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What DEs are people using? (lemmy.world)

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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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[–] [email protected] 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.

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

Qtile

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

I'm always returning to cinnamon, but was on Bungie for awhile

[–] [email protected] 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.

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

i3 user here! ;)

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

I recently switched to hyprland, love it!

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

I recently switched to hyprland, love it!

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

I recently switched to hyprland, love it!

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

I recently switched to hyprland, love it!

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

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

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

KDE on desktop, XFCE on laptop

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

Gnome for 10+years... Across a variety of PCs... Intel NUC, mac pro 13, several dell laptops, and dell XPS 9560 and 9570 ATM.

[–] [email protected] 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.

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

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

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

I use windowmaker and plasma. I also dabble in icewm

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

Haven’t heard of windowmaker before

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years 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 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years 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] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

KDE, for kwin's superior window management tools.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

XFCE with the WM replaced with Openbox. Ask me about my Openbox keyboard bindings for window moving and resizing :)

I kind of want to try KDE again, but I still feel it's too laggy, at least on my machine with intel graphics.

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