From 781edba45fc4d9f8335026b66c947ca6ef918929 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ivan Molodetskikh Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:35:00 +0300 Subject: wiki/Getting-Started: Mention DEs and shells --- docs/wiki/Getting-Started.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/wiki/Getting-Started.md b/docs/wiki/Getting-Started.md index 09b597be..baf5a2b5 100644 --- a/docs/wiki/Getting-Started.md +++ b/docs/wiki/Getting-Started.md @@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ Also, check the [configuration introduction](./Configuration:-Introduction.md) p There you can find links to other pages containing thorough documentation and examples for all options. Finally, the [Xwayland](./Xwayland.md) page explains how to run X11 applications on niri. +### Desktop environments + +Some desktop environments and shells work with niri and can give a more out-of-the-box experience: + +- [LXQt](https://lxqt-project.org/) officially supports niri, see [their wiki](https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/wiki/ConfigWaylandSettings#general) for details on setting it up. +- Many [XFCE](https://www.xfce.org/) components work on Wayland, including niri. See [their wiki](https://wiki.xfce.org/releng/wayland_roadmap#component_specific_status) for details. +- There are complete desktop shells based on Quickshell that support niri, for example [DankMaterialShell](https://github.com/AvengeMedia/DankMaterialShell) and [Noctalia](https://github.com/noctalia-dev/noctalia-shell). +- You can run a [COSMIC](https://system76.com/cosmic/) session with niri using [cosmic-ext-extra-sessions](https://github.com/Drakulix/cosmic-ext-extra-sessions). + ### NVIDIA The NVIDIA drivers currently have an issue with high VRAM usage due to a heap reuse quirk. -- cgit