Desktop Environments and Window Managers

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General

A desktop environment (DE) is an implementation of the desktop metaphor made of a bundle of programs which share a common graphical user interface (GUI).
It is sometimes described as a graphical shell.

With manjaro you can use many desktop environments. Both Official and Community ISO's of various DE's are available.
You can download them here:

Including: Architect, Gnome, KDE, and XFCE.
Including: Awesome, bspwm, Budgie, Cinnamon, Deepin, i3, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, and Openbox.

If you are feeling adventurous and want to install additional DEs or WMs you can reference these guides:

Choose from a wide selection available in our repositories!


Awesome



Budgie


The main Budgie article


Cinnamon



Deepin


The main Deepin article


Enlightenment



Gnome


The main GNOME article


i3



KDE


All about the Dolphin file manager


LXDE



LXQt


The main LXQt article


Extensive list of Qt4 and Qt5 applications.


PCManFM-Qt, the LXQt file browser


MATE



Openbox


Openbox, the customizable standards-based Window Manager


XFCE


Become a keyboard ninja to speed things up!


For those who are facing screen tearing issues.


Two possible solutions for an issue that affects some users of the XFCE desktop environment.


A way to optimise font rendering.