Linux DE Preferences

I switched from XFCE to Cinnamon after I couldn't get on with Gnome, Cinnamon is (for my use case) way less "janky" than Gnome since the only way to get close to what I consider a pleasant productive desktop on Gnome is to install a bunch of very buggy plugins.Cinnamon at least makes operating like a classic DE a first order priority and it works nice across multiple screens.KDE does the same but aesthetically KDE drives me crazy for some reason starting with the complete la

I use XFCE. Are there any good reasons to switch to KDE? Honest question.

I get the impression gnome3 is loosely a clone of osx, I much prefer a windows-esc desktop. I’ve never tried kde but feel pretty at home with xfce or openbox. YMMV, but if you have the time they’re worth trying if you’re a recent windows refugee.

After Gnome 3 and the abomination of wasted screen real estate that was Unity released I switched to using XFCE on Linux environments and haven't really found anything better since. It's so snappy even on crappy hardware and is customizable enough.

I never liked Gnome3 and I never liked Unity. I have however been more than happy with XFCE distros. Simple task bar, simple menu, doesn't waste space and can look quite nice if a little attention is given to design. If you are unsatisfied with the major DEs it's worth at least trying.

Xfce is fantastic.I made the switch when gnome 3 happened and have never looked back.It’s themeable enough for me - xubuntu usually looks pretty good, you can get the themes on Debian easily enough.It’s featureful enough, while still being relatively lightweight.But the best thing about it? It’s not opinionated. You can decide what goes on your bars/panels, where they go at what size etc.

Gnome does indeed look better out of the box, but I am not in favour of installing extensions for customization. This is something that KDE shines at, with loads of options to tweak appearance and behaviour. XFCE and other tiling managers, I've tried briefly but I always find myself reverting back to Plasma desktop. Without a unifying force behind Linux desktop (Freedesktop helped to some degree), I have come to accept that things will always be shaky in desktopland - the price of freedom o

please just move to KDE.you can set it up just like gnome or xfce if you want.gnome is a corrupt project. tons of nice people, i was one, but now it's full of self proclaimed owners who all behave like this. the design team is the worse... and are hellbent on blindly copying apple.they singlehandedly harmed Linux adoption by breaking every single application when pushing incomplete 3.0 down everyone's throat at the height of Linux adoption.

Not used KDE for ages, but personally I find XFCE and Cinnamon more usable than the Gnome desktops. But then I am pretty old school.

Cheers! I liked gnome 2, I can't stand unity, gnome 3 or the latest KDE. LXDE was too minimalist. XFCE was just right.