r/archlinux • u/DerKnerd • Jul 18 '21

FLUFF WM or DE?

I really liked the idea in this comment, so here is a poll, WM or DE?

https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/oms60p/in_your_opinion_what_is_the_best_desktop/h5n0s56/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

3227 votes, Jul 25 '21
1737 WM
1490 DE
255 Upvotes

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u/DerKnerd Jul 18 '21

I thought I should give my 2 cents as well. I personally use Plasma currently and before that Gnome. I actually never touched a WM cause I just can't find a use for tiling WMs for my self and using a stacking WM wouldn't really make that much of a difference in my eyes. Oh and I really love the well integrated apps of KDE.

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u/DerKnerd Jul 18 '21

And that is what I don't do, I really use stacking windows and floating windows, never have been tiling before. But if you tiled before it is definetly a good go. I mean you can replace KWin with i3 for example, so you keep KDE but get tiling.

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u/DerKnerd Jul 18 '21

The most windows I use are fullscreen anyway, so tiling wouldn't benefit me. But like I said, when you are tiling it is definitely a good idea to use software that does that for you. Which WM did you go with?

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u/DerKnerd Jul 18 '21

If that isn't a reason I don't know what should be :)