so what desktop environments are /g/ approved?

>>105642807 (OP)
only rat

KDE Plasma 6

>>105642807 (OP)
KDE just werks

>>105642820
Why can't you tell the difference between a mouse and a rat.

>>105642807 (OP)
any answer besides CDE is wrong

>>105642807 (OP)
>DE
xfce
>WM
i3
everything else is mongoloidery targeted at tansexuals

>>105643232
I sure do love tanned girls, hell ya! Dwm masterrace.

>>105642807 (OP)
Used to only be Xfce, but now a lot of people use KDE. COSMIC is probably going to pick up a lot of shilling as it approaches release.

>>105643232
heard about this combo a lot, what's so good about it?

>>105643656
just works

>>105643656
People don't usually use them as a combo. XFCE was the most stable just werks DE that didn't fall for meme shit during the era of GNOME 3 and KDE4 so a lot of people here moved to it. i3 is the most popular/accessible tiling WM so if you want to be a poster on r/unixporn you'd naturally gravitate to it.

This is also why >>105643297 the Pop OS COSMIC desktop is DEFINITELY going to be seen a lot after it comes out. It's basically babbies first tiling WM without actually having to ditch using a DE. It also takes a lot from the r/unixporn ricer aesthetic and afaik it also uses i3 shortcuts.

>>105642807 (OP)
LXQt, Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon, Trinity, CDE, Budgie, Unity, KDE, and basically anything else that isn't current GNOME (as maintained by the "volunteers" at the "GNOME Foundation").

>>105644328
>People don't usually use them as a combo.
lotsa people do! it's the perfect middle ground between being a normal person and a full blown tinkertranny

>>105643232
6th post best post

>>105644328
>>105643656
it's because you have to use xfce to make i3 just werk (and then continue to fight xfce anyway)
i3 attracts muh minimalists but they can't admit that manually managing core desktop components like dbus and notifications is autistic
and xfce is one of the last X-only DEs where you can swap out the window manager, so they don't have much choice

>>105642807 (OP)
KDE if they ever fix it to a "just works" level.
xfce otherwise.

>>105645120
>managing core desktop components like dbus and notifications is autistic
install dbus
install dunst
done

>>105642807 (OP)
none, tmux

What is so bad about GNOME?
I like it

>>105645508
why would you want a half-baked tablet ui in a desktop?

>>105645508
It feels claustrophobic and clunky to me with all those weird animations.
It's like I'm using my ipad with a mouse like the other anon said.
Really doesn't feel like a desktop at all.

>>105645552
explain why you think its a tablet ui

>>105642807 (OP)
>DE
kde
>WM
dwm

everything besides these just suck

>>105643232
Right
>>105645583
Wrong

>>105645566
>>105645552
Weird, I find it very convenient compared to the typical Windows / KDE layout

>>105642807 (OP)
Literally anything that isn't Aero/Explorer

>>105645576
I shouldn't have to explain the obvious but let me show you an example

>>105642807 (OP)
for me it's KDE Plasma 6
it truly just werks

>>105645647
>Coomer-cli
WTF man

>>105645717
I could've censored that but hey I knew I'd get some (You)'s

>>105642820
fpbp
>>105643198
a rat is just a bigger mouse

does KDE still Krash?

>>105642807 (OP)
none
use openbox, dwm, xmonad, e16, oroborus, pekwm or aewm

>>105643276
They made for bleaching.

>>105645749
Bigger and smarter.

>>105642807 (OP)
The only one that actually matters.

>>105645647
oh my god its so ugly bros

>>105645508
It's only good with a tiling extension, which basically turns it into a bloated tiling WM. You're better off just using i3.

>>105645647
left is so much better over all but the right for the actual file list is far better

>>105645647
Nemo mogs both

I kinda miss unity. yeah I used to hate it back then, but after fiddling with a settings program akin to gnome-tweaks that I can't remember the name, it used to look really nice

>>105645647
that's not a gnome problem that's a firefox problem

>>105646573
firefox uses the gnome filepicker you dumb faggot

>>105646439
the xfce file explorer (thunar iirc) is pretty good too

>>105645647
They still not fixed nasty tiny thumbnails on top of folders? Even fucking Win7 has better previews.

>>105642807 (OP)
I liek KDE Plasma

KDE (X11 session, of course)

>>105645508
Same. It's neat, clean and tidy. I hate looking at inconsistencies on windows or KDE. Gnome just works out of the box, no need to change anything.

>>105649406
I bet you wouldn't be able to name even three KDE inconsistencies.

>>105642820
>>105643198
>>105645749
sex with hot life-sized female mice.

>>105642807 (OP)
dwm
dmenu
st
you don't need anything else

>>105649856
how do you post this shit all day do you ever sleep or work

>>105642807 (OP)
explorer.exe

>>105642807 (OP)
definitely tiling window managers for me. it's far more practical than any floating window manager

>>105648347
I don't like that it needs a daemon, but sure

>>105649841
K
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>>105645672
this but gentoo + hyprland

>>105651357
@grok is this AI?

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>>105642807 (OP)
KDE Plasma

>>105645508
>featureless
>developers are very hostile towards users
>developers are just dumb designers who refuse to implement features desktop users actually want (for example, system tray)
>GNOME 3 was a laggy resource hog which couldn't render it's own animations above 10fps on machines where other DEs (including KDE) were running smooth
>Qt apps look ugly as fuck on it
>gtk layouts and design system is kinda ugly and not suited for desktops/laptops

>>105646560
I think it was Unity Tweak Tool.
I'm pretty sure you can recreate the same UX as Unity had on current KDE and GNOME.

>>105652312
You can get close, but GNOME doesn't play well with window controls on the left. You also can't replicate the global menu accurately on GNOME, and even on KDE certain programs don't support it at all (Firefox). You also need plugins to support the titlebar merging into the menu bar when the windows are maximized. When most people make a "Unity-style" for their DE, it's just a menu bar and a vertical dock. None of the features that actually made Unity make sense as an iteration of the OS X desktop.

>>105652385
If you want to use Unity today you can still use it. It was forked and renamed into Lomiri.

https://ubuntuunity.org/

It's also the DE used on UBPorts (the continuation of Ubuntu Touch)

>>105652312
>>105652385
fair

The only ones I feel comfy using are
>Ubuntufied GNOME (Vanilla GNOME is too user hostile)
>LXQt
And in the past obviously Unity was obviously great.

Xfce always felt off to me, not quite right. Cinnamon is good in concept but the execution still isn't there last time I checked.
KDE has too much shit going on, too overwhelming.

>>105645508
GNOME devs will ignore standards and purposely GIMP the user experience because it doesn't suit their "vision". A good chunk of its devs are arrogant and standoffish for no good reason. Sometimes they outright lie about facts, e.g "Wayland can't support CSDs".
See the Wayland CSD debacle and how it affected the Factorio devs.

By default it lacks the most basic of features, that any basic desktop UI released in the past decade puts it to shame. GTK4 doesn't have tray-icon support, and they put little to no effort in making Qt applications look good on GNOME.

KDE on the other hand actively listens to users, featureful, friendly devs and puts the effort of making GTK apps blend-in with the Qt ones (where possible, GTK4 doesn't support themes). Also, they are backed by VALVE now, a company that would care about the desktop user experience.

>>105646428
NTA, but you can adjust it in realtime. Look at the magnifying glasses to the top left of the "Kate" window.

>>105654071
>See the Wayland CSD debacle and how it affected the Factorio devs.
It was about SSD, not CSD, but the fact remains that GNOME is pretty much the only part of the Linux desktop stack that doesn't care about breaking downstream. Not only do they not care, they will act out of spite (case in point, Wayland supporting SSD) and try to block anything that doesn't align with their nebulously defined vision of a perfect desktop.

>>105654071
>KDE on the other hand actively listens to users
Meanwhile:
>users ask for KDE Wallet to be less confusing and have a skip button
>"no"
>users ask for Flatpaks to be installable on external storage by default because the cheapest Steam Deck has 64GB of storage
>"no"
>users ask for wallpapers to be applied on all displays/monitors when they're changed
>"no"
>users ask for an option to display a panel on all screens
>"no"

>>105642807 (OP)
I dont care what 4chan approves, i use what i feel most comfy with, which is LMDE6 Cinnamon

>>105654445
>It was about SSD, not CSD
Oops. My bad.

But yeah. What GNOME does actively harms the development of the Linux desktop, promotes fragmentation (See: "Transmission must decide if its a GNOME app or XFCE app"), and gives devs yet another headache when targeting Linux (Again, see Factorio and MPV).
MATE, Cinnamon, Cosmic and a few more wouldn't have existed in the first place if they didn't destroy GNOME 2's workflow, while being arrogant and abraisive.

>>105652478
would love to but it's very buggy, nothing is built with Unity in mind anymore, it just feels like a gimped gnome

>>105642807 (OP)
Now that it supports wayland, LXQt

Any DE that doesnt automatically download pro-faggot wallpapers on my PC, so anything but gnome

>>105645508
looks like mac os, which is liquid ass

Cinnamon > rat > IceWM > GNOME

>>105653051
I agree that Unity was the perfect ux for laptops (and obviously they HAD to abandone the project) but i don't on your "felt off" about xfce: it's literally one of the most configurable out there, i can agree that the default setting is retarded (classic bar with menu on top and dock on bottom) but nowadays you don't even have to manually adjust it, just go to settings > panel > anf select a different preconfigured panels profile.

>>105654833
Too bad everything besides GNOME sucks total ass, then

>>105642807 (OP)
Thumbnail of the bottom left wallpaper looks like the lower half of a face yelling