They all seem to have pro’s and con’s, not really sure why I have such a hard time choosing
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If I have resources Cinnamon.
If I don’t have resources XFCE.
Sorry MATE.
Thanks Cinnamon it is ! :D
Yeah, it’s kinda sad, because I really like Mate, but it does feel like it’s too much of a jack of all trades. It’s like Mate is always good, but there’s always a better option. Plus it seems like every update takes longer than the previous one. I’m starting to worry about it’s future.
This is the way.
KDE
XFCE forever!
Speed is king!
Just imagine when it comes out for wayland!
When xfce gets Wayland I’ll actually consider trying a desktop environment again.
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I kinda like Cinnamon, and if I only had these three, Cinnamon would win every time.
That being said, I’m a total simp for KDE.
Same for me. I liked Cinnamon on Mint, but that’s also a long long time in the past. KDE made big strides over the years. Anything but Gnome though. I can’t state how much I hate it for how gutted it is of basic functionality. I think the only thing I liked were the snappy animations and the black task bar.
KDE master race
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I lack one thing from windows’ alt+tab, the ability to keep the alt+tab view while pressing alt+canc or alt+q to close that window.
It allowed to much more efficiently clean my window mess
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Why did you switch and what do you like about it? I’m using cinnamon now and it seems perfectly fine to me, but idk what I’m missing
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Where’s KDE & GNOME?
Gnome crashed.
In the pipewire client lib.
Installing mint right now, they give you 3 options.
Not sure memes are the way to ask for support but if you’re actually half serious about the question: Go with Cinnamon, especially if you come from Windows. XFCE might also be a choice if your system is very very old / low powered.
Ah that makes more sense! I’d go for Cinnamon then!
- cinnamon for modern desktop that just works with good workflow out of the box
- mate for wobbly windows
- xfce if running hardware from 20 years ago.
For linux mint, go with cinnamon!
yeah the thing about window managers is it really depends on the distro and how they use it and extend it.
You need a login manager that picks a random desktop environment at login so you can install all three but never have to choose.
Prof Oak: Pick a Pokemon to help you on your journey.
Ash (takes a moment to apt install i3wm): No thanks. I’m good.
Prof Oak: That dumb kid is gonna get killed by the first Weeedle.
Edit: Source: Am i3wm user, and never could pick between the fine options presented above.
Try all three. It’s not like it costs anything, and they’re all just a click or one-liner away. Try them all and see what works best for you.
That said, I’ll go with Mate any day of the week.
I think mate is the only major DE that i haven’t used
Embrace Openbox
Mint and cinnamon is the way. But something happened and i was having issues. An unrelated issue caused me to need a reinstall so i tried mate. It works fine but dragging windows around to corners or sides, i have to grab many times to get it done. The windows lag when they are being moved.
