settle this for me>t. switches between the two every 3 months
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>>107072271If you think GNOME is at all usable, then all hope is lost for you.
>>107072271Dwl
uncomposited openbox
>>107072271Xfce
If you're using a laptop PC, use GNOME. If you're using a desktop PC, use anything but KDE.
Try a few WMs out, if you don't like any of those then xfce mogs pretty much every other DE and it's not even close
GNOME with addons to make it feel like KDE.
>>1070722711. GNOME2. Cinnamon3. your bare window manager of preference4. xfce, mate all other desktop environments5. shit6. KDE
>>107072289>no drawing tablet support after they add it I have no reason to use anything else
Cinnamon is what I wish I was using. But only Wayland has a display feature I really don't want to get rid of at all given that I put money on it.Plasma is what I wish would work well but ever since Plasma 6 it's been giving me nothing but headaches. GNOME is what I use, begrudgingly so. But I get around its problems and it works better for me than getting around the problems I have on Plasma.I am aware of Hyprland but I don't want to invest time trying to learn how to use it. For as convoluted GNOME is, it is still braindead to use in most situations. I found that a lot of the things that I "can't" do on GNOME I can actually do, they just take more steps than necessary. Extensions have broken on me through updates, but none that didn't have a replacement or didn't get a fix soon enough. Extensions bring a lot of fucking value, I love some of the shit I can do with them. I love this little fucker that allows me to create custom toggles in the tray area. I can easily enable and disable something that makes no fucking sense to actually "toggle" so it's never considered to be a toggle anywhere in any desktop.I wish I was using Cinnamon.
>>107072349>xfcebased.
>>107072271kde, cuz valve
>>107072289in 3 years
>>107072271If you want something that works like KDE, use KDE.If you want something that works like Gnome, use KDE.
>>107075264krashes
>>107072271You should use windows.We seriously need to stop this "year of the linux desktop" shit and trying evangelize for retards to use linux. All they're doing is bringing tranny shit like rust and wayland and doing everything they can to kill what made linux good and turn it into the shit that they're escaping from. Immigrants are the same filth in every conceivable iteration.
>>107075511what does any of that have to do with my question?
>>107072271Come home.
>>107072271its nothing but cosmetics.that's like changing your background on windows every few months.so long as the underlying operating system is the same, changing the windows manager should be no big deal.i switch between ratpoison, gnome, xfce, etc, from time to time.this keeps my braing from tinkering with the system
>>107072781>shit>KDEkde isn't that bad, in terms of looks, resource wise, sure, its crap in relation to the other windows managers, but if you have the resources, it shouldn't be too bad.
>>107072271>Rolling releaseKDE Plasma>Point releaseGNOME
>>107073345You can get pre-configured hyprland DEs. I personally use end_4 and its great
>>107072271Don't ride with GNOME. Just don't. Use KDE or try cinnamon.
>>107075511People should use Windows. In many ways it's better. My only computer for the last year and a half has been Mint, and I find it good for a lot of things I want to do but it never feels completely professional and I just don't get on with GNOME.The only professional Linux systems I've used are Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Debian. I've used almost every single one and the rest all have elements that make them feel like unprofessional offerings made by random nerds. They're just not good guys lol. Or are utility or niche tools.
Gnome + Dash to Panel
>>107072271just use XFCE
>>107072271Windows 11. Why continue to suffer?
>>107072781post beard, ebussy
Why not use a sane desktop environment like Xfce or MATE? You don't have to make yourself suffer like this.
Gnome just feels clunky and weird. I like the idea behind it, but I don't feel it.KDE feels the way it like it, coming from Windows it's usually the better choice.Cinnamon is cool too.
>>107079722shitty scaling
>>107079810What is the use case for scaling?
>>107075511Hi Bill!
>>107072271KDE Plasma > GNOME with extensions >>> almost all other DEs and wms > GNOME the way it's intended (no extensions)
>>107072289still too janky
>>107072271Gnome a shit and its developers are insuferable cunts.KDE at least seems like it was made by people who actually use computers.
>>107079828whys the scalling so bad in xfce? i only have a 4k tv now and when i switch to 1080 it looks terrible, it doesnt happen in kde. i wonder, if i buy a 1080 monitor the scaling would be good right? this is preventing me to jump in.
>>107081065There are two different scaling options in Xfce and neither works properly. There is the one in display settings and the one in window manager settings.I set the 4k tv to 1080p 120hz and xfce looks fine.
>>107081198>neither works properlycould be my TV too, since the font looks terrible in 1080p kde.i see a lot of screenshots of xfce looking nicely in 1080p, usually better than kde, so i imagine it'd look fine when i get my monitor, but im not so sure.
>>107073783I'm daily driving the beta. The final release will probably come out in a couple months.
>>107081838and actually be polished in 3 years
>>107072271the answer is>kde if you wanna actually do something on said computer>gnome if its a laptop that will just run a browser window 99% of the time it's in use and nothing else. no-customization-needed normie friendly DE for your grandmathe programs/utilities that come with kde are just plain better.for one its piss easy to set up kde connect (like 2 clicks) and you have instant easy file/clipboard/screen sharing between all computers and phones on your local wifi + media controls\shared notifications/remote input. >>107072289having an out-of-the-box tiling mode is objectively the correct thing to do in a DE and cosmic have the right idea. but right now it's unstable/jank/crashy af maybe in a couple of years they will be at a gnome/kde level of polish
>>107072781>2. Cinnamon>JavaScript rated higher than C and C++ DEsKindly poo in the designated areas only
