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    Which DE/WM do you prefer? (lemmy.world)
    submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    [–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

    My DE choices:

    • KDE Plasma -- It's pretty, it's customizable. Workflow is customizable
    • XFCE -- Honestly I consider XFCE to be like Plasma's sibling, in that its workflow is also very customizable and there is a lot of space for theming, but is lighter and acts nicer on weaker hardware

    I tried Gnome and I just hate it? It needs a lot of fennagling to look and act in a way I find enjoyable. Cinnamon is eeeeeeeeehhhhh.

    WM-wise, I played with Hyprland and I3WM, but tiling WMs aren't for me. They just aren't. For what convenience I gained from being able to use Super+something to do basically everything, I don't enjoy the workflow.

    I also used Wayfire for a bit -- Writing my own configuration file and customizing everything IS fun, but like.... Nah?

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    My personal favorites in order from most to least favorite:

    1. XFCE
    2. KDE
    3. Hyprland
    4. Cinnamon
    5. i3
    6. CDE
    7. LXQt
    8. Deepin
    [–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    none/none

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    [–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

    plasma

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

    Gnome, hands now. Before coming to Linux, I was an Apple user. I was a fan of their design philosophy - minimalism, clarity and simplicity. Well, I can't tolerate Apple as an enterprise, and there are also a lot of very weird design desicions which I discovered while using their devives - but the core principle is something I stand by. Gnome in my opinion is exactly that - KISS, and all the options are really polished.

    I've tried KDE as well, and have a lot of respect for the developers of it. But after using it for a few days, there are just a lot of inconsistencies in the KDE applications which don't make sense to me.

    Gnome for the win!!!!!!!1!1!1!1!1!

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

    Gnome on my desktop, LXQt on my laptop.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

    If you asked source, it's "God gave me this awkward superpower, what is it for?'

    If you asked sauce, idk

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

    XFCE with OpenSuse style is my favorite. Low resource usage, windows-easy ability to put shortcuts all over the desktop (fuck you, Unity), searchbox that just works. I don't need to spend hours or months customizing the setup for it to work as I want.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

    Maybe because I used windows first and not Mac, but KDE. Gnome is just opensource Mac DE/WM with the same mentality "we know what's best for you and you'll like it".

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    [–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

    I'll be switching to COSMIC DE as soon as it gets into the beta phase.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

    GNOME. Also, trying to use as many apps as possible that follows its guidelines.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

    cosmic

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

    I currently use Plasma 6 on both my laptop and my desktop, but XFCE has a special place in my heart, due to it being right in the middle between being lightweight with resources and still staying usable for a buffoon like me.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

    Good job in fitting the personalities of the DE to the girl.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

    cinnamon.appimage

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

    I miss my E17 and windowmaker, when I had the time to fiddle with config files...

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