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nwg-shell

Install nwg-shell on Arch

Add these packages (Choose pipewire-jack and wireplumber as answers):

sudo pacman -S nautilus neovim firefox network-manager-applet \
  xdg-user-dirs git man-db

Issues

Asahi

Most packages are not available for aarch64. They need to get installed manually.

Ignore warnings about incompability:

paru -S wdisplays wlsunset swaync python-dasbus azote autotiling gopsuinfo \
  nwg-bar nwg-dock nwg-menu nwg-drawer nwg-wrapper nwg-shell-config \
  nwg-panel
paru -S nwg-shell

Etc

  • Reboot: Sddm job hangs for 1,5m during shut down --> Install sddm-git
  • Suspend/hibernate only via CLI, not in GUI

Installation on PopOS 22.04

Currently not possible without great pain..