Linux

xfce

Xfce, didn't try KDE yet, using gnome currently.

I personally like Mate, especially with i3 as the window manager.

xfce if i had to run a desktop environment, but i usually stick with dwm and haven't got around to trying wayland yet

sway + bemenu for building my own utilities

btw what distro are my fellow sway users on? i'm loving the control i get over what i install with gentoo

how is everyone interacting with audio, networking, bluetooth?

River, not a DE but close enough. I could configure it in fennel without much problem.

Hyprland + bemenu. Minimalistic, very little overhead, but still a pretty boi.

TDE (for those who haven't encountered it before, the Trinity Desktop Environment forked from KDE3 more than a decade ago). It might not be the flashiest or the newest, but it has a decent selection of features and applications, and presents a traditional desktop environment whose interface doesn't get changed for the sake of change. In other words, it stays out of the way and lets me get things done.

(If I'd liked Gnome 2 better than KDE 3 rather than vice-versa, I probably would have gone for MATE instead.)

A while back I was into KDE Plasma but for whatever reason had this bug that would cause my system to run at 100 percent at all times. When I looked into it, many stated it was a bug that related to how kde searches for stuff on the system. Dont remember much else but that had me look elsewhere.

Been on gnome for awhile now and havent had any issues.

I am on pop is for my home desktop. I like the built in tiling manager. Ubuntu for work. Might give nix or kde a go next.

Xfce on work desktop, gnome works well with gestures at home on my laptop. Will be changing to kde when I get a new machine at work!

bspwm + sxhkd, for years. Based on the Manjaro config at first, today it's my own setup. Even convinced may family. The best!

barless dwl, love the simplicity

I usually use WindowMaker or FVWM but as a desktop environment... CDE

For me it was Enlightenment DR16 (discontinued). you could make themes with shaped borders (transparent regions, buttons and titles anywhere, even overlapping into the window a bit), have it remember window positions, change border style for a window (e.g. drawer, so it can be collapsed sideways) and it would not steal focus. it had really good effects and features. I miss it a lot in Wayland. Check the web for some screenshots, if you want to be inspired.

i3 on my laptop, gnome on my gaming rig (cuz wayland)

@fugepe I use a mostly vanilla Gnome, with the exception of the Blur My Shell and Vitals extensions

@fugepe Wow, not a lot of replies are saying Gnome, but there's a lot more XFCE than I thought I'd see

@fugepe I use Ubuntu but, is KDE easy to pick up? Just getting into Linux my self.

I like Gnome a little more than KDE.

kde

@fugepe XFCE is the best in my opinion. It's lightweight, full customizable & easy to set up....

Vanilla Gnome Shell. I know it's heresy, but I've been using it since beta and I actually enjoy the work flow.

KDE if I have performance to spare. XFCE if I am running this in a container on my phone.

I've used gnome for years, about a month ago I decided to give KDE a try on my old spare laptop. Two days later it was on my desktop and work laptop. I am loving KDE.

Mine is a combination of Sway + i3bar. Stick with it since I downlosded Pop!_OS

EXWM (Emacs X windows manager)

all it lacks is a good editor

(j/k, I've settled on Cosmic on Pop for the last few years, and now I'm so lazy, I barely update it)

i3 counts, right? I have always been a keyboard oriented user and a big part of what drove me from Windows is them breaking or changing the hotkeys I used regularly. To me it is the perfect "you have control, this is your device, it works and looks how you want." wm

Debian/KDE