Gnome, Cinnamon, KDE, Xfce, or something else? And why?

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Budgie because [Solus](https://solus-project.com/) is awesome!

>>57684399
Xfce of course

>>57684399
GNOME
>why?
it's better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQM5fU7V-MM

>>57684499
+1

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I've been using Unity but considering switching back to KDE. I miss it, and by "it" I mean KDE4.

>tfw no KDE4
At least I can use the oxygen theme I guess.

>>57684399
Xfce

>>57684399
XFCE if you want customization, efficiency, or propriety AMD GPU drivers; Gnome otherwise.

Gnome because I haven't figured out how to change it in Fedora

>>57685115
just install Solus

>>57685125
I would but they don't have stickers and I already paid for my Fedora stickers

>>57686031
makes sense, an investment is an investment

>>57685125
Solus is a meme don't listen to this guy

>>57686061
SOLUS ISN'T A MEME

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gahnome

i3

DEs are overrated

LXDE or LXQt?

>>57686663
How is i3 not a DE?

>>57684499
Who is this semen demon

>>57684399
Pantheon

>>57687029
LXQt tend to take over LXDE development

>>57687176
how is it?

>>57684399
lxde and lxqt are good too

desu I've forever been in limbo between budgie, cinnamon, xfce, lxde, and lxqt. I still have 5 arches installed, one with each DE, and I just can't decide. They all differ in terms of readiness, stability, visual appeal and functionality, and none is perfect.

After that I still dont know which set of applications I wanna go with: terminal (although lxterm and tilda seems like the best combo atm), graphics driver (fucking nvidia cards... it's impossible to get anything to work on this shit, everything is bugged and unstable as fuck, nouveau especially can suck my dick), details like compositor and x vs wayland (wayland is backward compatible with x so it should be obvious, but it's not finished yet), etc

And then there's the random bullshit issues I get and can't fix because when I google it, it doesn't seem to exist. A bunch of errors that appear in the systemd output, shutdown errors, the fact that systemd's left column layout is broken after logiin (the column rows don't align anymore), etc

year of the linux desktop fucking never if they can't get their act together and make something that just werks

>>57687289
what most people look for in a DE is the program menu, window list, status tray, etc... not all the bundled shit applications that come with it (looking at you, mate)

Xfce

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Unity

I'm doing a new instillation of Fedora right now, I chose GNOME last time, what should i pick this time?

>>57684399
xfce is the most sane choice. gnome is bloated and the rest is botnet material.

>>57687489
i3 is a wm fag is more efficient and customizable than any DE.

Nobody uses Unity outside of Ubuntu

>>57684399
goddamnit I was gonna post a thread with this this image!!! OP beat me to the punch.

>>57689628
this poster is obviously very wise.

>>57684399
Cinnamon > *

after trying a bunch, it's simply the best. add Arc to it and you have a modern looking OS that you can customize to do anything you want.

>>57684399
I like Openbox. With tint2 it's simple and gives me all I need while being light on resources.

Though if I wasn't using that it'd probably be LXDE/LXQT or Budgie. Even though they have a pretty aggressive campaign in here, it's actually pretty good looking DE.

>>57690111
How do you add Arc?

>>57684399
If I had to use a DE, I would choose gnome.
2bwm for a nice rice.
Openbox for something in between.

>>57690714
so is it GNOME or 2bwm?

>>57684739
You can still use it with debian stable.

>>57691246
Ah, Debian Stable, the museum of Linux software.

Tried Unity but botnet and bloated, same with Gnome and KDE.
I use Cinnamon 2.6 but it's not very stable. Maybe I should try xfce (lxde is too limited).

>>57691246
>Debian Stable
>the museum of Linux software
I don't get this meme at all

Yes Debian doesn't have the latest software like rolling distros or distros in 6 month release cycles have but this is the price you have to pay for legendary stability and ease of maintenance. For many people that's important.

Besides, latest software isn't always the greatest.
New software and libraries with minimal testing result in bugs and breakage, unacceptable for servers and if you don't use your workstation or laptop only for ricing.
There are backports to use most newer software you need in stable without sacrificing stability.
Finally there is always the source to compile the latest software and since Debian stable users are experienced they don't need the hand-holding of AUR or PPAs and they don't trust random binary packages from dubious sources.

In conclusion Debian stable isn't outdated. It's just 2 years old with the new stable just around the corner.
One stable release every 2 years is a very good schedule and the schedule even proprietary OSs used before they switched to the one-release-per-year model (which made their stability much worse)

>>57684399
I used to prefer Cinnamon, but I've been trying LXDE and I think it's more lightweight and snappier.
I'll probably change to that.

>>57695868
>4MB screenshot
well I fucked up this time

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>>57695868>>57686646
Is this the new desktop thread?

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>>57684399
Unity for maximum botnet.

I like cinnamon and xfce

>>57696428
yes it is but be quiet

>>57684399
LxQT tbqh

>>57697344
ur gay lol

This is a b8 because don't have m8.

>>57697379
>m8
into the trash it goes

>>57697344
Hello homosexual

>>57696511
What icons are those?

>>57684399
MATE
>why?
Because I use my computer to work.

>>57684499
here we go

if you're not using xfce you'd better just end your life now because you're wasting your time.

>>57689600
GNOME

>>57699415
Looks like Paper to me, maybe.

>>57686646
what extension gets rid of the power settings on the top right?

>>57695881
It's fine, mate. It doesn't bother anyone but poor people and phone posters.

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cinnamon mint.

>>57684399
i3

Better for ricing, low resource consumption, better for keyboard-only navigation, and just better workflow once you get past the learning curve.

>>57697369
>>57699400
What's wrong with LXQt?
Did I miss something?

Gnome, because Wayland is ready in Fedora 25

>pajeet

is this a new forced meme?

if so, i will download and add to my meme folder

jwm - https://joewing.net/projects/jwm/
Super lightweight, simple, stacking, built-in panel.
Found it perfect for my preferred use cases (1 or 2 foreground windows per monitor, rest is minimized).

>>57684399
Mate
because old habbits die hard

>>57684499
Fake reddit troll is fake

>>57684399
Xfce