▲ 97 ▼ Niri a scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor (github.com) submitted 11 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] victorz@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (3 children) Is it a DE though? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] basiclemmon98@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago* Anything is a DE if you believe hard enough... (I use arch, BTW.) permalink fedilink source parent [–] meekah@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] victorz@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 child) 😊 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] meekah@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) interesting, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago My pleasure! permalink fedilink source parent [–] muhyb@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago Maybe s/he's from future and it's DE there. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] basiclemmon98@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago* Anything is a DE if you believe hard enough... (I use arch, BTW.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] meekah@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] victorz@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 child) 😊 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] meekah@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) interesting, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago My pleasure! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] victorz@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 child) 😊 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] meekah@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) interesting, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago My pleasure! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] meekah@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) interesting, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago My pleasure! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] muhyb@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago Maybe s/he's from future and it's DE there. permalink fedilink source parent