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I'm leaning towards KDE Plasma on top of EndeavourOS.

I know some of you are partial to Gnome or cinnamon. I'm looking for something easy to tweak, has good switching between "desktops, " is reliable, and as lightweight as possible in regards to memory usage since it will be a while before I update the RAM.

What do you use?

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Bill Cypher 5mo ago

XFCE. Lighter but complete and usable out of the box without a steep learning curve.

Someone will come in here and say i3, sway, or some other window manager only for sure. They are fun and light and fast but a lot of tweaking and keyboard shortcuts to memorize before they can be a serious daily driver. Definitely a tradeoff to get the extra benefits. Maybe that is worth it to you. Just don't let someone sell you on going the window manager route instead of a full desktop without knowing it will be very different and you will need to adapt a lot more than switching desktops requires.

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GrégòrCSB 🖤💛🇵🇱🇪🇺 5mo ago

I would support nostr:nprofile1qqsqzr0se9y0ax44f5kt06jzplaq34tetzvpkm4x36p64flt9hflqkspz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejz7qg3waehxw309ahx7um5wgh8w6twv5hsz9rhwvaz7te3xgmjuvpwxqhrzw358qmrjtcssl7h4's suggestion. XFCE is a light desktop with many options to customize it. Try this one first. Should you later prefer more customizable environment (but with more resources needed), go for KDE. Next step: after you learn more Linux and still looking for sth super light, try windows managers.

The Beave 5mo ago

I've been wondering about this.

How hard is it to switch between DEs and window managers?

GrégòrCSB 🖤💛🇵🇱🇪🇺 5mo ago

Switching is very easy. Adapting a WM to your expectations may be a challenge. It depends on what you need and your knowledge. If you know Linux on an advanced level, you know basics of scripting and Python, it could be quite easy. If not, it would require more time to find solutions.

DEs give you an easier path: almost everything is in GUI. And in my opinion, KDE dominates in that topic. But personally I like Cinnamon, as well. And Gnome was my first DE ever (maaaaaany years ago...).

Still, on older comps (which I usually use) WMs make much more sense in case you need graphical environment and I like using them.

The Beave 5mo ago

I don't script. 😅

I think I'll stick to a DE for now.

Bill Cypher 5mo ago

If you install a distro that has a GUI you almost definitely have a desktop manager app. This is the app where you enter your credentials to login. Basically all of them have a way to select which desktop or window manager to launch after login.

So install 2 desktops. Logout. Switch the dropdown. Login. New desktop or window manager. No reboot or command line needed.

The Beave 5mo ago

I saw that in a video, but I didn't know if that was an OS thing as the person in the video said (no idea if that is correct or not) that it was a feature of Gnome (in his install).