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[Poll] What is your favorite Desktop Environment?

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What is your favorite DE?

Poll ended at 2017-07-17 14:28

Budgie
1
2%
Cinnamon
4
7%
GNOME
5
9%
KDE
11
20%
LXDE
1
2%
LXQt
0
No votes
MATE
6
11%
Openbox
4
7%
Xfce
17
31%
Other - please comment
5
9%
 
Total votes: 54

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Re: [Poll] What is your favorite Desktop Environment?

#31 Post by Gyokuro »

Rildebai wrote:
Gyokuro wrote:Longtime XFCE user but switched to Cinnamon and I like it (nothing wrong with XFCE I got bored and installed Cinnamon).
Hi Gyokuro.

I've never warmed to Cinnamon -- it reminds me too much of KDE.
Hello and good day Rildebai,

never really liked KDE - KDE 3.5 was ok, Gnome 2.2 was fine but I cannot even remember when I started with XFCE so after many years/Debian releases I got bored and therefore installed Cinnamon and it's so far ok and for the moment I have shameless copied the look of Mint :D.

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#32 Post by tomazzi »

XFCE++ ;)

I've commented on this in a previous DE poll thread, so I won't repeat myself here...

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Re: [Poll] What is your favorite Desktop Environment?

#33 Post by KBD47 »

Rildebai wrote: Hi KBD47.

For me, it's the other way around. :P
MATE is impressive on both Ubuntu MATE and Mint MATE. I'm a bit of a minimalist so I like things uncluttered and that is why I like both Debian and XFCE :)

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#34 Post by pendrachken »

I was a die hard KDE fan, starting from 2.something and even through the first pretty painful parts of 4.x... then they hammered everything flat and fugly with 5.x, and I discovered Cinnamon, which reminds me of the older KDE releases; even if it isn't quite as configurable.

The other two desktops I like, and can use easily, are XFCE4 and Pantheon.

I do hate Thunar though, there are not many file managers WORSE than it ( Finder on Mac is one, god damn it is awful ).
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#35 Post by sunrat »

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sunrat wrote: I'm patiently but eagerly awaiting a good Plasma 5. I've heard OpenSuse does it ok, but I started Linux with rpm distros and don't want to go back. Also heard Kubuntu's Plasma 5 is meh. siduction was very usable until I broke it.
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Re: [Poll] What is your favorite Desktop Environment?

#36 Post by kuroneko »

I don't have a favorite Desktop Environment but I do have a favorite windows manager and it's i3.

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#37 Post by No_windows »

pendrachken wrote: I do hate Thunar though, there are not many file managers WORSE than it
Really? What's wrong with it?

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#38 Post by edbarx »

My favourite desktop environment is one that does not interfere with what I do with my programs, allows a bottom up installation, allows a good deal of customisation, does not behave like a hog when it comes to resource use, does not hide ethically questionable software lock-ins, and finally but not least, does not make assumptions about what I would do.

Does it even exist? No.
XFCE 4.10 is an acceptable approximation of the above.
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#39 Post by Rildebai »

pendrachken wrote: ...

The other two desktops I like, and can use easily, are XFCE4 and Pantheon.

I do hate Thunar though, there are not many file managers WORSE than it ( Finder on Mac is one, god damn it is awful ).
Hi pendrachken.

I like what Peppermint 7 has done. They have a mix of Xfce panel + LXDE as the DE + Nemo file manager. I'd love a Debian Stable spin of this.
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#40 Post by pendrachken »

No_windows wrote:
pendrachken wrote: I do hate Thunar though, there are not many file managers WORSE than it
Really? What's wrong with it?

I don't know if anything has been changed recently, but: It was too basic, it was slower than dirt when enumerating large directories, it didn't have very good VFS support ( no SSH / Samba / NFS integrations ) , dialogs used to be less than consistent, and it used to be less than stable. Basically it isn't a swiss army file manager like konqueror was, and I was used to the absolute power than konq gave me.

Maybe that has changed in the latest releases, but I don't feel the need to go back and check it out.... for the same reason I still use konqueror as a file manager instead of Dolphin, I have it hammered into the shape I want so that it works in the way I want it to.

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pendrachken wrote: ...

The other two desktops I like, and can use easily, are XFCE4 and Pantheon.

I do hate Thunar though, there are not many file managers WORSE than it ( Finder on Mac is one, god damn it is awful ).
Hi pendrachken.

I like what Peppermint 7 has done. They have a mix of Xfce panel + LXDE as the DE + Nemo file manager. I'd love a Debian Stable spin of this.
Just install it yourself? There is nothing stopping you from setting up your desktop in that way. Initial setup might be annoying, but one you have everything set up the way you like it isn't hard to backup configs to get it the same for multiple installs.

I used to do this many many years ago with the e17 setup for DreamLinux, it looked awesome at the time, and was very usable.
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Re: [Poll] What is your favorite Desktop Environment?

#41 Post by oswaldkelso »

tbdtitw

close the thread :mrgreen:
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#42 Post by GarryRicketson »

Unfortunately the OP set this to go for a year:
Poll runs till 2017-07-17 08:28
oswaldkelso wrote:tbdtitw
close the thread :mrgreen:

Not sure what tbdtitw is ?
But I can try to search on that, ... as for the thread,...seems pointless to me,
but others seem to be enjoying it.
My favorite DE is not listed, but I did vote for one,...not important which one.
I do not base my decision on which desktop environment to use on "how popular " it is any way, I customize and make a DE I like, and really don't care what is the "favorite" of others,....Oddly enough the 2 "most" popular, are my least favorite, one is worse then the other, but neither are very good , in my opinion. And the all DE's seem to be getting worse , instead of better. Very high ram consumption, and very useless.
Pure "bloat", just like so many websites any more,...and the browsers.

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#43 Post by bester69 »

I have no dude here,

Ive tried most of them,

KDE and Unity are best ones, I choose KDE

Then comes MATE and GNOME

then XFCE

then others.
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#44 Post by JLloyd13 »

bester69 wrote: Ive tried most of them,

KDE and Unity are best ones
Well good to know we can lay this issue to rest with your completely non-subjective final definitive answer. :lol:
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#45 Post by bester69 »

JLloyd13 wrote:
bester69 wrote: Ive tried most of them,

KDE and Unity are best ones
Well good to know we can lay this issue to rest with your completely non-subjective final definitive answer. :lol:
It was easy peacy :lol:
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#46 Post by Rildebai »

oswaldkelso wrote:tbdtitw

close the thread :mrgreen:
Hi oswaldkelso.

If you don't like the thread, fair enough. But please don't call for the thread to be closed -- that's uncalled-for. Just don't sub to it.

'tbdtitw' -- really? :roll:
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#47 Post by Rildebai »

GarryRicketson wrote:Unfortunately the OP set this to go for a year:
Poll runs till 2017-07-17 08:28
oswaldkelso wrote:tbdtitw
close the thread :mrgreen:

Not sure what tbdtitw is ?
But I can try to search on that, ... as for the thread,...seems pointless to me,
but others seem to be enjoying it.
My favorite DE is not listed, but I did vote for one,...not important which one.
I do not base my decision on which desktop environment to use on "how popular " it is any way, I customize and make a DE I like, and really don't care what is the "favorite" of others,....Oddly enough the 2 "most" popular, are my least favorite, one is worse then the other, but neither are very good , in my opinion. And the all DE's seem to be getting worse , instead of better. Very high ram consumption, and very useless.
Pure "bloat", just like so many websites any more,...and the browsers.
Hi Garry.

Why is that unfortunate? It gives people (current and future users) plenty of time to vote whilst ending the poll within a reasonable time-frame.
If you find the thread to be 'pointless' then I don't see why you even posted here.
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#48 Post by Rildebai »

pendrachken wrote: ... Just install it yourself? There is nothing stopping you from setting up your desktop in that way. Initial setup might be annoying, but one you have everything set up the way you like it isn't hard to backup configs to get it the same for multiple installs. ...
Hi pendrachken. I do not know how.
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#49 Post by oswaldkelso »

Rildebai wrote:
oswaldkelso wrote:tbdtitw

close the thread :mrgreen:
Hi oswaldkelso.

If you don't like the thread, fair enough. But please don't call for the thread to be closed -- that's uncalled-for. Just don't sub to it.

'tbdtitw' -- really? :roll:
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I doubt very much you bothered reading up on what tbdtitw is and how it came about. If you had then maybe you'd have understood the humour. Obviously I thought a great big Mr Green clue enough.
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#50 Post by GarryRicketson »

by oswaldkelso »I doubt very much you bothered reading up on what tbdtitw is and how it came about.
I did : What is tbdtitw

First hit : http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php? ... 35#p612528

Second hit: The best desktop in the world tbdtitw

Third: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php? ... 08#p612385

And any way, my favorite , but not listed: Image
by Rildebai » Hi pendrachken. I do not know how.
Well you could try doing some searches, and read some tutorials,and manuals,
and maybe you might learn something, including how to create your own DE. :mrgreen:

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