openSUSE Leap 16.0 Enters RC Phase With New Installer, Xfce On Wayland Option (www.phoronix.com)
from KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml to linux@lemmy.ml on 05 Aug 18:59
https://lemmy.ml/post/34211886

The openSUSE Leap 16.0 release is going to be among the first Linux distributions delivering an Xfce desktop experience atop Wayland as one of its offered desktop options. OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 16.0 packages have seen a lot of work recently for those interested in running Xfce on Wayland albeit in an experimental state.

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LeFantome@programming.dev on 05 Aug 19:41 next collapse

I was intrigued by XFCE on Wayland so I looked into it.

XFCE is not really available on Wayland yet. XFWM is X11 only and there is no XFCE compositor.

What Leap is doing is running the XFCE panel and apps on Labwc. When I have tried this, “it works” but it is certainly not as polished as XFCE on Xorg.

I am a Wayland fan so overall I support OpenSUSE moving to Wayland. This seems like a bit of disservice to XFCE fans though as I am not sure the DE is ready yet. And the take-away is going to be that it is Wayland that is not working.

DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world on 06 Aug 01:30 collapse

I remember wanting to try opensuse. I got to the installer and just noped out. I needed to manually partition things and it was so depressing to figure out. I have very little patience so I just scrapped that idea.

swelter_spark@reddthat.com on 06 Aug 07:26 collapse

Every time I reinstall, it takes me a while to remember how I did it last time.

DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world on 06 Aug 13:19 next collapse

😂 story of my life with Anaconda on bazzite.

swelter_spark@reddthat.com on 09 Aug 01:55 collapse

I think OpenSUSE, at least, has changed/improved the installer since the last time I used it. It remains to be seen whether it’ll be easier to handle my existing partitions or just more arcane, since I’ll have no previous experience, even vague memories.

DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world on 09 Aug 02:26 collapse

I’m traumatized by their installer. lol. I think fedora’s new installer is fantastic. I can’t wait for Bazzite to use it, too.

swelter_spark@reddthat.com on 13 Aug 00:22 collapse

I really liked Peppermint’s installer, back when I used it. I think it was Calamares then? It handled existing partitions well, and was easy to understand.

DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world on 13 Aug 15:28 collapse

Calamares should be the standard on every distro IMHO.

swelter_spark@reddthat.com on 14 Aug 19:28 collapse

I wouldn’t argue.

[deleted] on 09 Aug 19:35 collapse

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