1021
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Marxine@lemmy.ml 91 points 1 year ago

I'd rather someone's first choice about Linux was which DE to use. This plays a way bigger part in first impressions.

~~The obvious choice is KDE, ofc~~

[-] atmur@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

I totally agree, that's a way more important factor when you're starting out with Linux.

~~Gotta be Gnome though~~

[-] style99@kbin.social 39 points 1 year ago

That's a strange way to spell Xfce.

Maybe you misheard LXQT?

[-] livie@iusearchlinux.fyi 19 points 1 year ago

DEs are clearly bloat, so the best DE is no DE.

~~Definitely not just because I prefer i3~~

[-] TheInsane42@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

DE? WM!

~~ctwm rocking along nicely since last century~~

Whatever, I always say, use what you want when you want to dive into things. When you don't want to dive into things, use either IOS when you can afford it or Windows. (As long as they don't expect help with the last 2 ;) )

[-] victron@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I used to be a huge Plasma evangelist. At first I hated it, the old versions I mean. You just moved the mouse pointer the wrong way and your whole DE was fucked. Too many options and settings. But KDE 5 changed my world. Stable and lighter than Gnome, but still fully configurable. Last night I switched to Debian 12, Gnome. Maybe I'm getting old, but I'm loving it. I don't tinker with my DEs that much anymore. Just a couple Gnome extensions and I was good to go.

[-] Xylight@lemmy.xylight.dev 0 points 1 year ago

KDE is lighter than GNOME? In my experience GNOME uses slightly less resources.

[-] pelya@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The arrangement of Start menu hardly matters. Virtual desktops are indispensable though. And I can restart crashed Plasma in 35 seconds.

[-] scottywh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Maté is awesome

this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2023
1021 points (98.5% liked)

linuxmemes

21255 readers
10 users here now

Hint: :q!


Sister communities:


Community rules (click to expand)

1. Follow the site-wide rules

2. Be civil
  • Understand the difference between a joke and an insult.
  • Do not harrass or attack members of the community for any reason.
  • Leave remarks of "peasantry" to the PCMR community. If you dislike an OS/service/application, attack the thing you dislike, not the individuals who use it. Some people may not have a choice.
  • Bigotry will not be tolerated.
  • These rules are somewhat loosened when the subject is a public figure. Still, do not attack their person or incite harrassment.
  • 3. Post Linux-related content
  • Including Unix and BSD.
  • Non-Linux content is acceptable as long as it makes a reference to Linux. For example, the poorly made mockery of sudo in Windows.
  • No porn. Even if you watch it on a Linux machine.
  • 4. No recent reposts
  • Everybody uses Arch btw, can't quit Vim, and wants to interject for a moment. You can stop now.

  • Please report posts and comments that break these rules!

    founded 1 year ago
    MODERATORS