cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1789763

For me its KDE.

Personally, I’m a bit torn currently… I’ve mostly used Pop!_OS’s customized Gnome desktop since I fully switched to Linux in 2019, and I am also rather eager to try out their upcoming, Rust-based Cosmic Desktop too.

However, I have come to quite like KDE on my laptop now running OpenSuse Tumbleweed. It’s a fantastic experience, and honestly more distros should ship with it rather than plain Gnome.

Curious what others here say their favorite is though!

  • patchwork
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    1 year ago

    mostly i3wm (or sway on wayland systems), like some of the other folks here. my studio machine uses kde just to keep things loose for creative projects, but i’m on the fence as to whether or not it gets in the way more than it helps… and sometimes i’ll fire up WindowMaker for about 5 minutes until the nostalgia wears off and i actually want to start getting things done XP

    • patchwork
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      1 year ago

      but out of the above, i feel like i3 or sway hits a good sweet spot in terms of moment to moment flexibility, and tight, mostly predictable behavior. i like being able to dig in and customize keyboard controls and automation without getting too deep in the Code Zone