Maybe because I used windows first and not Mac, but KDE. Gnome is just opensource Mac DE/WM with the same mentality "we know what's best for you and you'll like it".
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I daily drive Window managers but occasionally I also check out Desktop environments. Here is my personal preference -
DE
- XFCE
- KDE
- Cinnamon
WM
- Hyprland
- BSPWM
- Openbox / Labwc
I have never known what the difference between DE and WM, well, I still donβt know reallyβ¦
A DE tries to be a full operating environment, it has panels and configuration tools and (...) all as part of the package
A WM only does window management, and other things need to be added separately. The line blurs a bit since most people who use WMs end up adding a lot of other stuff to them to the point it might as well be a DE, only it was built piecemeal.
So there is no DE with hyperland as WM? I want something like gnome with the forge extension but not es buggy π
None that I know of. Though you can build your own operating environment centered around Hyprland. Their wiki is pretty good and their config files are nice and simple to understand. I did that for a lark a few months back.
.... The catch is that, y'know, it's a whole afternoon spent tinkering to get it right.
Well that seems promising π only one day seems doable π€π»π€£ Iβll try to add it to my gnome arch as second option
YMMV of course. It took me an afternoon to get it to a point where it had the stuff I needed and was enjoyable to use.
... f'course I didn't stick with it, as I said in my toplevel post, turns out tiling WMs aren't for me.
Xfce just works, but I wanna switch back to kde someday
My personal favorites in order from most to least favorite:
- XFCE
- KDE
- Hyprland
- Cinnamon
- i3
- CDE
- LXQt
- Deepin
My DE choices:
- KDE Plasma -- It's pretty, it's customizable. Workflow is customizable
- XFCE -- Honestly I consider XFCE to be like Plasma's sibling, in that its workflow is also very customizable and there is a lot of space for theming, but is lighter and acts nicer on weaker hardware
I tried Gnome and I just hate it? It needs a lot of fennagling to look and act in a way I find enjoyable. Cinnamon is eeeeeeeeehhhhh.
WM-wise, I played with Hyprland and I3WM, but tiling WMs aren't for me. They just aren't. For what convenience I gained from being able to use Super+something to do basically everything, I don't enjoy the workflow.
I also used Wayfire for a bit -- Writing my own configuration file and customizing everything IS fun, but like.... Nah?
I'll be switching to COSMIC DE as soon as it gets into the beta phase.
XFCE with OpenSuse style is my favorite. Low resource usage, windows-easy ability to put shortcuts all over the desktop (fuck you, Unity), searchbox that just works. I don't need to spend hours or months customizing the setup for it to work as I want.
If you asked source, it's "God gave me this awkward superpower, what is it for?'
If you asked sauce, idk
I currently use Plasma 6 on both my laptop and my desktop, but XFCE has a special place in my heart, due to it being right in the middle between being lightweight with resources and still staying usable for a buffoon like me.
What an awful post, contains weeb dreams that 3 people, let alone anyone, would fight over them
Good job in fitting the personalities of the DE to the girl.
GNOME. Also, trying to use as many apps as possible that follows its guidelines.
cosmic
From unity to gnome for Wayland support from gnome to KDE because of painful stutterstthough now I use both on wayland, just dep3nding on which syst3m I'm on at th3 time.
Great DEs over all, though in excited to try outt cosmic once I get past some systems projects :)
Sometimes i just cant understand why a post gets downvotes... maybe some hate anime?
#BreastEnvy
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