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Which DE will you use on Buster?

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Which DE choice for Debian Buster?

Gnome
11
19%
KDE
9
15%
Cinnamon
3
5%
Xfce
18
31%
MATE
2
3%
LXQt
4
7%
Enlightenment
0
No votes
Other
12
20%
 
Total votes: 59

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Which DE will you use on Buster?

#1 Post by KBD47 »

Curious which desktop choice you will make for Buster, or have already made if you are running Buster right now.

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#2 Post by No_windows »

Xfce is what I typically use. I have not touched Buster yet. I've got some used parts piled up, waiting for me to try to build a useful computer. I will probably try Buster on it. I don't even know what the CPU is, right now... it's hand me down stuff.

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#3 Post by Bulkley »

Openbox with Tint2 if I can dist-upgrade my Stretch the way I like it, including openrc boot. If not I may stay with Stretch or look to another OS. Having explored Buster I don't see much worth upgrading for.

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#4 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

Still with dwm for buster :)

I tried to get velox working but although I installing it and got the desktop running the keybinds wouldn't work and I got frustrated and gave up after a while. Maybe I'll go back to it at a later date.

@Bulkley: Devuan beowulf works fine with OpenRC (using sysvinit as PID1) and one forum member claims to have got it working with openrc-init[1] but Debian buster won't load the input devices for the graphical desktop under OpenRC.
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#5 Post by Wheelerof4te »

I will use GNOME and Sway. Mostly Sway.
Because of that, I plan on using Sid.

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#6 Post by fred44nl »

I have LXDE installed, which I hardly use.
everything goes over SSH
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#7 Post by Funkygoby »

Nothing will change, Xfce.

I recently had the occasion to use Gnome3 for a while but I prefer Xfce.
No experience with KDE since ~2008.
I am curious about tiling WM though

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#8 Post by KBD47 »

I'm thinking I will use Buster with KDE, though tempted to use MATE as I typically do.

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#9 Post by Nili »

Plain and simple Openbox + Tint2
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#10 Post by sgage »

I'm using MATE with Buster (buster is my daily driver Debian now, for quite a while actually). I've been using MATE since wheezy, and it works very well for me - the standard panel at the top, and the Plank dock at the bottom. Very efficient and effective. I don't really care for any of the others, and I've tried them all.

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#11 Post by rivenathos »

I am running GNOME, Xfce, and MATE on separate hard drives. My stable of hardware prefers different desktop environments. Luckily, Debian has always covered my bases.
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#12 Post by Bloom »

For me, only XFCE. Nothing else comes close.

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#13 Post by milomak »

if it means anything i am currently using budgie in sid
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#14 Post by sunrat »

KDE Plasma 5 is way better in Buster than it ever was in Stretch.
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#15 Post by KBD47 »

sunrat wrote:KDE Plasma 5 is way better in Buster than it ever was in Stretch.
I agree. KDE is much nicer out of the box on Buster.

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#16 Post by Ardouos »

Still with Openbox with Tint2 and Feh on my main box.

KDE on my laptop.
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#17 Post by sickpig »

openbox+xfce4panel = solution to all the problems in the world

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#18 Post by None1975 »

No DE at all! Just xmonad+xmobar.
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#19 Post by ravisista »

XFCE. Been using it for couple of months now. Home directory shared between Stretch and Buster. No issues so far. Once XFCE user, always a XFCE user :D

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#20 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

OT:
ravisista wrote:Home directory shared between Stretch and Buster.
That's not a good idea, the new package versions in buster may have different configuration methods so sharing $XDG_CONFIG_HOME may cause problems.
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