Gnome is my choice because it doesn't look and feel like it was designed in 2015. I also much prefer the workflow with the touchpad gestures. I used to have extensions but since I reset my PC and didn't install any apart from the one that shows my cpu temperature in the top bar.
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As a former Windows user myself, I find it to behave pretty much like how I'd expect, albeit some differences in details.
neither. i think i have cinnamon now on everything except the old junk that has peppermint (its xfce there) or is a console-only box or vm.
Kde. I’d love to be able to give some erudite examples of why.
Alas, the default is clean and works for me. It stays out of the way.
XFCE fan here.
Agreed, especially if the point is to breathe life into old hardware.
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If you're new, IMHO you should be looking at the distro as a whole, not the DE specifically. Yeah, if you find one you mostly like but want to try other similar distros, it's probably a good thing to stay with the same DE. However, it's not something to get hung up on as distros often tweak the DE.
And to answer your question, Cinnamon. After years of distro-hopping, I've spent most of the past decade on Linux Mint.
Linux Mint is what I was mainly looking at for daily driving, and then bazzite for a gaming setup of sorts.
KDE Plasma. GNOME is nice but I like the customizability and the features of KDE Plasma.
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I use both: GNOME works better for a desktop, KDE Plasma works better for a laptop.
There are more than those 2 options for a Desktop Environment, by the way ;)
yeah i know but as an entry level user it just seems like they're the two most popular and they must be for a reason, I'm sure I'll explore more in the future
I personally can't stand any other options except for Cinnamon (since it got a redesign) and a few distro-specific ones. That's just me though. Explore away!
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Funny, I have the opposite opinion. Gnome is great on laptops, especially 2in1s. KDE Plasma is a great desktop PC environment.
I have a potato laptop, so GNOME is a little too heavy on it. I think KDE Plasma would be fine for a desktop, but I'm addicted to GNOME
Doesn't really matter for 90% of cases, best bet is to go for what feels good for you. Each distro is similar to each version of windows, they are a little different from one version to the next, but for the most part it just changes how you interact with it.
I like Plasma. It feels very modern and has an easy interface with lots of customization if wanted. It also supports Wayland and lots of HDR features. Overall it's a cutting edge DE
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