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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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[–] NettoHikari@social.fossware.space 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] xvlc@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes! There are several variations of it and I use dwall to change them according to daytime.

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[–] RainRaining@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I use a window manager, Openbox. It's great once you have your personal config file and shortcuts! Also, I can't be sure but I think @mutoroglin@feddit.nl recently switched to Hyperland lol

[–] Unwind2046@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 1 year ago

Lol read this comment first then understood the last sentence after a short stroll. Take my up vote!

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

Hah! Lemmy.world issues maybe?

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

I'm surprised you mentioning that after I only sent that twenty times :-D

[–] cocolopez@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kde, let me change everything every time I get bored instead of switching to a whole different WM.

[–] niva@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

I just jumped up on the Hyprland band wagon (4 weeks ago). Very pleased with it so far!

[–] mutoroglin@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

I recently switched to hyprland, love it!

[–] shartmachine@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i3 with dmenu and polybar. Such a great and efficient setup for school and work, love it.

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

That’s the setup I tried to get used to. I miiight still have it, although it was on my testing VM so I think I have reinstalled since then

[–] fox@vlemmy.net 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

long time i3 user, now switched to sway

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[–] myxi@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

I have Plasma installed on my Arch based installation, but I hardly use it since I also have i3 installed which I adore.

My i3 setup looks very similar to my Plasma setup, I prefer window managers because they are more productive to use.

[–] kyub@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

Gnome. It just seems simple, elegant and smooth. It does what I need from a DE (not that much, I do a lot in terminal and Emacs). It has good keybindings out of the box and good virtual desktop mechanisms. It was also the first DE with good Wayland support. At first I was unsure if I liked Gnome's concept and restrictions, but I've grown to like it fast.

[–] Martin@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I used to build e17 / Enlightenment on Arch for years, was kinda cool and I learned a lot about building packages, but now I don't care anymore and I just use gnome. Or rather I'm using Firefox and a terminal and that's pretty much it. Oh and Gimp every once in a while. But most of the time it's fullscreen Firefox so who cares what de is behind it as long as it just works

[–] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm using xfce. It's on endeavros as I like to belong to the arch crowd without working with the lengthly set up from scratch.

I prefer xfce as anything of note is accessible with a few minor exceptions due to endeavros security concerns such as Bluetooth which requires a quick systemctl command.

I started off with it after discovering ubuntu and trying the xfce version. I liked it and went through a few distros including crunchbang with openbox but ultimately xfce is a very straightforward experience for me and fairly customisable. The only drawback is it doesn't look like some of the awesome screenshots I've seen of i3 or other tiling managers but as a teacher I don't do development or have that much knowledge to tinker so xfce is my go-to.

[–] BelAZ75710@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

XFCE is also very light on resources and it looks better than LXDE so I always install XFCE on old laptops.

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[–] open_world@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I just use GNOME with a few extensions. Works fairly well for me.

Xfce on Manjaro VM. Love it.

[–] mutoroglin@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I recently switched to hyprland and I love. I used plasma before but wanted to touch base with a tiling wm.

Sorry for the spam. These are my first activities with Lemmy, guess I should click less and be more patient

[–] bigmode@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I use xmonad on my laptop with my small screen, and xfce on my desktop with a slightly roomier screen. I think tiling window managers tend to matter less and less as emacs has begun to take over all of my time on the computer everything tends to stay in one or two emacs frames (and many buffers).

[–] laskobar@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

I'm switching between Arch and Manjaro, but I'm using mostly Gnome. Recently I had some weeks with KDE, but since Evolution is not well integrated, I'm using Gnome now again. Kmail is uncomfortable and total illogical for me. I don't get it to work the way I need it. Maybe the redesigned Thunderbird changes my mind, but there was a lot illogical other workflows on KDE on top. So I think I stay with Gnome or switch to XFCE.

I've switched to LXQt recently. I like KDE and use mostly Qt apps, but KDE itself has too many features I don't really need. So far so good, I can't say I miss anything.

[–] boomboxnation@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sway. I look around every few months but nothing usually, um, erm pendulates my interest. I have hyprland installed...but my config file breaks with every update, and it's rice first, function later. I'm an opposite-ricer. I like to strip all decorations.

[–] Unwind2046@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just started using sway as well! Care to share any tips, tricks, or your favorite config snippets?

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[–] writ@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm using Cinnamon

[–] boerbiet@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

I have tried tiling WM's but they are not for me. KDE Plasma offers the right balance of customisability, look consistency and features to always come back on top again. It's been my go-to desktop environment since KDE3.

[–] 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!

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

KDE on desktop, XFCE on laptop

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

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

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

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

[–] 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.

[–] 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

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

I use windowmaker and plasma. I also dabble in icewm

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[–] 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.

[–] brunox 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just i3, very simple. I am considering testing wayland (sway probably) sometime soon, but i'm not too knowledgeable in case something goes awry and my laptop has a discreet nvidia so RIP.

[–] ABeeinSpace@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Ooooooof. Yeah I feel your pain there, my tower has an RTX 3060

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

None - I don't run any DE, just a WM - i3. All I need is a terminal, browser, sublime-text for larger projects, and that's about it.

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