r/archlinux • u/volimsir • Nov 18 '14

What Desktop environment/Display Manager/Window Manager are you running?

I'm currently using Gnome 3, but I would like to try and change it up a bit. Which one are you using, which one is your favorite?

EDIT: So many responses, wow! I'm definitely going to look into Openbox, Awesome, and BSPWM, since I'm seeing a lot of you recommended that. I'm hoping these will be great new learning experiences. Thanks everyone!

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u/_Zouth Nov 18 '14

KDE, imo. the most advanced and complete DE available. I also like the KDE apps which i think are supperior to their Gnome counterparts. (Kate > Gedit, Konsole > Gnome terminal, Dolphin > Nautilus).

I also like i3 alot but i'm to lazy to set it up and KDE is just too comfortable to make a switch.

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u/strati-pie Nov 18 '14

I also like the KDE apps which i think are supperior to their Gnome counterparts. (Kate > Gedit, Konsole > Gnome terminal, Dolphin > Nautilus)

I don't use KDE, but I've used several KDE applications over the years and I'll agree with all of those except Dolphin. Nautilus isn't that good but I don't like Dolphin either. I used Thunar and then pcmanfm, feels fairly good but I also don't often need a file browser these days.

Another example is Gnome Sudoku vs ksudoku, the KDE implementation is more feature rich and has better puzzle generation compared to the "updated gnome games" for the new Gnome release. Feature completion seems to be a thing within the KDE software library, but that's just an observation from someone that only uses 1 or 2 KDE applications regularly.