From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joshua Branson Subject: Re: Enviroment for setting up Guix Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 20:17:19 -0400 Message-ID: <87blnt1u28.fsf@dismail.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52604) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jOVk9-0001hK-8N for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2020 20:17:30 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jOVk7-0006gx-6P for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2020 20:17:29 -0400 Received: from mx1.dismail.de ([78.46.223.134]:3015) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jOVk6-0006fa-2w for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2020 20:17:26 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Woerner via's message of "Tue, 14 Apr 2020 15:07:14 +0000") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Stefan Woerner via Cc: Stefan Woerner To be honest, if you are just starting using GNU/Linux, then you might be better off using the default desktop environments: gnome, KDE, Xfce...Those are targeted at new users. Everything just works. If you put in a DVD in gnome, then gnome will start a DVD player for you. It will tell you how much battery you have left, etc. Window managers (sway, awesome, i3, ratpoison, etc) target advanced users. Most window managers by default will not tell you if your battery in your laptop is soo low that you are about to be forcibly shut off. Window managers will not have a normal desktop where you can click on files and open them. Window managers will not aid you in connecting to the internet. You are expected to set that up yourself. etc. Using window managers is going to have you banging your desk inside 5 minutes and you'll be asking yourself, "Why doesn't this just work? If you are still really interested in window managers, then the arch wiki will probably come in handy: https://wiki.archlinux.org/ I use the arch wiki whenever I am trying to use a new bit of software that I am unfamiliar. The arch wiki is the best resource I have found when trying to get something to work. All that aside, if you are still interested in window managers, I would recommend sway. It uses Wayland (not X) by default, so it is fairly future proof. If you use sway though, you may have to disable the gdm service type. I think my documentation below should be fairly comprehensive. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-patches/2020-01/msg00908.html -- Joshua Branson Sent from Emacs and Gnus