Difference between revisions of "Install Desktop Environments"
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== KDE Plasma 5 == | == KDE Plasma 5 == | ||
[[File: KDEPlasmaDE.png|thumb|left|375px]] | [[File: KDEPlasmaDE.png|thumb|left|375px]] | ||
'''[http://www.kde.org/ The KDE community]''' offers [https://www.kde.org/plasma-desktop Plasma], a feature-rich and versatile desktop environment that provides several different styles of menu to access applications. Its default window manager is kwin, but is also compatible with '''[[Compiz_and_Emerald|Compiz]]'''. An excellent built-in interface to easily access and install new themes, widgets, etc, from the internet is also worth mentioning. A 64 bit installation of Manjaro running KDE uses about 455MB of memory. | '''[http://www.kde.org/ The KDE community]''' offers [https://www.kde.org/plasma-desktop Plasma], a feature-rich and versatile desktop environment that provides several different styles of menu to access applications. Its default window manager is kwin, but is also compatible with '''[[Compiz_and_Emerald|Compiz]]'''. An excellent built-in interface to easily access and install new themes, widgets, etc, from the internet is also worth mentioning. A 64 bit installation of Manjaro running KDE uses about 455MB of memory. | ||
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====== Optional: Install KDE applications ====== | ====== Optional: Install KDE applications ====== | ||
To install a full set of K* applications use '''kde-applications'''. This will be ~300 packages(including dependencies) | To install a full set of K* applications use '''kde-applications'''. This will be ~300 packages(including dependencies) | ||
sudo pacman -S kde-applications | sudo pacman -S kde-applications | ||
Alternatively, install a minimal set of KDE applications with '''kdebase''' | Alternatively, install a minimal set of KDE applications with '''kdebase''' | ||
sudo pacman -S kdebase | sudo pacman -S kdebase | ||
====== Optional: Install and use [https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=Install_Display_Managers#SDDM SDDM], the recommended display manager for KDE ====== | ====== Optional: Install and use [https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=Install_Display_Managers#SDDM SDDM], the recommended display manager for KDE ====== | ||
SDDM is installed as a dependency of plasma. To enable it | SDDM is installed as a dependency of plasma. To enable it | ||
reboot | systemctl enable sddm.service --force | ||
systemctl reboot | |||
====== Optional: Install the Manjaro configuration and theming for plasma ====== | ====== Optional: Install the Manjaro configuration and theming for plasma ====== | ||
sudo pacman -S manjaro-kde-settings sddm-breath-theme manjaro-settings-manager-knotifier manjaro-settings-manager-kcm | sudo pacman -S manjaro-kde-settings sddm-breath-theme manjaro-settings-manager-knotifier manjaro-settings-manager-kcm | ||
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====== Create a new user for the new desktop environment ====== | ====== Create a new user for the new desktop environment ====== | ||
sudo useradd -mG lp,network,power,sys,wheel <username> | sudo useradd -mG lp,network,power,sys,wheel <username> | ||
sudo passwd <username> | sudo passwd <username> | ||
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