What's your preferred DE?

radioactiveradio , 8 months ago

I love gnome but too used to kde to switch.

Franzia , 8 months ago

I’m new to this but KDE basically has all of the aesthetics customization features and quality of life features I always wanted out of Windows + Rainmeter. Finally I can have my videos pinned on the top easily every time. Finally I can have my fancy widgets. I can have universal color themes and fonts beyond what Windows ever offered. So there is more abstract stuff out there, but for now I’m living the long lost dream.

Artopal , 8 months ago

Nowadays KDE.

Dr_01000111 , 8 months ago

Gnome. On my laptop KDE and cinimon have given me a LOT of issues. I’ve had a lot of linux problems due to my hardware tho but finally found a fix and don’t want to change

Maturi0n , 8 months ago

Cinnamon! Although I want to give KDE another chance to become my default DE.

humanlyhuman , 8 months ago

Well for DE its KDE for me but in general DWM

Jean_Lurk_Picard , 8 months ago

No DE. Just openbox + polybar + rofi

MigratingtoLemmy , 8 months ago

Do you think OpenBox is usable with minimal config? I’m looking for a WM which I won’t have to spend too much of time configuring, which is why I’m considering floating WMs

Jean_Lurk_Picard , 8 months ago

Honestly you can use Openbox right out the bag if you really wanted to. If you need to configuring autostart and hotkeys and the menu is really easy

MigratingtoLemmy , 8 months ago

I’ll configure the theme, hot-keys and maybe install a compositor or something. Thanks for the tip, I’m trying to decide between OpenBox and IceWM right now

Ibaudia , 8 months ago

I would say try Gnome. If you don’t like it, use KDE. Those are the 2 big ones right now so they’ll be the most reliable. Gnome is either love it or hate it, KDE is very vanilla. I personally use Gnome, because I love the workflow.

possiblylinux127 , 8 months ago

Gnome

Roshakk , 8 months ago

I’ve used Dwm for a long time, then switched to awesome, for the easier configuration! Loved both, really can’t stand a floating wm no more

ReverseModule , 8 months ago

I LOVE KDE. Seriously. But there is no proper Sliding TWM for it at the moment and it’s soooooo good having a proper one. I tried Karousel but it was too glitchy, especially when streaming. Thus, I am on Gnome with PaperWM. A simply phenomenal experience! :)

Gamey , 8 months ago

When I switched from Windows definitely Cinnamon but by now it’s Gnome, it’s a little odd at first but I absolutely love the workflow!

MJBrune , 8 months ago

Gnome doesn’t really support multiple monitors without addons.

GnomeComedy , 8 months ago

As someone who uses GNOME on two monitors…I dont understand

MJBrune , 8 months ago

Do you have any information on your second like weather or time? I love that most DEs have a panel or an option to have a panel in the second monitor.

nlm , 8 months ago

I used to use this extension a while back, seems to have been forked and Ihaven\t tried it lately but it did it\s thing back when I used it.

extensions.gnome.org/…/multi-monitors-add-on/

MJBrune , 8 months ago

That’s exactly what I mean. For decent multi-monitor support, you have to add some roughly supported.

Holzkohlen , 8 months ago

KDE Plasma. Number 2 is Cinnamon

imgel , 8 months ago

KDE if you want a customizable DE, Gnome if you like simplicity and XFCE if you are on less than 4GB. Anything else is mental illness mixed with boomer nostalgia.

beef_curds , 8 months ago

Gnome. Mostly vanilla except for some extended tiling for when I need it. Also sped up animations.

I bind Activities to an extra mouse button. But I’m also comfortable without that.

I’ve used a lot of stuff over the years. Started with the kde 3 series. I just don’t really want to do a lot of fiddling anymore, and find the default Gnome workflow to be a really good fit for me.