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What would happen to my gnome environment if I switch to hyprland? (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/nix

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So Ive been using nixos with gnome for almost a year now and things have been pretty smooth, it's just amazing, I never looked back since I started using it. So to make things more interesting and learn stuff I am trying to install hyprland, Ive no idea what window manager, compositor etc are, I have few questions Will installing hyprland delete gnome? Is hyprland not a desktop environment but something else? If yes, then how does it differ from one and what are its pros/cons? Would you suggest a clean installation to reduce bloating, or install on an existing system?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

To add on to this already good description, wanted to give my $0.02 on the notion of apps.

The only way it might seem like you lose app(lication shortcut)s might be if a tool other than GNOME's built in search is looking in a different directory, likely based off of an environment variable.

By default, hyprland doesn't come with an equivalent to GNOME search. I use wofi to get similar functionality, but there are many tools that can do the job. Just make sure they're looking in the right place or launch things manually from a terminal and you'll be all set!