HADRIAN VS gala

Then you're gonna need to install dialog with pacman -S dialog and follow the instructions to get the HADRIAN script from this Github page. This is a script for Arch that downloads and installs the latest version of Pantheon, LightDM, the elementary greeter, and does all the basic setup for you. Pick the options you want (I did all of them because I actually like the default elementary apps), go through the installer, and when you're done you'll be back to the CLI, where you want to reboot.

I use this script from Github from a fresh EOS install (Base + Devel, no DE through the installer). Just pick all the options you want -- obviously if you don't pick something it won't work -- and you're mostly off to the races. Everything works except the switchboard-plug-mouse-touchpad which, would you believe, is the settings panel for mouse and touchpad. You need to git clone that and edit the meson_options.txt file to say option('gnome_40', type : 'boolean', value : true) (it defaults to false which makes it crash when opened). Just follow the build instructions on its page once you've done that edit.

it was broken here https://github.com/elementary/gala/pull/1304/commits. I'm too lazy to revert that code but it's possible to fix the gtk2 dimm bug (which possibly also fixes the rest too)

[2] https://github.com/elementary/gala/wiki/Experimenting-with-W...

Gala, to start with, can be git clone'd from https://github.com/elementary/gala. cd into the newly-created Gala directory and follow the instructions on the Github project page to get it compiled and installed:

Just FYI: I created an issue https://github.com/elementary/gala/issues/1337 which, I believe, shares same concerns (also I put a link to this reddit thread). Please free to add more there

Update: The issue was converted into discussion: https://github.com/elementary/gala/discussions/1338

There's some quirks, but I think some of them are elementary OS things, i.e., some apps support dark mode, but don't have client side decorations, and they end up with a "light" title bar (LibreOffice for instance). I think this is caused by https://github.com/elementary/gala/issues/956

I’ve also opened a feature request on the Gala issue tracker asking to replace the stock task switcher in elementary OS with Catts. If you agree, please feel free to give it a thumbs up and show your support.

There is already a pull request being drafted. For anyone who wants to follow progress: https://github.com/elementary/gala/pull/1234