Until now I’ve had fedora, opensuse and arch. I don’t really like arch nowadays, so I was thinking more of a fedora cinnamon or LXQT. Opensuse is okay I guess. Any suggestions?
Until now I’ve had fedora, opensuse and arch. I don’t really like arch nowadays, so I was thinking more of a fedora cinnamon or LXQT. Opensuse is okay I guess. Any suggestions?
Reliable, clear release/support schedule: Debian Stable
Unlike Fedora Spins, most upstream distros don’t come with a DE pre-packaged, you choose it during the install process (or install a custom one from other sources post-install).
DEs currently offered by the Debian Installer include:
Xfce,LXDE,LXQt,MATE,Lomiri, and of coursePlasmaandGNOME.Not in the installer, but in the repository:
Cinnamon,Budgie,Enlightenment,FVWM-Crystal,GNUstep/Window Maker,Sugar, “and possibly others” (according to the wiki).You can also do what I do on my less-powerful laptops and just install a window-manager and associated utilities—just make sure to uncheck all DE options during install (you will be forced to use the console until you have a display server and window manager, tho). Right now I’m rocking
i3on my laptops; I would useSway, but for some reason it’s more resource intensive.Other offerings in the repository include:
Openbox,Fluxbox,Compiz,Awesome,dwm,Notion, andWmiiMy personal recs are i3 (and recommended packages), Xfce, or MATE. I’ve used and liked all 3. I still use GNOME for my desktop, but those 3 are what I go with otherwise.
Even easier if you choose XFCE during install and then add i3. You get all the benefits of a package of desktop tools pre installed and the fantastic i3 window manager to get around.