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insomniac ,
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I like Budgie. It looks nice, lightweight, and doesn’t get in the way. There’s a few missing features but I like that it’s a smaller community project.

danHD ,
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@governorkeagan gnome, comes cause it doesnt look like windows

blkpws ,

But many DE doesn’t look like Windows… the only similar is that there is a bar (if you custumize it like a Windows).

wiikifox ,
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Not technically a DE, but for productivity and full customization I use DWM (DWL is available for Wayland). It is super easy to use, keyboard centric and can be modified to behave exactly the way you want, as long as you patch it.

redd , (edited )
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Thanks for all your discussions. All your experiences are very helpful for me. Now here is my top list and reasons:

  1. Cinnamon (most familiar and very stable for me)
  2. XFCE (I like the responseness and lightweightness)
  3. MATE (stable and reliable)
  4. KDE (I like the configurability, but unfortunately I experienced a lot of instabilities and accidents)
  5. Gnome (I don’t like the new UI concept. When I tried it, it was laggy and non-responsive)

Out of this list:

  • I3 (only head good things, but never tried it on my own installation)
  • Cosmic (first time I heard about today)
  • Budgie (first time I heard about today)
possiblylinux127 ,

Gnome will be slow without acceleration. Were you running it in a vm?

redd ,
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Tried it on VM and Backup Notebooks. Especially on old Notebooks its hardly usable.

possiblylinux127 ,

That is likely true although it may also have to do with a lack of ram and bad GPU support.

inetknght ,

Cinnamon is, straight up, the best. The only annoying part is that damn debugger thing that shows up that damn and useless LookingGlass thing which defaults to Super+L. Super+L definitely should be Lock Screen instead.

Lettuceeatlettuce , (edited )
@Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml avatar

I love KDE Plasma, been using it for years. Cinnamon is very good too, especially for folks that like the Windows 7 style.

Cosmic is nice from the little I’ve used it, but I prefer a DE with more options.

Not a Gnome fan personally, I’ve tried it many times, just can’t get into it, but objectively it’s solid.

slembcke ,

I really like plain “boring” vanilla Gnome. It’s straightforward, I like it’s workflow, it does everything I need it too, and looks nice too. I’m not a fan of “power user” UIs as I feel like they have too many features I’ll never use filling them up. You can always get more programs to do more things anyway. Like I use compilers and disassemblers all the time, but I’m not upset that Gnome doesn’t ship with those features built in when I’m in some weird 1% of users that need them. On the other hand, I think KDE is important to the ecosystem too, and I donate $100 a year to both the Gnome and KDE projects.

nyan ,

TDE. Does its job, doesn’t mess with my workflow by changing stuff that worked perfectly well before, but still has plenty of built-in software and general stuff for the occasions that I need it. But then, I’m a weirdo by tech enthusiast standards.

beef_curds ,
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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.

imgel ,

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.

Holzkohlen ,

KDE Plasma. Number 2 is Cinnamon

Gamey ,

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 ,

Gnome doesn’t really support multiple monitors without addons.

GnomeComedy ,

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

MJBrune ,

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 ,
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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 ,

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

ReverseModule ,
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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! :)

Roshakk ,

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

possiblylinux127 ,

Gnome

Ibaudia ,
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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.

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