Linux

KDE sets a really high bar with all the packages and extensibility. Almost everything (not including the lesser known and used packages) is feature-packed and just works. I really don't know any other software that constantly amazes me like KDE.

XFCE, tried cinnamon a couple times it was okay but I just prefer the simplicity and stability of xfce

Seems like I'm the outlier here that prefers Gnome over KDE. Gnome feels more polished than KDE for me. Granted KDE comes with more features out of the box, but I don't find anything lacking in Gnome for me.

Tried KDE long time ago to compare it to Gnome 3, went back to Gnome. Tried KDE again a few months ago to compare to Gnome 42, came back to Gnome again.

I also can't stand having all my programs' name starting with K.

xfce for a very long time. I really like tiling WMs but always come back to xfce

GNOME, for sure. It works out of the box, and it's kind of pretty out of the box.

I also tried it on a touch screen PX and it works surprisingly well.

I'm a simple person. I see KDE, I upvote.

KDE. Because it's mostly a complete package and has tons of knobs and dials to tune for anyone's needs edited

Vanilla Gnome. It's simple/boring, and I like that. It seems like most people that like Gnome don't care that it's not a poweruser DE, and aren't excited to talk about it either.

I use gnome, but it's basically the worst DE, except all of the other ones that have been tried

It has the least features, so by default the least bugs.

KDE forever!

Default GNOME (Wayland), it just works

I've been using Cinnamon for years. It's stable, fairly lightweight, and pleasing to the eye.

Absolutely KDE Plasma.

KDE is love, KDE is life

i3. I mean, it's fast, customizable, and you can make it look good. That's all i need.

Love me some Cinnamon. Specifically what comes out of default Linux Mint. It isn't trying to do more than it already is. As cool as tech is I wish I didn't need to care about Wayland or X11. I just want it to launch applications, feel like the windows I used as a kid, and stay out of my way. Cinnamon does this all for me. And since freaking high school mint has been there trying to do that.

KDE Plasma on desktop

Cinnamon on (older lower spec) laptop

Gnome with pop_os tiling window manager

Xfce, i just like it.

I like Gnome with Pop OS's tiling

Gotta be KDE for a full featured DE.

But using Sway for now.

Mine is MATE:

It's still GNOME 2, but I see no problem with that, it works and I'm used to it and I like traditional desktops. I don't need (or care about) round borders or those on/off switches of modern desktops, that make them look like phone screens turned 90°.

i3 / Sway with Albert or dmenu or rofi

I just love keeping my hands on the keyboard

No DE just DWM

Cinnamon is the best

GNOME, with a little bit of extension customisability!

Sway or GNOME (Wayland) with Pop shell extension.

For aesthetics: Budgie, with Cinnamon a close second For simplicity and speed: XFCE

Hyprland ftw!

I am enjoying GNOME at the moment. But I think I may switch to Cosmic DE when that gets released.

I avoided GNOME3 for the longest time, but I decided to try it on a new install of Debian on a whim and actually ended up really liking it. Needed to enable a couple of extensions, but once you get used to it the workflow isn't at all that bad.

XFCE and/or AwesomeWM

Cinnamon. Stupidly simple and elegant looking.

I used to only use KDE or KDE plasma with i3 but after using fedora I've fallen hard for Gnome and the design philosophy of the project.

i use i3 + kde its really cool

i3wm at work and at home

It's between XFCE for it's simplicity and KDE for it's Wayland support for me

Although I use sway, I used KDE for a long time and XFCE prior. They're both phenomenal. I'd love to see XFCE make its way to wayland in the future.

As an aside, I feel like Wayland has a market ripe for the introduction of lightweight DEs. Sure, it has the very lightweight (hyprland, sway, river, dwl) and heavyweight (KDE, Gnome) but nothing between like XFCE, LXDE or MATE

Sway and dmenu when in a keyboard productivity sorta mood, KDE otherwise.

Vanilla Gnome