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.

  • SavvyWolf@pawb.socialEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Cinnamon. Desktop UI peaked in the Gnome 2/Windows XP era and anything after that is bloat for the sake of bloat.

    Might try kde plasma though, if I can make it behave the same.

    • ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      4 days ago

      I loved Gnome 2. Used it way after Gnome 3 came out for work. I’m not sure something like Hyprland is bloat though. Some of this is really minimalist unless you add a ton of stuff.

    • ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      4 days ago

      Used it for years back in 2012-2014. Was writing my Master’s thesis in LaTeX. Simple and absolutely no issues. It certainly wasn’t eye candy back then though.

  • MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    KDE on Arch, aesthetically pleasing and mostly functional out of the box. There are some startup quirks, but that’s likely due to my LUKS setup which I will change with the next re-install. Already tried to fix multiple times, it’s too much of a hassle to keep trying to fix an <5 minutes per day issue.

  • coltn@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    6 days ago

    i am using KWM with river. I really like KWM, but I am tired with how rapidly the config is changing and needs to be updated to compile KWM updates. I’m thinking of switching to ZRWM since using CLI commands to config seem more stable than writing source code that needs to compile. The only thing I’m not sure about with ZRWM is I use monocle and deck layouts the most with KWM–and I’m not sure if ZRWM supports monocle.

    If I don’t get to a comfy place where my WM just exists and doesn’t need to be updated, I may move to DWL.

    I’ve used sway, hyprland, dwm, niri, mangowc, river-classic and now river with KWM. I’d say dwm and KWM are my favorite, but river-classic was up there (I just didn’t have enough layouts set up).

  • AndrewZabar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Using a few on different systems. KDE Plasma on one laptop my high end one that is pretty much my main daily machine. I also have Moksha on a Bodhi netbook. I have an ElementaryOS install so that’s running Pantheon. And finally, I have the Gnome / “Cosmic” in Pop - though I’ve yet to see it be much more than just a finely tuned Gnome.

      • AndrewZabar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 day ago

        I really don’t have a single favorite. I use them in situations where they’re the most suitable for my needs and my personal preferences. I think overall KDE/Plasma is the most versatile and flexible, customizable and theme-able. Pantheon is simple and polished, though you’ve got to install the extensions and tweaks; I really don’t know what the devs think with having no minimize button. It’s like a weird fetish that they force on all new installs. But once you add the extras, it’s a beautiful and simple interface. Bodhi’s Moksha is very weird but has its own charm. Also customizable beyond what most people even would know what to do with, but the thing I like most about the distro on the whole is it will run on lower end systems and yet still offer the kind of GUI that usually demands better resources. None of the others I’ve tried run as smoothly on equivalent low end hardware. So that’s its biggest advantage.

        Like I said, each for their own scenario.

  • iusemybrain@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    6 days ago

    mangoWM. my workload requires a lot of resources like vivado/vitis. the more resources I have available the better. I’ve no where near customized my WM (FFS, I’m still using iwctl to configure WiFi), that said it does run great, using about 560 MB on idle.

      • iusemybrain@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        3 days ago

        yes, and I couldn’t really care what it was intended to be used for. clearly I could still use it as a WiFi utility posts installation.

        As per the arch wiki it says “iwd is a wireless dameon for Linux written by Intel.” “The core goal of the project is to optimize resources utilization by not depending on external libraries.”

        the point of why I’m using it is for that exact reason. it does the same thing every other WiFi GUI/TUI out there. unless there is a vulnerability/security risk of using iwd, I couldn’t really care less about the other options, even if that means manually configuring enterprise and public networks.