When comparing Liri Desktop vs Weston, the Slant community recommends Weston for most people. In the question“What are the best Wayland compositors?” Weston is ranked 4th while Liri Desktop is ranked 17th. The most important reason people chose Weston is:
Has a good appearance with borders, buttons as expected of a stacking window manager.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Build for Wayland
Pro Virtual machine support for VMware and QEMU
At the point of writing VirtualBox doesn't support Wayland yet.
Pro Great Look
It has a great look compared to other desktop environments and os
Pro Nice appearance
Has a good appearance with borders, buttons as expected of a stacking window manager.
Pro Headless Mode
Can run in headless mode (useful for tests & automation).
Pro Fast
Pro Absolutely very lightweight
Weston is the lightest Wayland compositor. It runs without lag even on old Core 2 Duo laptops, and the Weston animation also runs fluidly without problem.
Pro Simple
Pro Stable
Cons
Con Slower than Weston
This is true, however Weston is not designed to be a standalone desktop environment
Con looks like mobile os. Very buggy too
Con Nearly impossible to manipulate windows programmatically.
Con Basic, less configurable and less compatible
Outside basic window management, no other fancy features. Outside adding launcher to the bar and changing bar colour, no other customisation is available. Also, it is less compatible with most Wayland applications since most are based on wlroots