Below you will find basic information regarding desktop environments. All Desktops featured below are available on LinuxHub Prime.

The following Desktops can be installed with LinuxHub Prime.



Openbox:

Openbox is a floating window manager
Openbox is a minimalistic, highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.


AwesomeWM:

AwesomeWM is a floating/tiling window manager
AwesomeWM is a highly configurable, next generation framework window manager for X. It is very fast and extensible.

custom keybinds on Prime:
-- volume controls
awful.key({ }, "KP_Add", function () awful.util.spawn_with_shell(".config/scripts/1.sh") end),
awful.key({ }, "KP_Subtract", function () awful.util.spawn_with_shell(".config/scripts/2.sh") end),
keybindings can be found using the right click menu anywhere on the desktop.

BSPWM:

BSPWM is a tiling window manager
BSPWM is a tiling window manager that represents windows as the leaves of a full binary tree.

custom keybinds on Prime:
# raise volume
KP_Add
.config/scripts/1.sh
# lower volume
KP_Subtract
.config/scripts/2.sh
default keybinds

Budgie:

Budgie is a desktop environment
Budgie is developed by Buddies of Budgie


Cinnamon:

Cinnamon is a desktop environment
cinnamon is best known as the default desktop on Linux Mint


Cosmic:

Cosmic is a desktop environment
Cosmic is best known as the default desktop on PopOS


Cutefish:

Cutefish is a desktop environment
Cutefish is a desktop developed by CutefishOS Reborn


Gnome:

Gnome is a desktop environment
Gnome is a desktop commonly used by Fedora and Ubuntu


Hyprland:

Hyprland is a tiling window manager that uses the Wayland compositor

custom keybinds on Prime:
$vol1 = .config/scripts/1.sh
$vol2 = .config/scripts/2.sh
# volume keybinds
bind = , KP_Add, exec, $vol1
bind = , KP_Subtract, exec, $vol2
# rofi keybinds
bind = $mainMod, O, exec, $menu
default keybinds

I3-WM:

i3 is a tiling window manager, completely written from scratch. The target platforms are GNU/Linux and BSD operating systems

custom keybinds on Prime:
$uper+d = Rofi menu
$uper+w = Power Menu
$uper+t = to edit config file
# volume keybinds
bindsym KP_Add exec --no-startup-id ~/.config/scripts/1.sh
bindsym KP_Subtract exec --no-startup-id ~/.config/scripts/2.sh
default keybinds

LABWC:

LABWC is a wlroots-based window-stacking compositor for wayland, inspired by openbox. It is light-weight and independent with a focus on simply stacking windows well and rendering some window decorations. It relies on clients for panels, screenshots, wallpapers and so on to create a full desktop environment.


LXDE:

LXDE is a lightweight desktop environment


LXQT:

LXQT is a lightweight desktop environment using the QT frame system


Mate:

The MATE Desktop Environment is the continuation of GNOME 2. It provides an intuitive and attractive desktop environment using traditional metaphors for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.


Niri:

Niri is a scrollable tiling Wayland compositor. Unlike Sway or Hyprland, Niri arranges the windows in an infinite horizontal desktop, where you can scroll to the left or to the right (although more advanced layouts are possible). It is similar to GNOME's PaperWM and KDE's Karousel.


Pantheon:

Pantheon is a lightweight desktop environment primarily developed for elementary OS, known for its macOS-like aesthetic and functional design.

***NOTE*** on first login select "Secure Session"


Plasma:

Plasma is a desktop environment developed by KDE


SWAY:

Sway is a tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11. It works with your existing i3 configuration and supports most of i3's features, plus a few extras.


QTile:

QTile is A full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written and configured in Python

custom keybinds on Prime:
Key([mod], "0", lazy.spawn("rofi -show drun -show -icons"), desc="Rofi menu"),
Key([], "KP_Add", lazy.spawn(".config/scripts/1.sh"), desc="Raise Volume"),
Key([], "KP_Subtract", lazy.spawn(".config/scripts/2.sh"), desc="Lower Volume"),
default keybinds

XFCE:

Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems. It aims to be fast and low on system resources, while still being visually appealing and user friendly.


UKUI:

UKUI (Ultimate Kylin User Interface) is a desktop environment for Linux distributions and other UNIX-like operating systems, originally developed for Ubuntu Kylin, and written using the Qt framework. UKUI is a fork of the MATE Desktop Environment.