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My DE choices:

• KDE Plasma -- It's pretty, it's customizable. Workflow is customizable
• XFCE -- Honestly I consider XFCE to be like Plasma's sibling, in that its workflow is also very customizable and there is a lot of space for theming, but is lighter and acts nicer on weaker hardware

I tried Gnome and I just hate it? It needs a lot of fennagling to look and act in a way I find enjoyable. Cinnamon is eeeeeeeeehhhhh.

WM-wise, I played with Hyprland and I3WM, but tiling WMs aren't for me. They just aren't. For what convenience I gained from being able to use Super+something to do basically everything, I don't enjoy the workflow.

I also used Wayfire for a bit -- Writing my own configuration file and customizing everything IS fun, but like.... Nah?

My personal favorites in order from most to least favorite:

1. XFCE
2. KDE
3. Hyprland
4. Cinnamon
5. i3
6. CDE
7. LXQt
8. Deepin

plasma

Xfce just works, but I wanna switch back to kde someday

Gnome on my desktop, LXQt on my laptop.

Gnome, hands now. Before coming to Linux, I was an Apple user. I was a fan of their design philosophy - minimalism, clarity and simplicity. Well, I can't tolerate Apple as an enterprise, and there are also a lot of very weird design desicions which I discovered while using their devives - but the core principle is something I stand by. Gnome in my opinion is exactly that - KISS, and all the options are really polished.

I've tried KDE as well, and have a lot of respect for the developers of it. But after using it for a few days, there are just a lot of inconsistencies in the KDE applications which don't make sense to me.

Gnome for the win!!!!!!!1!1!1!1!1!

I'll be switching to COSMIC DE as soon as it gets into the beta phase.

Maybe because I used windows first and not Mac, but KDE. Gnome is just opensource Mac DE/WM with the same mentality "we know what's best for you and you'll like it".

XFCE with OpenSuse style is my favorite. Low resource usage, windows-easy ability to put shortcuts all over the desktop (fuck you, Unity), searchbox that just works. I don't need to spend hours or months customizing the setup for it to work as I want.

I currently use Plasma 6 on both my laptop and my desktop, but XFCE has a special place in my heart, due to it being right in the middle between being lightweight with resources and still staying usable for a buffoon like me.

Good job in fitting the personalities of the DE to the girl.

GNOME. Also, trying to use as many apps as possible that follows its guidelines.

cosmic

I primarily use Plasma, but I have GNOME and Hyprland also installed so that I can switch between them and give 'em a try every now and then, just to get a feel for their workflows.