cm0002@lemmy.world to Linux@programming.dev · 3 months agoNiri a scrollable-tiling Wayland compositorgithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down11cross-posted to: hackernewslinux@programming.dev
arrow-up197arrow-down1external-linkNiri a scrollable-tiling Wayland compositorgithub.comcm0002@lemmy.world to Linux@programming.dev · 3 months agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernewslinux@programming.dev
minus-squaresilly goose meekah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-23 months agoIs it not? To me, a DE is just the GUI for the system. Granted, Niri is super lightweight and lacks A TON of features you’d expect from Plasma or GNOME. But it’s still a DE, no? Edit: Well, reading up a bit, it does seem like it’s ‘just’ a window manager, not a full fledged DE. Fair enough.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months ago😊 And I think in Wayland… land, they don’t really call it a window manager either, since it has to do more than just manage the windows, i.e. handle all the drawing to surfaces and stuff as well. Wayland WMs are rather called compositors.
Is it not?To me, a DE is just the GUI for the system.Granted, Niri is super lightweight and lacks A TON of features you’d expect from Plasma or GNOME. But it’s still a DE, no?Edit: Well, reading up a bit, it does seem like it’s ‘just’ a window manager, not a full fledged DE. Fair enough.
😊 And I think in Wayland… land, they don’t really call it a window manager either, since it has to do more than just manage the windows, i.e. handle all the drawing to surfaces and stuff as well. Wayland WMs are rather called compositors.
interesting, thanks!
My pleasure!