Default DE. Wayland is the default session. plasma-wayland-session is NOT a separate package on Artix — it's bundled in plasma-workspace. Includes discover (KDE's package manager GUI)
Xfce
Repo
galaxy
Group
xfce4
Session
xfce.desktop
Cinnamon
Repo
galaxy
Packages
Individual (no meta-group)
Session
cinnamon.desktop
MATE
Repo
galaxy
Groups
mate + mate-extra
Session
mate.desktop
LXQt
Repo
galaxy
Group
lxqt
Session
lxqt.desktop
i3
Repo
world
Group
i3
Session
i3.desktop
Sway
Repo
world
Packages
sway + related
Session
sway.desktop
Hyprland
Repo
world
Packages
hyprland
Session
hyprland.desktop
COSMIC
Repo
galaxy
Group
cosmic
Session
cosmic.desktop
Notes
Rust-based, Wayland-native. Uses greetd + cosmic-greeter (not SDDM). Alpha quality, not for production.
No Desktop
Installs the base system only (TTY/login). Useful for servers or custom setups.
Not available
Budgie — not in any Artix repo (system, world, galaxy, lib32). Slideshow entries removed.
GNOME — dropped non-systemd support upstream. Not available.
