I’m currently testing Fedora KDE on a VM (windows host) before eventually switching over to Linux completely.
Gnome, but only with dash-to-panel. Otherwise XFCE.
Gnome
I love gnome but too used to kde to switch.
Nowadays KDE.
I’ve used Dwm for a long time, then switched to awesome, for the easier configuration! Loved both, really can’t stand a floating wm no more
I’m new to this but KDE basically has all of the aesthetics customization features and quality of life features I always wanted out of Windows + Rainmeter. Finally I can have my videos pinned on the top easily every time. Finally I can have my fancy widgets. I can have universal color themes and fonts beyond what Windows ever offered. So there is more abstract stuff out there, but for now I’m living the long lost dream.
xfce. For me, it strikes that perfect balance between lightweight and featureful, looks good but not too fancy, is customizable and usable. I set it up the way I like it and it never changes on me.
Same for me, XFCE is light, stable and efficient. I believe that’s the reason it’s chosen for Debian as default DE
No DE. Just openbox + polybar + rofi
Do you think OpenBox is usable with minimal config? I’m looking for a WM which I won’t have to spend too much of time configuring, which is why I’m considering floating WMs
Honestly you can use Openbox right out the bag if you really wanted to. If you need to configuring autostart and hotkeys and the menu is really easy
I’ll configure the theme, hot-keys and maybe install a compositor or something. Thanks for the tip, I’m trying to decide between OpenBox and IceWM right now
Gnome. On my laptop KDE and cinimon have given me a LOT of issues. I’ve had a lot of linux problems due to my hardware tho but finally found a fix and don’t want to change
Well for DE its KDE for me but in general DWM
I would say try Gnome. If you don’t like it, use KDE. Those are the 2 big ones right now so they’ll be the most reliable. Gnome is either love it or hate it, KDE is very vanilla. I personally use Gnome, because I love the workflow.
cwm
Plasma definitely. Xfce is second.
Any preferences on the distro? I’ve been enjoying Fedora but I’ve also tested Ubuntu and enjoyed that
Install gentoo
But for real, depends on your use case I use arch on my dev machine and you get nearly every package in the AUR
Fedora Plasma is truly awesome!
You should try Arch btw
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Not for beginners, that’s just mean
I landed on openSUSE Tumbleweed about five years ago and still don’t see myself hopping to another one
Opensuse TW or Fedora
Tbh youre probably better off on something like Linux Mint or something else Debian or Ubuntu based. Fedora is a good distro but rpms are a lot less common than debs are and alien does not entirely fix that issue.
While I would still recommend Ubuntu or Mint or even Debian, I have been using openSUSE for years and have never run into a case where I had to compile software.
I’m not sure why you are bringing Gentoo into it here. I mean that all the software I have tried to install is either available in the repos or available as an appimage/flatpak. Were it not available in binary form I would need to compile it - and I have not run into that scenario.
I’ll probably end up settling on Ubuntu. Thought I’d try a couple before making a final decision.
Ubuntu is doing an annoying attempt to generate lock-in and profits by forcing snap on everyone and making it annoyingly difficult to avoid.
Consider one of the ubuntu derivatives (there’s a number of them, Mint, Pop etc) in preference to ubuntu itself, a debian derivative (KDE neon for example) or go with Fedora if you’re a business orientated user.
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For me, from most to least favorite, it goes:
Cinnamon
Mate
KDE
xfce
Bash-only; no GUI
doing my math homework by counting on my toes
Losing three fingers in a table saw accident
GNOME
Edit to add: I love the “one newline in the editor is no newlines in the published comment.” The internet isn’t getting worse by the minute at all.
