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Clean up WM article

Anthony Wang 2022-08-13 12:46:25 -05:00
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You can use a custom **window manager** by editing your `~/.xinitrc` file to start the window manager instead. For more information, see the [ArchWiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xinit#xinitrc). To install a window manager, use [Nix](Nix). Note that keyboard shortcuts may not work properly in exodesk and might require using a dedicated [remote desktop client](Remote-desktop-clients).
You can use a custom **window manager** or desktop environment by editing your `~/.xinitrc` file to start the window manager instead. For more information, see the [ArchWiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xinit#xinitrc). Note that keyboard shortcuts may not work properly in exodesk and might require using a dedicated [remote desktop client](Remote-desktop-clients).
## Setup
To install a window manager, use [Nix](Nix).
You can also install the WM or DE inside [Distrobox](Distrobox) (recommended) or a [Podman container](Containers). Then use edit your `.xinitrc` to start the WM or DE (in this case, GNOME):
```sh
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If this doesn't work, try [enabling systemd inside the container](https://git.exozy.me/exozyme/exozyme/wiki/Distrobox#use-systemd-inside-the-container).
See [this post](https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/blob/main/docs/posts/run_latest_gnome_kde_on_distrobox.md) for more information.
## See also
- https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/blob/main/docs/posts/run_latest_gnome_kde_on_distrobox.md