Last Updated on August 20, 2020
Summary
We really like Regolith. The developers have put a lot of time and effort integrating various open source projects into a very usable and productive desktop environment. The window manger offers a minimalistic feel. And being able to manage all aspects of the desktop from the keyboard is a real boon particularly if you’re using a laptop with a poor trackpad.
Regolith can offer a boost to productivity in the long term. It’s a good choice if you’re familiar with GNOME but looking to use a tiling window manager and focus on keeping your hands on the keyboard. But it’s essential you are willing to adapt your desktop habits. If you hate learning keybindings, we suggest you use GNOME or KDE as your DE, as you’ll find Regolith too challenging.
Regolith is extendable with regular scripts. But it’s also integrated with GNOME. You’ve still got the availability of the traditional GNOME setting manager which is implemented as normal floating windows easy to interact with using a mouse. The system configuration can be changed by the user via the Settings application. This configuration system is part of GNOME, and provides a rich set of UI pages to configure WiFi networks, Bluetooth devices, displays, and other devices.
Website: regolith-linux.org
Support: Documentation, GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Regolith Project
License: Open source
Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Introduction / Installation
Page 2 – In Operation
Page 3 – Features, User Experience, Extensibility, Documentation
Page 4 – Software used by Regolith
Page 5 – Summary
Are there any better alternatives?