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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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[–] green_dot@le.fduck.net 1 points 1 year 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.

[–] jrgn@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 (sorry for the spam, got a network error and ended up with multiple posts)

[–] SomeBoyo@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago
[–] randomwords@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

I am using Budgie on Manjaro. It's pretty great!

[–] mutoroglin@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

I recently switched to hyprland, love it!

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

I use windowmaker and plasma. I also dabble in icewm

[–] ABeeinSpace@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Haven’t heard of windowmaker before

[–] mutoroglin@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

I recently switched to hyprland, love it!

[–] mutoroglin@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

I recently switched to hyprland, love it!

[–] mutoroglin@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

I recently switched to hyprland, love it!

[–] mutoroglin@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] jimakososx@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year 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.

[–] lcdhead@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] float@feddit.de 1 points 1 year 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.

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

[–] CodeCheper@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

XFCE on Arch...been using it for years.

[–] TheV2@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] wirthy@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year 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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[–] UdeRecife@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

KDE, for kwin's superior window management tools.

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[–] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

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

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