What Desktop Environment are you using?

habbajabba · Aug 16, 2012

Between kde, gnome, and xfce I like xfce the most. Kde has the most plugins and is bloated, gnome is similar to kde and I wanted the simplest so xfce is my main choice but I could always go lighter if I knew more. Hopefully SalineOS stays relatively stable and I don't have to choose another distro. I run Emerge Desktop in windows which is actually really nice, almost as nice as sharpeshell used to be. At least it's in active development-lol. Gnome apparently just lost four of it's top guys within one week-lol. I think troll would be a better name.

TyRex · Aug 17, 2012

When I first tired gnome 3, I really pushed myself to stick with it and like it. I found myself despising it. I've read it's better now, with extensions. Though, I refuse to adopt it out of principle. The whole gnome project feels tainted, anymore. It may sound silly, but it's just my opinion.

I've been using mate, and it's working great for me. Although, if it starts losing support, I will probably switch to cinnamon.

fall · Sep 7, 2012

Laptop:

Hard Drive: Unity Ubuntu
SSD: Openbox Archbang

Desktop:

SSD: KDE Arch Linux

KDE is my favorite

perato · Sep 10, 2012

I have openbox and kde installed but I use openbox more than kde. Dolphin is the best file manager. Thunar isn't too bad either.

grturner · Sep 11, 2012

I've been using Cinnamon lately. I like the new goodies that come with gtk3 just not gnome

voodoo do'er · Sep 13, 2012

using fuduntu here
and I'm loving it (gnome 2.32)

Dozy Van · Sep 14, 2012

Running Ubuntu 10.10 in VMware and XFCE on FreeBSD also in VMwere.

My pc build is currently for gaming so I cant really have Linux or BSD as the main OS :'(

fall · Sep 18, 2012

Update:

Laptop:

SSD: Moved away from Archbang and just installed Arch Linux with Bare Xorg and XTerm for right now.

Looking for a new DE or WM I have never used before to try. I got rid of Bang because I had to many issues with updating due to pgp key issues or the convert from /lib to /usr/lib etc., so it was just easier to start with the latest build of Arch.

mbentley · Sep 18, 2012

ihrsetrdr said:
Running Gnome 2 for as long as possible; will go with XFCE upon Gnome 2 demise...

+1. I haven't really been that impressed with Gnome 3. Maybe I just need to spend some more time using it but I feel so lost and unproductive using it that I might as well just use Windows 7 *gasp*.

voodoo do'er · Sep 19, 2012

mbentley said:
+1. I haven't really been that impressed with Gnome 3. Maybe I just need to spend some more time using it but I feel so lost and unproductive using it that I might as well just use Windows 7 *gasp*.

that's why I switched fuduntu
might switch to RHE when the new RHD comes out

Stratus_ss · Sep 19, 2012

apparently my little circle of friends are an anomaly. We all use gnome 3 and love it. Sure I needed to add some extensions, but it basically rolls gnome-do into the DE. I love the "super key" to bring up the search/expose my windows. I use that ALL the time.

For me, gnome 3 allows me to never take my hands off the keyboard if i dont want to. And for the gazillion terminators I usually have open that is awsome

I am really feeling the gnome 3 love and I quite frankly dont understand the bashing (except from the vantage point that it IS different)

It surprises me that people in the linux camp are so afraid of different

mbentley · Sep 19, 2012

If I used Linux at work for my desktop OS then I could see myself going to gnome 3 and getting used to it through full immersion but since it is only at home that I run Linux as my primary OS (and only on my laptop, not my desktop) then my seat time is quite limited. Luckily Debian Squeeze is still the stable release with gnome 2

voodoo do'er · Sep 21, 2012

here is my box as of now, I'm doing dome modding to it
I can't seem to get cairo dock to save the settings for 2 docks tho :-/

txus.palacios · Sep 24, 2012

Arch-ified the laptop, that was running Windows 7 due to an old program that I required, but that refused to work under Wine. Installed VMware, dropped XP 32-bit there and enjoyed the ride.

System's UI is provided by Openbox. Extra goodness is Cairo Composite Manager's duty. Tint2 gives me that slick top panel, and Docky that useful Dock. Guake's Quake-style terminal is pretty handy, so is ClipIt! (ParcelLite fork).

Can't remember where's the wallpaper from, prolly from wallbase.cc. Will upload if requested, but, alas it is 1366x768 only.

Johnny5 · Sep 24, 2012

That wallpaper is awesome. Please share.

txus.palacios · Sep 24, 2012

There you go. Will try to find a 1080 version of it. Guess it's time to use that Google Image feature?

EDIT: Can't find a bigger version. I will increase the canvas size (background is a solid color) leaving the mice on the center of the pic. Will upload asap.

EDIT2: Fixed. 1920x1080 version there.

Galgotha · Sep 24, 2012

Testiment to Ubuntu easy of use and simple UI, I swapped my wifes netbook over and she like it better.

1. Win 7 didn't allow her to make her photos of our kids as wall paper
2. Quick Launch Bar - I have set to autohide
3. Thunderbird Mail linked to her Gmail account
4. She likes the default font better, lol
5. Office Start had 1/5 screen as an add with limited use LibreOffice must more useful with Presentation were Office Start just has Word/Excel

voodoo do'er · Sep 25, 2012

Galgotha said:
Testiment to Ubuntu easy of use and simple UI, I swapped my wifes netbook over and she like it better.

1. Win 7 didn't allow her to make her photos of our kids as wall paper
2. Quick Launch Bar - I have set to autohide
3. Thunderbird Mail linked to her Gmail account
4. She likes the default font better, lol
5. Office Start had 1/5 screen as an add with limited use LibreOffice must more useful with Presentation were Office Start just has Word/Excel

Ubuntu used to be pretty nice, but not like it used to be.
still one of the best linux noob OS's (no offense) but I could tell it was going down hill since 10.10. with every release it becomes less and less linux in my book
I always been a small distro kind of guy TBH

it's probably means it time for me to hit Slackware or RHE as my mane distro

johan851 · Sep 29, 2012

imacmodder said:
What desktop environment? Command line ftw!

You better have posted that using curl.

txus.palacios · Sep 29, 2012

imacmodder said:
What desktop environment? Command line ftw!

Good luck running a graphical web browser without a X server.

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