Editing Openai/695158d7-1b68-800b-a02f-4817bf1f6d25 (section)

=== - Tiling Wayland (e.g. Sway) = a tiling window manager running on Wayland. Keyboard-driven, tiles windows automatically, very efficient workflow, minimal UI chrome, modern compositor features (Wayland). Pros: power-user productivity, low overhead, modern Wayland features. Cons: steeper learning curve, some apps/GUI tools expect floating windows, Wayland + NVIDIA can be flaky at times. ===
* Xfce = a traditional desktop environment (panel, menu, settings) that runs on X11 (mostly). Pros: simple, familiar, stable, easy to configure. Cons: less modern compositor features, not tiling by default (but you can add tilers), looks older.

Which does Garuda Dr460nized use?
Garuda’s “Dr460nized / Dr46onized / Dr460nized Gaming” is a KDE Plasma variant (not Xfce or Sway by default). It ships Plasma (customized) and historically uses X11 by default but users can enable a Wayland Plasma session; the gaming variant is mostly configuration / packages on top of KDE/Plasma. Garuda Linux Forum<ref>{{cite web|title=Garuda Linux Forum|url=https://forum.garudalinux.org/t/dragonized-kde-vs-dragonized-gaming/5816|publisher=Garuda Linux Forum|access-date=2025-12-29}}</ref>

If you’re coming from Garuda Dr460nized (KDE), then moving to Xfce in Qubes is a different workflow — Xfce is simpler and more predictable for Qubes; Sway (Wayland tiling) is available as an optional install but only pick it if you’re comfortable with tiling WMs and aware of Wayland/NVIDIA quirks. Garuda Linux Forum<ref>{{cite web|title=Garuda Linux Forum|url=https://forum.garudalinux.org/t/plasma-5-wayland-by-default/8718|publisher=Garuda Linux Forum|access-date=2025-12-29}}</ref>