They all seem to have pro’s and con’s, not really sure why I have such a hard time choosing

    • jelloeater - Ops Mgr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      7 months ago

      I’ve used XFCE for old netbooks, it always felt like it was too bare bones. But TBH it’s prob the lightest thing that doesn’t look like garbage.

      Cinnamon always felt like it was too fancy for me, but I get that it’s great for most folks.

      TBH if your using either Debian or Ubuntu, changing your DM is a much easier thing to flip flop on. Nixos always worries me for gaming.

    • ZephrC@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      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.

    • RossoErcole@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      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

  • Pope-King Joe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    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.

  • BoofStroke@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago
    • 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.
  • zeroscan@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    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.

  • Marduk73@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • Marduk73@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      1 year ago

      Thought I’d resurrect this old comment to say it wasn’t the fault of any DE. It was my wireless Logitech mouse. Left clicker went bad. Replaced mouse and os super responsive again

    • HubertManne@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      yeah the thing about window managers is it really depends on the distro and how they use it and extend it.