The Linux ExperimentRanking Linux desktop environments for 2026 !
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Dawid Mikulskihappy birthday to your YouTube channel and also thank you for actively running your channel on PeerTube!
BerlinVikingCinnamon for the win!
MinaIt's obviously a matter of taste, but what makes Cinnamon an absolute no-go for me is the fact that you don't have an option to restore your windows after a reboot.
Otherwise, it's fine.
FernAw man, no love for my guy Xfce lol
I tend to gravitate towards it because KDE is still overwhelming to me. I tried Cinnamon but my Xfce desktop was very similar but used less resources and was already familiar, so why bother IMO if I'm not getting anything from the switch.
I setup skippy-xd/libinput gestures for when I'm using my laptop undocked, then just use it like a regular desktop when docked.
Its wonderful, fast, and super configurable. I did add a system sound to play when switching workspaces to help my brain lol that is the only animation I'd like back from my GNOME days. I just can't back the direction of GNOME these days tbh.
Debian Xfce ftw!
I tend to gravitate towards it because KDE is still overwhelming to me. I tried Cinnamon but my Xfce desktop was very similar but used less resources and was already familiar, so why bother IMO if I'm not getting anything from the switch.
I setup skippy-xd/libinput gestures for when I'm using my laptop undocked, then just use it like a regular desktop when docked.
Its wonderful, fast, and super configurable. I did add a system sound to play when switching workspaces to help my brain lol that is the only animation I'd like back from my GNOME days. I just can't back the direction of GNOME these days tbh.
Debian Xfce ftw!
tracy anne@thelinuxexpGeriment GNOME , I would put in the No way, never category, and because Cosmic copies GNOME, I would place it there also. Cinnamon is a great choice, as, of course ,is KDE.
How dare you putting GNOME into the top tier! No way to put it higher than "never ever" ... ... except that I am using Phosh, which is basically GNOME for phones and running the default GNOME applications, which become better and better convergent with every new version and I actually enjoy it very much! So forget what I said and let it in top tier, please. :) It is kinda funny to see me enjoying KDE on desktop, GNOME on phone, but not vise versa. They definitely have all there place to shine.
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Emil Jacobs - Collectifission@thelinuxexperiment I'm really impressed with the pace of development over at COSMIC. I see them moving up a tier in the next edition 🙂
@[email protected] Really looking forward to installing it on my second computer, as Gnome is just 90% of what I would want it to be with its lack of customization and the way some things are too difficult for what they are.
Tisha Tiger / NeligerNew does not mean better. It just means new.
Laurens@[email protected] Terminals are still the sexiest part of my computer. But which terminal? This might be stuff for another ranking video
Jerry 🇸🇪@thelinuxexperiment Really helpful. It's good that he says it is his own opinion. I still prefer XFCE over some of those I have tested (Gnome, Cinnamon, Plasma a while ago) and besides his opinion he also shows some objectiveness towards his comparison. I like that. I now think I might need to test Plasma again, there's been a lot of updates since I tested it.
lpsYay. All That choice :-p! This is the stuff that keeps me interested in computers. I use 3 different desktop environments on different machines. I'm not going to mention them, just explore and see what suits you. And 'tiling' is a feature not a 'type' of desktop environment for me. Maybe if you see someone *only* using the keyboard to do his stuff mention 'tiling window manager' :-p.