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
I just jumped up on the Hyprland band wagon (4 weeks ago). Very pleased with it so far!
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.
Kde, let me change everything every time I get bored instead of switching to a whole different WM.
Valid!
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.
XFCE is also very light on resources looks better than LXDE so I always install XFCE on old laptops.
Arch now has a guided installer that makes it just as easy as any other distro
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.
I just started using sway as well! Care to share any tips, tricks, or your favorite config snippets?
Just keep the config file(s) handy and always be playing with them. Join IRC #sway@Libera. Oh…and you can use the majority of the i3wm docs outside of anything doing with output or input. While I love man pages…I prefer web content for my docs.
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.
I use GNOME.
Great wallpaper. This is the original artist: https://www.deviantart.com/arsenixc
I enjoy having dynamic wallpapers from this package.
Yes! There are several variations of it and I use dwall to change them according to daytime.
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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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.
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.
I just switched from GNOME to Xfce after many years of the former. I had enough after some extensions broke for the millionth time. And the amount of resources used was bonkers. Currently working on setting up Xfce to my liking
I recently switched to hyprland, love it!
Sway but transitioning into DWL.
