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.
Arch Linux
The beloved lightweight distro
I recently switched to hyprland, love it!
I recently switched to hyprland, love it!
I recently switched to hyprland, love it!
I recently switched to hyprland, love it!
I recently switched to hyprland, it's great! I used KDE before but wanted to touch base with a tiling wm.
Gnome for 10+years... Across a variety of PCs... Intel NUC, mac pro 13, several dell laptops, and dell XPS 9560 and 9570 ATM.
icewm is awesome for what i need! lightweight and simple, with good themes online.
KDE on Mandrake/SuSE back when they were on version 1/2, GNOME on Debian/Ubuntu until 2016, a little bit of Enlightenment for the quirky days, XFCE instead of Enlightenment when I had to do actual work on a lighter machine, and now have been using GNOME daily for 4-5 years. For me it's customizable enough, and I prefer the design to KDE these days (KDE has too many different margins and paddings for me to handle).
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.
KDE on desktop, XFCE on laptop
Longtime cinnamon user here. I've also spent significant time in i3, plasma, and mate on variously specced systems. I'll probably end up switching to gnome at some point though, whenever I finally commit to de-xorgifying my pc.
herbstluftwm - I remember there were reasons why I chose it, but I don't remember them xD
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.
I'm not an Arch user (I stayed in Fedora because convenience at the time), but I use Qtile these days. I have my own little scripts for making the colorscheme the same as the wal colorscheme.
Qtile
I use windowmaker and plasma. I also dabble in icewm
Haven’t heard of windowmaker before
I am a die hard Cinnamon guy. I used to like MATE and then I played with Linux Mint for a short while and Cinnamon became my thing. Cinnamon works really well in Arch too. I just wish that its window manager, Muffin, would support Wayland. I really want to drop xorg like a bad habit.
On my laptop I run Cinnamon. The classic, easy to use layout works best for me there.
On desktop I'm using Gnome. Having a full keyboard for the various navigating shortcuts makes it easier.
For years I was using KDE, but since 2-3 years I'm now using Cinnamon: it's fast, it's uncluttered, it gets the job done. I like it 😊
Totally valid! I use KDE because I like eye candy. I also like the ability to have a menu bar like macOS does.
Is Cinnamon in the repos? I’ve used Cinnamon when I played around with Linux Mint. It’s pretty fast, no real complaints with it. Customization can be difficult ime, which is part of the reason I went with KDE. Themes and whatnot are so easy to find because of the downloader built in