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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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[–] jrgn@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I just switched from GNOME to Xfce after many years of the former. I had enough after some extensions broke for the millionth time. And the amount of resources used was bonkers. Currently working on setting up Xfce to my liking

[–] mutoroglin@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

I recently switched to hyprland, love it!

[–] mutoroglin@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

I recently switched to hyprland, love it!

[–] mutoroglin@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

I recently switched to hyprland, love it!

[–] mutoroglin@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

I recently switched to hyprland, love it!

[–] mutoroglin@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] HollyCat2022@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I use windowmaker and plasma. I also dabble in icewm

[–] ABeeinSpace@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Haven’t heard of windowmaker before

[–] vendion@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I'm currently using Xmonad on my main Arch system, before that was Herbstluftwm. Occasionally I boot up KDE to check on how it's coming along or when i'm feeling nostalgic for what helped get me into Linux many years ago.

[–] lcdhead@vlemmy.net 1 points 2 years ago

icewm is awesome for what i need! lightweight and simple, with good themes online.

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.

[–] Nuuskis@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Sway but transitioning into DWL.

[–] borlax@lemmy.borlax.com 1 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] s4if@lemmy.my.id 1 points 2 years ago

Hyprland for me, but sometimes I also log onto XFCE4 when theaching. I love how WM works and Hyprland by default is a visually good WM. I use it everyday except when teaching because sometime I need to zoom the code when I teach programming.

[–] pztrn@bin.pztrn.online 1 points 2 years ago

KDE on Wayland or sway. Thinking about trying hyprland somewhere soon.

Trying GNOME from time to time, without installed mutter-performance from AUR it is piece of lagging sh*t.

[–] okunevacyril@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

KDE on desktop, XFCE on laptop

[–] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

qtile and picom. It took some getting used to but I never want to leave the luxury of dynamic tiling.

[–] CheshireSnake@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 2 years ago

Desktop - KDE

Laptop - Gnome

[–] jimakososx@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I enjoy gnome with the arcMenu extension https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3628/arcmenu/ I will include usually some other extensions, but arcMenu is what makes the experience a lot better than the stock one for me.

[–] float@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

I use Cinnamon which is quite a niche I think, but I really like the minimalistic design. My main requirement for a DE is for it to not get into my way.

[–] bour@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I have been using Arch+KDE plasma for ~5years on my main rig, I love it!

[–] rayman30@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I use KDE, and have done so for many years. Because I also use Mac computers, I tweaked KDE to look just like MacOS using https://store.kde.org/u/vinceliuice themes. I am loving the DE

[–] TheV2@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

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

Hyprland window manager on my PC and laptop at the moment, but I might switch (back) to KDE soon for some QoL stuff and bc why not lol

[–] green_dot@le.fduck.net 1 points 2 years 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.

[–] UdeRecife@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

KDE, for kwin's superior window management tools.

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