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The DE life cycle of every Linux hobbyist:

1. Let's work with Unity.... it's so blah
2. Let's check out XFCE.... it does its job, but it needs more zing
3. Let's check out KDE...aah, my poor battery.
4. Let's check out LXDE.... Can you be any more boring?
5. Let's check out Pantheon.... This is perfect, but I'm tired of using a tweak tool to even enable minimize and maximize
6. Let's go to Gnome 3...Ah never mind
7. Let's go to Cinnamon... Blurgh, It reminds me of Windows
8. Let's go to MATE....Hmm, Mutiny layout?!! It reminds me of Unity. Wonder if Unity 8 has made any progress!
9. Go back to Step 1.

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  • 6
    8y
    true story, always happens to me 😂, right now i am using budgie
  • 2
    8y
    Gnome3 rox!
  • 1
    8y
    @shreejana Oh I used Budgie with Solus alright! I loved it when it used to be a Chrome OS alternative. But ever since they moved it atop the gnome stack, the fricking thing became more memory intensive and unintuitive.
  • 2
    8y
    @Kripx To each, his own, eh mate? 😉
  • 0
    8y
    Mint ftw
  • 9
    8y
    I3 for the lolz! It's so light, even a toaster could run it. 😂
  • 3
    8y
    Let's try Arch! I think I remember how to get the Wi-Fi to work.
  • 0
    8y
    not sure what "linux hobbyist" supposed to meant here, coz i don't do kernel tweak/hack unless it's really a must.
    in regards to GUI env, i always feel those DE doing too much.
    i think the longest i've used is fluxbox, with the last experimental one (trying out of curiousity) is ratpoison.
  • 2
    8y
    Since I run linux on my home desktop, I got stuck on step 3. KDE4 is just fine for me.
  • 3
    8y
    Where is i3 i'm planning to try i3 out
  • 1
    8y
    For me Gnome 3 and Pantheon are the only ones not too ugly to use.

    I really like Linux, but it seems like most devs just focus on features and go "whatever" when it comes to usability and design. KDE could be so much better with a few tweaks that don't make it look unfinished.
  • 1
    8y
    @Sniperman you mean Cinnamon?
    Having worked on Windows a long time.. Cinnamon was the easiest transition to Linux for me.
  • 2
    8y
    @shreejana Switched to budgie remix last weekend, damn, nice DE!
  • 1
    8y
    I'm happy with Gnome 😊
    And with MATE on slower machines.
    Maybe you can suggest me something? Cause I'm using Gnome for almost two years now. Should I give Budgie a try?
  • 1
    8y
    @toXel Budgie is pretty decent and non invasive. However, I found the action center to be too cluttered. It even got it's own official Ubuntu distribution. Check out 'Ubuntu Budgie'. But I've been meaning to try Zorin 12. I remember it used to have a nasty heat issue, wonder if they've resolved it!
  • 2
    8y
    I love Cinnamon! Can't bear docks, and cinnamon has very pretty & clean themes. Eye candy while being very neutral!
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