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I wanted to get a feel for everyone’s thoughts on desktop environments (or window managers if you don’t use a DE). I’m new to Lemmy, so apologies if this is too low-effort a post.

Personally I’m running KDE on my main computer, but I have an Arch virtual machine I use for more experimentation. That VM has seen KDE, i3, and will probably see hyprland at some point soon

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[–] rodneyck 2 points 1 year ago

Arch, btw and I use KDE on my desktop and laptops. I did put Gnome recently on one of my laptops to try and see all the new hub-bub from the latest upgrade, but went running back to KDE. I love 'global menus' and to my knowledge, gnome doesn't have an extension for that, but besides, the DE always feels simplified and overly constrained for usage, imo. I only with the Gnome devs weren't such control freaks, LOL, but maybe that is why some like Gnome.

I am excited about the development of Hyprland, kind of the best of two worlds, customization theming and dynamic tilling in one, although not really ready yet for everyday usage from what I have read.

[–] ScottE 2 points 1 year ago

None - I don't run any DE, just a WM - i3. All I need is a terminal, browser, sublime-text for larger projects, and that's about it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I use Xfce on my computers except my Pi where I use Window Maker. Window Maker with its lower resource needs really helps when the Pi is used with resolutions over 1080p.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I recently switched to hyprland and I love. I used plasma before but wanted to touch base with a tiling wm.

Sorry for the spam. These are my first activities with Lemmy, guess I should click less and be more patient

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I've switched to LXQt recently. I like KDE and use mostly Qt apps, but KDE itself has too many features I don't really need. So far so good, I can't say I miss anything.

[–] HollyCat2022 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use windowmaker and plasma. I also dabble in icewm

[–] ABeeinSpace 1 points 1 year ago

Haven’t heard of windowmaker before

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I am a die hard Cinnamon guy. I used to like MATE and then I played with Linux Mint for a short while and Cinnamon became my thing. Cinnamon works really well in Arch too. I just wish that its window manager, Muffin, would support Wayland. I really want to drop xorg like a bad habit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I am using Budgie on Manjaro. It's pretty great!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not an Arch user (I stayed in Fedora because convenience at the time), but I use Qtile these days. I have my own little scripts for making the colorscheme the same as the wal colorscheme.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've been using KDE, GNOME for a short while to see where they are in usability. Got bored and started using hyperland setup for a few months now. I was also using i3 for years before thag.

[–] ldl 1 points 1 year ago

DMW on desktop, dwl on laptop.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

herbstluftwm - I remember there were reasons why I chose it, but I don't remember them xD

[–] UdeRecife 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

KDE, for kwin's superior window management tools.

[–] ABeeinSpace 2 points 1 year ago

Kwin is pretty cool

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I recently switched to hyprland, love it!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I recently switched to hyprland, love it!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I recently switched to hyprland, love it!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I recently switched to hyprland, it's great! I used KDE before but wanted to touch base with a tiling wm.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm running i3 cuz it works and im not really interested in trying anything else

[–] t0m5k1 1 points 1 year ago

I use XFCE or AwesomeWM depending on what I want.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Sway but transitioning into DWL.

[–] n8schicht 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For years I was using KDE, but since 2-3 years I'm now using Cinnamon: it's fast, it's uncluttered, it gets the job done. I like it 😊

[–] ABeeinSpace 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Totally valid! I use KDE because I like eye candy. I also like the ability to have a menu bar like macOS does.

Is Cinnamon in the repos? I’ve used Cinnamon when I played around with Linux Mint. It’s pretty fast, no real complaints with it. Customization can be difficult ime, which is part of the reason I went with KDE. Themes and whatnot are so easy to find because of the downloader built in

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

On my laptop I run Cinnamon. The classic, easy to use layout works best for me there.

On desktop I'm using Gnome. Having a full keyboard for the various navigating shortcuts makes it easier.

[–] ABeeinSpace 1 points 1 year ago

Totally get it! Cinnamon uses a layout Windows pioneered a long time ago. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, right?

Gnome is cool. I used it for a while but couldn't get comfy without a bunch of tweaks and extensions. KDE was intimidating (and i3 doubly so), but as I got used to it it was fine

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I always liked XFCE cuz I was a sucker for gnome2 back in the day, more recently tho I have found myself on KDE, it seemed the most polished and feature rich lately. However, I admittedly don’t use Linux on desktop anymore, most of my Linux usage nowadays is just my servers.

[–] ABeeinSpace 1 points 1 year ago

That’s totally fair! XFCE runs great on lower-power devices where other options might not make sense. I run Arch and Fedora Server in my homelab

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I recently switched to hyprland, love it!

[–] RegularIndependent98 1 points 1 year ago

I don't like much using a full DE, I love Icewm I can't leave it

[–] drumino 1 points 1 year ago

KDE on my work machine as it just works and has delivered for years without problems. hyprland on my private machine as I realized I don't really need a full DE, once I looked closer at my real use cases...

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