Linux

Xfce, didn't try KDE yet, using gnome currently.

sway + bemenu for building my own utilities

btw what distro are my fellow sway users on? i'm loving the control i get over what i install with gentoo

how is everyone interacting with audio, networking, bluetooth?

River, not a DE but close enough. I could configure it in fennel without much problem.

Hyprland + bemenu. Minimalistic, very little overhead, but still a pretty boi.

XFCE, while it doesn't have all the fancy animations and such it is incredibly customizable while still being super light weight.

KDE for my main and XFCE for my lower powered systems or VM's

Pop_OS underneath with Regolith (basically a pre-configured i3) on top.

I have been using cinnamon for many years. For the last 2 y it is xfce for me.

Simple, reliable and stable, low in resources, does the work well.

I like Gnome a little more than KDE.

@fugepe I use a mostly vanilla Gnome, with the exception of the Blur My Shell and Vitals extensions

kde

I've been using QTile for probably a year now. It's not perfect, but I like the tiled windowing and I know python.

Um....none.

barless dwl, love the simplicity

@fugepe Wow, not a lot of replies are saying Gnome, but there's a lot more XFCE than I thought I'd see

Debian/KDE

A while back I was into KDE Plasma but for whatever reason had this bug that would cause my system to run at 100 percent at all times. When I looked into it, many stated it was a bug that related to how kde searches for stuff on the system. Dont remember much else but that had me look elsewhere.

Been on gnome for awhile now and havent had any issues.

@fugepe I use Ubuntu but, is KDE easy to pick up? Just getting into Linux my self.

Xfce on work desktop, gnome works well with gestures at home on my laptop. Will be changing to kde when I get a new machine at work!

Vanilla Gnome Shell. I know it's heresy, but I've been using it since beta and I actually enjoy the work flow.

bspwm + sxhkd, for years. Based on the Manjaro config at first, today it's my own setup. Even convinced may family. The best!

For me it was Enlightenment DR16 (discontinued). you could make themes with shaped borders (transparent regions, buttons and titles anywhere, even overlapping into the window a bit), have it remember window positions, change border style for a window (e.g. drawer, so it can be collapsed sideways) and it would not steal focus. it had really good effects and features. I miss it a lot in Wayland. Check the web for some screenshots, if you want to be inspired.

dwm, I got too much used to "it just works" and never ever breaks afrer an update.

I really like KDE, but I’ve been daily driving Gnome since version 40. Insanely polished and I really like the workflow of everything. I do wish they were faster in implementing stuff like VRR though.

FVWM.

i3 on my laptop, gnome on my gaming rig (cuz wayland)

EXWM (Emacs X windows manager)

all it lacks is a good editor

(j/k, I've settled on Cosmic on Pop for the last few years, and now I'm so lazy, I barely update it)

TDE (for those who haven't encountered it before, the Trinity Desktop Environment forked from KDE3 more than a decade ago). It might not be the flashiest or the newest, but it has a decent selection of features and applications, and presents a traditional desktop environment whose interface doesn't get changed for the sake of change. In other words, it stays out of the way and lets me get things done.

(If I'd liked Gnome 2 better than KDE 3 rather than vice-versa, I probably would have gone for MATE instead.)

I am on pop is for my home desktop. I like the built in tiling manager. Ubuntu for work. Might give nix or kde a go next.

KDE if I have performance to spare. XFCE if I am running this in a container on my phone.