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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)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Plasma, but I'll be moving to cosmic as soon as it enables auto power off of monitors on idle

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Hmm I have a question, why not lxqt its more actively maintained then lxde.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

KDE Plasma because it's the one I like. If it disappeared tomorrow, I'd use Xfce.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

COSMIC. I was using Hyprland before but I wanted to try the alpha. I found it stable enough for my use-case so I stuck with it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I really love both esp after KDE 6. But I use Gnome, KDE treats multiple monitors as separate entities I find the bugs distracting and there's only so much customisation I need. I slap open bar on and get to work.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I recently made a new linux install (to replace my constantly breaking, likely due to my own doing Manjaro install). I went with Cinnamon initially, but in order to try out Wayland, I moved to KDE plasma.

I'm on NVidia, with two different resolution screens. Which causes occasional problems. But overall it's fine.

[–] 0x0 2 points 3 weeks ago

XFCE, lightweight and has a terminal. 's all i need when i'm not trying out something like xmonad.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I have an i3 and a hyprland installation.

I like tiling wms but Wayland still has some annoying issues so I like having the more stable i3 installation on my main computer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

KDE Plasma because I can make it look, feel and work mostly like Windows. I have to use Windows at work and don't want to have to think too hard about differences between computers I use at work vs. at home.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

For my main workstation and main laptop:

  • Cosmic themed GNOME - I just like the way it looks and works without any changes. The basic tiling functions are something I find helpful at times too.
  • Plasma 6 - It works pretty well and looks nice. I don't do a lot of customization, so it's not a big deal to me. For my other machines I'm currently using Cinnamon, GNOME, Budgie, and LXDE.
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'm running MATE on my laptop. It gives me what I need (a task bar, space for some instrumentation, the usual desktop functionality, a way to start applications) and nothing that I don't care about (wobbling windows, compiz, stuff like that). My DE is a tool; I use tools that don't get in my way because I have work to do.

I might give COSMIC a try in a few months, I haven't decided yet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

i use zorin os's gnome with forge, once cosmic comes out ill switch to that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'm really looking forward to the release version of Cosmic. Used to be a fan of Gnome-based Cosmic on PopOS, but Pop just kept on "popping" so I moved to Fedora Workstation. I have never looked back.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Plasma, because I want things to Just Work(TM) and the customizability and modernity are neat. I like right click --> pin to top/bottom as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Xmonad with XFCE in no-desktop mode.

I can use the xfce tools to configure things like mouse and screen settings, but visually it's just xmonad.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Kde because i want customization and standard is also ok. I tried gnome but did not like that extensions were required for tray icons etc. Gnome is otherwise good.

I3 and hyperland i dont get. Some windows should not be very large no matter how much free screen space you have. Example is calculator or old school chat applications like pidgin. No native standard set of applications. Everything must manually be added and custom, like everything in kde settings(sound output, network settings, screen size etc). Waiting for when applications can recommend its screen size to the window manager.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Currently I am on KDE, but I am an xfce lover. I can't wait for the next xfce update and for Cosmic.

I am living KDE almost default. I have the impression that with too much customisation problems come.

Xfce is rock solid and rock solid after customisation too. It is truly amazing.

Gnome needs far too many extension for me to be usable. And so I avoid it.

Cinnamon is great too, but it's in the middle. If I don't want to use Wayland, at that point there is xfce.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Qtile, just because it's Python-based.

[–] faultypidgeon 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How is being python-based a good thing?

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