From f10d3bca843550745a4958c470fef6c46513e5d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anthony Wang Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2022 12:46:25 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Clean up WM article --- Window-managers.md | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Window-managers.md b/Window-managers.md index 5b6665e..f961bf4 100644 --- a/Window-managers.md +++ b/Window-managers.md @@ -1,4 +1,8 @@ -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 @@ -7,4 +11,6 @@ distrobox enter -- dbus-run-session gnome-session # or whatever WM or DE you wan 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. \ No newline at end of file +## See also + +- https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/blob/main/docs/posts/run_latest_gnome_kde_on_distrobox.md \ No newline at end of file