Spent lots of time with Gnome 2.
In Dec 2024 I got hooked in Hyprland on Arch and have a cool rice for it. But I’ve tried KDE on desktop now with Parrot OS since Plasma is popular. Still need to find some cool dot files or rice it myself.
I’ve noticed SwayFX getting lots of love lately. I might use that as an option with Plasma but am afraid of conflicts. I’m excited about it since Linux has now officially replaced windows on my gaming rig, which is the very last MS computer left in my house.
Arch linux + niti + dms, amazing!
Stock GNOME. No extensions.
Sway, me like simple.
MangoWM (MangoWC formerly) … started using it when Hyprland didn’t have side scrolling like Niri, and Niri only as a scrolling manager and couldn’t do the master stack. Mango being the best of both worlds, I riced it really well and stuck with it.
i grew up with gnome, switched to plasma because i used a steam deck as my main computer for a few years. im just so used to the workflow in plasma, and while i would really love to switch to hyprland, its just too big of a hassle to set it up and learn everything. luckily i found out about krohnkite, so i can at least have some tiling in plasma, but not in the way hyprland does it. i would love it, if it split the focused window
GNOME
For fun? Niri + Noctalia.
For actually using the computer efficiently? KDE Plasma.
I’ve actually gotten so used to the workflow I think I’m more productive on Niri+Nocalia now (especially on my laptop with a smaller screen). That said, when I’m using programs which assume I’m using a traditional window manager (usually games tbh, but sometimes electron apps as well), I do consider that it may be easier to just give in an use Plasma.
WM: i3, sway, also playing around with dwm
DE: Xfce
I just need basic functionality, and most tiling WMs are fairly similar. i3 vs. Sway is basically the Xorg vs. Wayland question. I like dwm for its absolute minimalism and the fact that you configure it by editing or patching C and recompiling.
Niri
Using kde rn because its easy to use.
I will spend some time to get a tiling wm eventually. Minimal resource efficiency as well as brain efficiency is very apealing to me.
Cinnamon. I tried KDE but I didn’t like it. I saw a video where someone customised Cinnamon through settings and extensions so I’ve done a bit of that.
I am currently using two on two different distros on two different computers. Cinnamon and KDE Plasma.
KDE Plasma. It’s the most feature rich “just works” DE there is. GNOME doesn’t even have fucking maximize and minimize buttons by default without adding them via GNOME Tweaks.
I used to be a Cinnamon/Linux Mint lover, but their slow implementation of Wayland, Window Scaling, and certain other annoyances like their split NetworkManager GUI between GNOME’s UI and the native NetworkManager UI made me switch.
Cosmic. It’s pretty good now but sometimes it feels a little slow.
KDE Plasma all the way, on the desktop, the laptops and the two set top boxes.
