Arch-Linux-GUI

package list for few good DE/WM on Arch Linux

LXQT Desktop Environment

pacman -Syu xorg xorg-xinit lxqt sddm lxappearance kvantum kvantum-qt5 noto-fonts noto-fonts-cjk noto-fonts-emoji ttf-joypixels xcursor-vanilla-dmz

XFCE4 Desktop Environment

pacman -Syu xorg xorg-xinit xfce4 xfce4-terminal xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin xfce4-screenshooter xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin lighdm lightdm-gtk-greeter lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings

enable ligtdm Display Manager

systemctl enable lightdm.service

BSPWM a simple beautiful window manager

pacman -Syu xorg xorg-xinit bspwm sxhkd xterm rofi polybar picom feh thunar thunar-volman scrot

Minimal Gnome Desktop Environment

pacman -Syu xorg xorg-xinit gnome-shell gnome-terminal nautilus gnome-tweak-tool gnome-control-center gnome-keyring gdm

enable gdm display manager

systemctl enable gdm.service

Optional packages / services etc (

these packages are universal for all the DE/WMs, ie: you can use these with any DE or WMs

pacman -Syu acpid dbus thermald tlp

enable the services on startup

systemctl enable acpid.service

systemctl enable dbus.service

systemctl enable thermald.service

systemctl enable tlp.service

intel graphics related packages

if you observe screen tearing issue on intel based integrated GPU check this link -> intel screen tear resolve.

pacman -Syu xf86-video-intel intel-ucode libva-intel-driver libva-utils vulkan-intel xf86-video-amdgpu

Note : xf86-video-intel package is optional as it contains some bugs

misc X11 packages (optional)

pacman -Syu xf86-input-libinput xf86-input-evdev libxkbcommon-x11 xcb-util-cursor xcb-util-keysyms xcb-util-renderutil xcb-util-errors