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Liri Desktop vs LXDM
When comparing Liri Desktop vs LXDM, the Slant community recommends Liri Desktop for most people. In the question“What are the best UNIX-like Desktop Environments for everyday users?” Liri Desktop is ranked 15th while LXDM is ranked 16th.
Specs
Compositor LibraryQtWayland
DecorationsSSD
Default Desktop EnvironmentLiri Desktop
LicenseGPLv3
Programming LanguageC++
Typestacking
Widget ToolkitQT
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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 Fast and fluent
Pro Works with Nvidia
Works well with Nvidia.
Pro Only two dependencies
Only needs GTK and Xorg-Server.
Pro GTK2 and GTK3 versions
Pro Works well on USB
A full install of arch on live USB works well on many computers with no text issues with LXDM.
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 Requires Xorg-server
Currently LXDM does not support wayland.