So a few months back I asked about you guys os in c/asklemmy, so this time I wanna ask about your desktops you use on this same account.
(I use kde but plan to move to cinnamon I find kde buggy and gnome tracker3 randomly broke for no reason + themeing so yh idk if these happened to anybody)

  • bruhSoulz@lemmy.ml
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    24 days ago

    I stopped usin em myself cus my laptop aint nun too fancy and i hated watching my system use 1.5+ while not doing jack, so i tried window managers a couple times until it stuck :3 i3 btw

  • Heavybell@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    KDE Plasma. I just like it. It seems to have options to do what I want, for the most part. There’s some things I wish it had, like a way to programmatically get the active window under Wayland, so StreamController could automatically change pages.

  • Varyag@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    24 days ago

    Used Mint with Cinnamon for a long time, but always wanted to try KDE after distrohopping a bit. Had it on when I switched to Arch, but didn’t like how slow it felt on my old laptop so I tried LXQt and then XFCE. I wanted a modern lightweight environment with Wayland support, but I’ll have to wait for it to be implemented. In the meantime, I riced my XFCE just how I like it, and I really like how complete and responsive it is.

    • Mwas alt (prob)@thelemmy.clubOP
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      24 days ago

      You can get experimental wayland in lxqt tho, you need a window manager that supports it and a package,but xfce is currently implementing it.

  • Matt@lemmy.ml
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    25 days ago

    Gnome and Cosmic. Gnome 'cause of simplicity and Cosmic because of Rust.

    !I am a Rust programmer and I love this language!<

  • steeznson@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    Typically I don’t use a DE. I’ll go for dmenu + dwm usually if I only want a WM. I find the default bindings and behaviour for the tiling is the most ergonomic when comparing it to other WMs like i3.

    When I do have to get a DE setup then I’ll use XFCE because I like how it stays out of the way and I find it easy to customise.

  • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
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    25 days ago

    KDE. It’s customizable without adding lots of weirdness. It’s got a solid set of included tools like Dolphin and Konsole. It’s generally very stable and visually attractive.

    No shade to other DEs. I’ve tried lots of them, I even have a couple of alternative DEs I’ll log into when they are useful (i3 is great if I am doing something repetitive). But KDE is just the most comfortable for me for daily use.

    The non-Gnome COSMIC DE that System76 has been developing is looking really promising though. I have the alpha on a spare laptop and find it very functional.

  • Eugenia@lemmy.ml
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    26 days ago

    Depends on the computer I run. On fast computers (more than 5,000 passmark cpu points), i use gnome on whatever distro. On mid-speed computers (1000 to 5000 points), I use linux mint with cinnamon. On very old computers (400-1000), I use debian with XFce.

  • Matty@lemmy.autism.place
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    26 days ago

    XFCE as I like the look of the classic Windows layout. Might eventually try out KDE for Wayland support but there’s something about the simplicity of XFCE which I love.

  • Palacegalleryratio [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    26 days ago

    My favourite that I use lots of places is Gnome. Love using it. Use it completely stock.

    I also use KDE, which is fine, but I don’t much care for it, I always find it to be buggy and unreliable. Could well be pebkac errors, but I’ve seen it across multiple machines over the years. With this said I still use kde on one machine.

    I also use sway. Which is a wayland window manager. I find it very good. I’ve heard that hyprland is also good, but I’m not looking to mess with a window manager, I just like it to be simple, so I’ve not really tried it.

  • Captain Baka@feddit.org
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    26 days ago

    I used Enlightment for the last few years, but switched this year to XFCE because i like the look more. I’m using old-as-fuck-hardware and both DEs work good on my machines.

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    26 days ago

    Gnome on one machine, LXDE on another.

    I use Gnome on my main laptop, a Thinkpad P50. I bought it with a dock thinking I’d use it at my desk and on the sofa but it’s a bit of a beast so that stays on my desk and I use an L440 with LXDE on the sofa. Considering trying LCARS on the sofa machine.

    • Mwas alt (prob)@thelemmy.clubOP
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      26 days ago

      The only desktop that has a clipboard feature(superkey + v) I love, most of the desktop I see don’t have it and the clipboard show up as a system tray app.

    • Nimrod@lemm.ee
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      25 days ago

      Same.

      I dont do much customization, but the endevorOS community edition has decent defaults.

      Just working cleanly with tiling feels so good. You dont have to use the mouse to move all the windows around. But if you hold the super key, you can just drag windows around to make a perfect layout. But often than not, i just want 2 windows side by side, with no wasted space. Done.