CachyOS / CachyOS/distribution
[Enhancement]: Place WMs/Compositors under an "Advanced users" tab in the CachyOS installer.
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Description
### Problem / Motivation
I've seen multiple posts on reddit in the past few months where users install Hyprland, Niri or other WMs, simply because they look cool or they have seen a video of someone using them. Without understanding that those aren't full DEs, and then they'll ask on reddit what to do.
In my opinion mixing full DEs such as KDE Plasma in with more advanced window managers or unstable DEs such as Cosmic should not be done as it can confuse new users.
### Proposed Solution
My suggestion is to place WMs/Wayland compositors under a seperate tab from regular DEs such as KDE Plasma or XFCE.
For example You could have a tab such as "Full desktop environments" and another tab underneath with "Window managers and compositors (Advanced users)"
That way, first time users will not immediately go for the option that looks best on the images and will start with something beginner Friendly. While users that already used Linux and know about compositors will know what to do.
Unstable/testing phase DEs should also be labeled as (Experimental) or (Unstable) in the installer.
### Alternatives Considered
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### Additional Context
Here are some links to mentioned reddit posts. I know of more cases than just these few, but these are the ones I was able to find quickly. These are some examples.
https://www.reddit.com/r/cachyos/comments/1qmagkk/so_i_installed_hyprland_and_now_it_looks_like/
https://www.reddit.com/r/cachyos/comments/1ot1abj/new_to_cachy_installed_hyperland_from_iso_but_it/
https://www.reddit.com/r/cachyos/comments/1rh1q1w/reinstalled_cachyos_hyprland_distro_3_times_not/
https://www.reddit.com/r/cachyos/comments/1rs80cl/what_is_to_be_done/
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