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#1 2025-09-24 19:03:46
- tethys
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[SOLVED]Alternatives to GNOME/X11
For those of you who are using GNOME w X11 and are searching for an alternative desktop, which one would you consider? Bacground here.
As for me, after some research, I think I will opt for Cinnamon for these reasons:
- it is based on Gnome
- relatively high number of users, see here
- compared to Xfce (the third DE preferred by Arch-users), Cinnamon seems more modern
I must mention that I am only familiar with Gnome and Openbox but I would like to hear the opinion of other users forced to leave Gnome.
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#3 2025-09-25 10:01:35
- injiniero
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Re: [SOLVED]Alternatives to GNOME/X11
I'm in that phase right now.
Can anyone who's tried Pantheon or Budgie DEs in ArchLinux give us their opinion?
Cinnamon is also an option, but I don't really like its MS Windows-like look.
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#4 2025-09-25 13:10:02
- LuxFerre
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Re: [SOLVED]Alternatives to GNOME/X11
IMO the best is to try it yourself. It doesn't take long to install any window manager/DE on arch and you can keep multiple installed. Might even be a good time to give a tiling WM a chance...
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#5 2025-10-11 06:47:58
- tethys
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Re: [SOLVED]Alternatives to GNOME/X11
Thank you for all your replies.
What I did at the end was to build a desktop myself using Openbox.
Anyhow I did not use many of the Gnome components (like nautilus), so I decided to use a WM with the applications I really need.
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