I like qtile because it's configured in python. I used archlinux as os. It's hard to move to another distro after using archlinux for 15 years.
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If you like Xubuntu then you like XFCE, which in my opinion is an excellent DE and WM, light on resources while being highly customisable.
What I run is MX Linux, which is Debian based with a few tweaks, like not relying on SystemD, has both APT and flatpak, and has a few custom tools that honestly makes using linux soooo much easier. The repository manager and gui package mabager is very good.
MX customizes XFCE with simple theming and most importantly puts the panel to the left side, maximizing vertical space. It really gets out of your way.
XFCE on all systems where a desktop is nessesary. With all 3D effects disabled.
I’m not experienced in all the options, but am quite happy with Cinnamon on Mint. I tried ElementaryOS first, 18 months ago, but it wasn’t quite right. Cinnamon had given me a few points to tweak, but not too many that I’ll be sucked into it. I can do what I want on my computer and don’t feel like the OS ui layer is in my way.
IMO, the best GUI is Deepin.
But unfortunately the ubuntu port is not working well
i hate to say this but ubuntu gnome looks sexiest to me (if were speaking out of the box). too bad they make questionable decisions
Honestly KDE on Fedora is my go-to. It's super customizable on a very reliable system and up-to-date packages. Everything I want in a distro 👍
I kept wanting to try the new GNOME, but it kept failing me on fundamentals - I.e, refusing to rebind certain keys, constantly failing plugins (such as the one to merge window title bars with the topbar), and bugs gallore.
So for years, I was a GNOME 2->KDE refugees, with only minimal complaints. KDE is nice.
But now it seems GNOME has finally stabilized and conceded enough to user wishes that it's useful again. And with those things done, I'm now quite enjoying it.
I hate the new flat theme. It was the last bastion of non flatness for so long.
I mostly care about it not being in my way, but I see what you mean.
I use KDE Plasma on RebornOS (an arch spin).
Maybe it's just that it's familiar, but Zorin OS has always had the most "it just works" GUI to me. It's clean, stable, and provides many sensible presets if you prefer windows environments, mac environments, old school gnome, etc.
Aside from being very pretty it also has great UX and linux beginner onboarding features. For example if you try to open an exe file for the first time, it explains that this is a Windows-specific file and sets up Wine for you.
A lot of people recommend Fedora and PopOS for people getting into Linux but honestly Zorin Core has always been my #1.
Using Zorin OS right now and it might be my favorite Linux distro ever. It's like a stock, good version of Windows 10 or 11 (it's obviously not Windows but that's just an easy comparison visually speaking). For the longest time I couldn't get myself to fully switch to Linux due to needing to use video editing software for my job, but installing DaVinci Resolve Studio on Zorin was a breeze, and they even have an easy to follow guide for doing so.
I'm most comfortable using Manjaro Cinnamon right now. It was familiar enough coming from Windows.
i use fedora, but any gnome distro with this guy's themes https://github.com/Fausto-Korpsvart/Gruvbox-GTK-Theme looks great, bunch of other variants as well outside of just gruvbox
Deepin is great too. Unfortunately it is not fully translated so that you come across Chinese quite often.