What is your preferred desktop environment?

Cinnamon

>>55925575
XFCE
Use compton to fix the screen tearing issue.

LxQT or MATE

I like LxQT but I can't stand Openbox. Doing some research before I find a replacement.

>>55925575
I used GNOME starting with 1.4. The 2.0 release was huge. Used and loved GNOME until 3.0.

When GNOME 3.0 came out, I knew my days of using it were over. This was before MATE and Cinnamon showed up.

Tried XFCE, couldn't do it... ended up switching to i3, been running it for years now

>>55925575

Right now I'm using Debian LXDE with i3wm instead of openbox

XFCE or MATE when available

>>55925655
>i3
>using a WM made by Pajeets

>>55925586
Is there anything that looks and functions like cinnamon, but isn't cinnamon?

Openbox. I ran Crunchbang on my shitty netbook for years and took a liking to it.

I've tried to switch to a tiling WM a few times but I always just get impatient and switch back.

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KDE.

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Unity.
Nothing comes even close to HUD.

>>55925851
i like unity but i feel like it could be so much more customizable.

Kde

>>55925887
It really could, but once you get the hang of it it becomes great.

XBMC

>>55925745
Xfce

>>55925575
XFCE + Compiz

>>55925851
You have to go back Pedrito

>not using Windows 7
>calling yourself an adult

I love XFCE, but the tearing it's unbearable.
I'm a #KDEmissile now

virtualkek

spectrwm is perfect fpr me

unironically enjoy Unity

I liked LXDE/LXQT but I don't have a toaster anymore

>>55925575
Workbench.

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LxQT of course.

>>55925851
Unity HUD was really laggy until xenial came out.

>OP asks what anon's favorite DE is
>Retards naming WM's.

Typical Linux users of /g/.

>>55925575
xmonad

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>>55926381
Shitty quality background, Allah is disappointed

Explorer

>>55925575
>GUI
>2016

fucking newfags can't handle purely terminal environments

>>55926740
Been using a GUI since '86, a GUI with a shell window is much more powerful than your basic CLI.

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>>55925851
> nvidia optimus
i feel for you anon.

>>55925575
>desktop environment
Openbox + tint2, dunst2, rxvt-unicode, slim, conky Thunar and compton. Oh yeah, lxappearance-ob too for muh looks.

Other than that, just utility programs, as file-roller, p7zip, thunar-volman, udisks2, etc.

even lxde feels bulky compared to (your)a configured openbox

Xfce or mate. Its good for you

>>55926799
I like the bait folders made just for the screenshot on the right.

i3

>>55926799
I don't use the Nvidia card since it eats up the battery, I only have it for CUDA and OpenCL.

>>55925745
Budgie

>>55926728
Oh shit I'm fucked

>>55926851
I never really use it either, i just setup it up because before i did the nvidia card was idling and crunching battery, but at least now with all the stuff setup, bumblebee shuts it all off.

>>55926840
thanks, i even applied the default wallpaper and removed my super cool numix themes to look different #doitforthescreenshot

Honestly I've been trying to learn how to use and customize i3. It's actually really fun and works well with how my head likes things organized.

Furthermore, I'm more involved with config files which, let's face it, really just makes me feel more l33t.

gnome3 4-ever

kde, but my work uses ubuntu for some reason, so I stick with mate + kwin.

I like Gnome3. I tried out KDE and it drove me mad, it did look sorta pretty though.

>>55925745
What's wrong with cinnamon? Also Mate, installable on arch and available as a flavor for everything else.

>>55925575

OSX 10.10

>>55927772
dis

>>55927887
MATE looks exactly like Gnome2 did 10 years ago.
I know that's the point, but why the fuck anyone would want this is beyond me.

Pantheon from Elementary. It's just so comfy.

>>55925575
KDE or Cinnamon

>>55925575
I use herbstluftwm. But of desktop environments I totally love unity7.

xfce+openbox+compton and tint2 as a panel

Cinnamon.
The "C" stands for "Comfy".

>>55926805
Pretty much the same. I've always preferred window managers to desktop environments.

>>55929211
what's xfce's job in that setup then?

>>55925851
What are some neat unity OS? Ubuntu gnome got kinda annoying and I need something for my laptop.

>>55929667
Waste of vertical space

>>55928992

^^^

>>55925723
You mean Germans?

>>55929963
>24px
>"waste"
Are you poor?

>>55929733
gtk theming and easy settings

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>>55925575
Enlightenment with Wayland

>>55925575
I've used KDE since 2003, so KDE.

>>55930044
Mods

>>55929667
This.

>>55930026
It's a waste none the less. Fuck off pleb.

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Openbox w/ tint2.
Easy to rice and pretty comfy to use from somebody that used to be a Wincuck.

I hear lots of people shit on Openbox though. I don't quite understand why.

I use Cinnamon on my t420,
LXDE with Plank on my oldass netbook, feels really light for the shit machine that it is
Explorer.exe on my main machine.

I've usually used xfce but started using lumina lately. Anyone else try it?

>>55925575
Aqua/Quartz
just werks, just good

Mate

>>55930463
>Lumina

This looks comfy. I might try it out in place of XFCE.

>>55925575
> Implying I use a desk top environment

KDE

>>55925632
>>55925670
>>55926815
>>55928959
>>55930505
>MATE
my nigga

KDE 1

>>55930044
Holy shit there are two of you little degenerates now?

>>55925586
/thread

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>>55925575
4dwm, is like CDE but without the taskbar. Don't know if is available, but maxxdesktop seems to be a great copy.

I use the K Desktop Environment :^)

windows 10

>>55931417
Looks comfy

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>>55931417
Woops, meant to say Irix desktop. 4dwm is the window manager.

>>55931539
Yes, and beautiful.

>>55931723
What's the old-ass system this was based on, again? Been trying to remember the name all week.

>>55931723
That looks nice :)

>>55931762
based on CDE, the Common Desktop Environment (both use Motif)

>>55931417
Holy shit welcome to 1997

>>55931762
Motif window manager? Both CDE and Irix are based on that.

>>55931417
you can disable the taskbar in CDE

>>55925575
2bwm

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GNOME3ONWAYLAND

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>>55931776
>>55931785
Nah I was thinking of Nextstep, not sure if they're actually related now.

>>55931785
Motif is not a window manager, but a windowing library, like GTK or Qt

>>55931847
The closest thing to Nextstep is GNUStep+Window Builder

>>55931861
Yea I still want to try Window Maker one day.

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>>55931787
I know. But would be good to have separate all the components of Irix and CDE to customize.

Just look at the icon catalog in Irix, is not like I wouldn't use it even in other DE's.

>>55931847
They are not related.

>>55931861
Yes, Motif is the toolkit, but there is an actual window manager which those are based on.

>>55931904
>They are not related.
Well the toolkit and dock look pretty similar.

>>55930558
>>55930463
What WM does lumina use?

It appears to be Qt based so does it use Kwin?

Would be awesome because i dislike Plasma and most of KDE but i LOVE Kwin and its compositor features are much better than Compiz

>>55931933
*toolchest

>>55925723

What's the difference?

>>55931904
Pretty good info on Motif and the window manager http://www.ics.com/blog/retrocomputing-motif-and-cde

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>>55925575
I liked KDE but is was buggy, then I made a switch from Kubuntu to Fedora and I now love the Gnome UI it is responsive and it's a pleasure to use.

>>55925575
KDE has the best suite of applications.

>>55933592
>Kubuntu
>found the problem

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>>55929963
Tell me more

>>55933621
True, but the UI looks like a children's toy unless you spend a day digging through all the options.

>>55933838
Not liking a UI is a pretty lame excuse for using a 2nd tier suite of applications.
>sudo apt-get install openbox.

>>55931780
No, that's Windows 3.11 tier.
1994 at best.

>>55933856
Or you could install the KDE applications you need and like in any DE.

None since I'm off i3 master race, but from DE's (that nobody except noobs need) GNOME is the best

>>55931888
It's a fun novelty to play around with, but has many limitation as a full time DE.

Anyways I stick with MATE, but I like the older versions of KDE.

>>55933922
>that nobody except noobs need

Hmm, should I...
a) install a DE that doesn't slow my modern pc down at all and uses <1% of my RAM, with one command?

or...

b) spend an entire day hunting down a whole array of shitty unmaintained half-baked buggy tiny little tools for all the convenient tasks and system monitoring functions that a) already does?

>>55934029
Use a good distro and everything you need is apt/yum/etc. away in default repos. Obviously you also have your dotfiles e.g. on github so setting up your WM to perfection takes literally less than 10% of the time it would take to install some noob DE

>>55934084
In my case, that would be 10% of 2 minutes, so 12 seconds?

>>55934105
sure

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awesome wm

>>55925634
I tried i3 but found it harder to do simple tasks, I like the way you can theme it but I like to have control over my window placement.

>>55934971
You have total control with i3

Gnome for the look.
Mate for the usability
i3 for productivity.

>>55935243
What is so good about i3? Is it scriptable? If so, could you give an example?

Gnome 3, so clean.

>>55935275
It's extremely simple to configure and very fast and stable.

>>55925575
TDE is my personal favourite. It's just nice.

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Any opinions on dwm vs awesome vs i3?

I haven't gotten into the wm scene yet, but I really like the philosophy behind dwm (suckless.org). However, it seems like there are overall more i3 and awesome users. Obviously I'm gonna try all 3, but it'd be nice to have some expectations and insight beforehand.

I use XFCE on my main computer, on slow and old computers I tend to install icewm

fvwm, unironically
gnome 2.0 ironically

I recently switched to gnome3 because I upgraded my work box. I still can't decide if I prefer this or my old efficient LXDE+xmonad. It's not horrible for sure, with a bit of fixing and some extensions. Certainly much better than when I last used Unity.

>>55925575
I like Openbox, lightweight, clean, manages windows very well

crunchbang with icewm-lite instead of openbox

>>55925575
i3wm.

Lightweight, simple and gets the job done.

>>55926036
What does KDE do to prevent tearing?

>>55926381
Does the Qt version of PCManFM support dual-pane yet? This is the only thing preventing me from switching to it

>>55926403
You can use a Window Manager as a Desktop Environment you retarded cunt

>>55925575
I kinda like these 3 a lot so I'm not really sure which one.
>KDE
>Cinnamon.
>MATE

>>55930203
The main thing I have against OpenBox is its .xml config file; I vastly prefer plain text config files

Also, how the fuck do you disable workspace switching when using the mouse-wheel on the desktop? that shit is so fucking annoying

windows 10

fucking hippies