Ubuntu doesn't enter any WM except Gnome on Wayland

[Bret Busby]

On 22/09/2018, Tedd M. V. <tmv713 at cryptolab.net> wrote:
> Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On 21/09/2018, Tedd M. V. <tmv713 at cryptolab.net> wrote:
>>> * I have tried to use KDE, lxde, xfce, i3, and xmonad.
>>> * Unity and Gnome without Wayland also don't work.
>>> * When the machine had few time after the update to 18.04 it was
>>>   possible to use Unity and non-Wayland Gnome, but I never used any
>>>   other WM.
>>
>> I suggest stripping it and doing a clean install of UbubtuMATE 16.04.
>>
>> UbuntuMATE 18.04 installed and runs okay (as much as it is, as it has
>> lost some of the packages that are present in 16.04), for me.
>>
>> I use a Win95 appearance GUI on UbuntuMATE 16.04 and 18.04.
>
> I'm sorry to you and all the users, I send an email in blank...
>
> Thanks, but I don't really need that, you see, MATE does not suit my
> needs, I need a simple, stable, minimalistic WM like Xmonad or i3, with
> good tiling, the WM you mention don't have that.
>
> Tedd.
>

Okay.

I also noticed, after I had posted my suggestion, that you apparently
want the Wayland thing, with which. I have no experience.


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