I usually use WindowMaker or FVWM but as a desktop environment... CDE
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Xfce, didn't try KDE yet, using gnome currently.
I personally like Mate, especially with i3 as the window manager.
xfce if i had to run a desktop environment, but i usually stick with dwm and haven't got around to trying wayland yet
sway + bemenu for building my own utilities
btw what distro are my fellow sway users on? i'm loving the control i get over what i install with gentoo
how is everyone interacting with audio, networking, bluetooth?
Arch for me; pulsemixer, iwctl, bluetoothctl
River, not a DE but close enough. I could configure it in fennel without much problem.
Hyprland + bemenu. Minimalistic, very little overhead, but still a pretty boi.
KDE for my main and XFCE for my lower powered systems or VM's
This is what I do too. I've been considering switching to XFCE everywhere, because why use more resources, when XFCE does the job insert The Office "why waste time say lot words ..."-gif
is anyone used herbsluftwm for low powered CPU here?
For me it was Enlightenment DR16 (discontinued). you could make themes with shaped borders (transparent regions, buttons and titles anywhere, even overlapping into the window a bit), have it remember window positions, change border style for a window (e.g. drawer, so it can be collapsed sideways) and it would not steal focus. it had really good effects and features. I miss it a lot in Wayland. Check the web for some screenshots, if you want to be inspired.
i3 on my laptop, gnome on my gaming rig (cuz wayland)
@fugepe Wow, not a lot of replies are saying Gnome, but there's a lot more XFCE than I thought I'd see
XFCE? always that shit is fast and the memory management is better than KDE and Gnome
It may be a sort of shy Tory effect. People don't volunteer that they run Gnome because it's seen as the default mainstream option, but if someone uses xmonad, they're going to tell you about it.
KDE if I have performance to spare. XFCE if I am running this in a container on my phone.
I like Gnome a little more than KDE.
@fugepe I use Ubuntu but, is KDE easy to pick up? Just getting into Linux my self.
There are several DE. The two big ones are KDE and Gnome. If you want to switch I recommend trying a live image of Kubuntu, which is Ubuntu but with KDE.
Vanilla Gnome Shell. I know it's heresy, but I've been using it since beta and I actually enjoy the work flow.
I've used gnome for years, about a month ago I decided to give KDE a try on my old spare laptop. Two days later it was on my desktop and work laptop. I am loving KDE.
Mine is a combination of Sway + i3bar. Stick with it since I downlosded Pop!_OS
EXWM (Emacs X windows manager)
all it lacks is a good editor
(j/k, I've settled on Cosmic on Pop for the last few years, and now I'm so lazy, I barely update it)
i3 counts, right? I have always been a keyboard oriented user and a big part of what drove me from Windows is them breaking or changing the hotkeys I used regularly. To me it is the perfect "you have control, this is your device, it works and looks how you want." wm
I cannot but mention xmonad wm with my own configurations
barless dwl, love the simplicity
Debian/KDE
kde
FVWM.