 , but only for WM users

I currently use Noctalia Shell, but their newest version (still in alpha) is being rewritten entirely in C++.

[image] ajgringo619: I currently use Noctalia Shell, but their newest version (still in alpha) is being rewritten entirely in C++. oh so no way we just add it to installer for now ..

hmm my wm :wink: joewm sad no wayland

I’d lob for DMS anyway. Even better, it’s in standard Arch repo, not just AUR like Noctalia :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

[image] erne.d.98: DMS yes it do not need anything in the installer to use that.. you can install without Desktop and run the script from TTY after booting into it. And yes this is a complete ready to use Desktop on niri very fancy smooth and seems well maintained.

KDE Plasma [Screenshot_20260623_161340] with plenty of (static) windows rules applied. [Screenshot_20260623_161828] Left top : Small kitty instance running the fish shell with the tide prompt (launched via auto start) Left bottom : yazi running in a dedicated kitty instance (launched via aut…

Interesting, might be worth a shot for trying out niri as a scrolling window manager instead of a tiling one. Only question would be if it could coexist with KDE Plasma ?

[image] joekamprad: [image] ajgringo619: I currently use Noctalia Shell, but their newest version (still in alpha) is being rewritten entirely in C++. oh so no way we just add it to installer for now .. Unfortunately, the stable version is in maintenance mode, so it’s only getting bug …

the default sway also misses some nice fatures you get with swayfx… all these things really moving parts ..

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joekamprad June 23, 2026, 2:49pm 55

very easy

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