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desktops/index.md: Update desktops listing (#449)
* desktops/index.md: Update desktops listing - Update wording re: MATE slightly - Add XFCE - Add Sway Part of #445 * Update docs/user/software/desktops/index.md Co-authored-by: Evan Maddock <5157277+EbonJaeger@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Evan Maddock <5157277+EbonJaeger@users.noreply.github.com>
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We plan to deprecate the MATE Desktop, we will instead ship an edition with Xfce in the near future. See the Solus 4.4 blog post [here](https://getsol.us/2023/07/08/solus-4-4-released/)
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We plan to deprecate the MATE Desktop, for a similar experience, consider XFCE.
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sudo eopkg install -c desktop.mate
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## i3
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## XFCE
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Solus offers the XFCE desktop environment for users preferring a more lightweight experience. It is reccomended for existing MATE users. You can install XFCE with the following command:
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# Do NOT attempt to do this if you are running the KDE Plasma Desktop version of Solus!
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sudo eopkg install -c desktop.xfce
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### Tiling window manaagers
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### i3
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Solus offers i3 as a tiling window manager. Users wanting to try i3 can install it by running the following command:
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If you want to use i3 with support for GNOME Settings Daemon and other GNOME functionality, follow the instructions for installation of GNOME Shell, then choose GNOME+i3 at the login screen to use it.
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### Sway
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Solus offers Sway as a Wayland-only tiling window manager. You can install it with the following command:
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```bash
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sudo eopkg install sway
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Sway expects users to do some configuration, refer to the [Sway Wiki](https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki).
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For more information about tiling window managers, click [here](https:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager).

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