Re: Survey: Which DE/WM do you use on Mint?

deanr72 · Post by **deanr72** » Sun Apr 11, 2021 7:17 am

Hope it's ok to post this on the forum.

I'm just curious about the numbers and I can't find them anywhere here on the forum.

mshmm · Post by **mshmm** » Sun Apr 11, 2021 7:28 am

I use Cinnamon, Orinoco.

Neil Edmond · Post by **Neil Edmond** » Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:23 am

Hey there deanr72, didn't you start exactly the same poll over on the MXLinux forum this morning also? Over there, I voted XFCE because, well... Here I voted Cinnamon, because, well... However, I run more computers with the XFCE desktop than any other, but my everyday main rig sports KDE.

deanr72 · Post by **deanr72** » Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:46 am

Neil Edmond wrote: ⤴Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:23 am Hey there deanr72, didn't you start exactly the same poll over on the MXLinux forum this morning also? Over there, I voted XFCE because, well... Here I voted Cinnamon, because, well... However, I run more computers with the XFCE desktop than any other, but my everyday main rig sports KDE.

Ha, ha - well spotted!

I've just recently switched (back) to XFCE from an extended run on MX-KDE then Openbox and have Mint XFCE one one machine and MX XFCE on another. As such I'm curious about the user base for XFCE as I know that a) many people swear by it and b) many people think it's old and a pretty dead project (although it clearly isn't).

MX and Mint are - to my knowledge - the two most popular Debian-based implementations of XFCE (yes, I know Mint is Ubuntu > Debian) but as they both offer multiple desktop choices now it still makes me wonder how popular XFCE actually is among users given the options that both Mint and MX offer now.

Hoser Rob · Post by **Hoser Rob** » Mon Apr 19, 2021 10:37 am

deanr72 wrote: ⤴Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:46 am ... MX and Mint are - to my knowledge - the two most popular Debian-based implementations of XFCE (yes, I know Mint is Ubuntu > Debian) but as they both offer multiple desktop choices now it still makes me wonder how popular XFCE actually is among users given the options that both Mint and MX offer now.

Mint Xfce is Ubuntu based. If you really think Ubuntu is that equivalent to Debian Stable, just try adding ubuntu ppas to Debian and see how fast you bork the OS. They';re not the same.

frc_kde · Post by **frc_kde** » Mon Apr 19, 2021 12:51 pm

I am using KDE, since I have installed LM 20 Ulyana (beta), back in June, 12, last year.

Didn't upgrade to 20.1, yet.

Bolle1961 · Post by **Bolle1961** » Mon Apr 19, 2021 1:41 pm

Cinnamon and MATE

deanr72 · Post by **deanr72** » Fri Apr 23, 2021 12:29 pm

Thanks for all the votes and comments so

rickNS · Post by **rickNS** » Sat Apr 24, 2021 8:57 am

deanr72 wrote: ⤴Sun Apr 11, 2021 7:17 am
I'm just curious about the numbers and I can't find them anywhere here on the forum.

You can find a pie chart on the community website, https://community.linuxmint.com/

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I use, MATE DE with Compiz WM.

Post by **Pierre** » Sat Apr 24, 2021 9:04 am

Bolle1961 wrote: ⤴Mon Apr 19, 2021 1:41 pm Cinnamon and MATE

+!.

this method works well . . you just Log-out & back-in again, on the other Desktop.

Bolle1961 · Post by **Bolle1961** » Sat Apr 24, 2021 10:01 am

Not on the same computer. Laptop has MATE, desktop has Cinnamon

deanr72 · Post by **deanr72** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 11:36 am

rickNS wrote: ⤴Sat Apr 24, 2021 8:57 am
deanr72 wrote: ⤴Sun Apr 11, 2021 7:17 am
I'm just curious about the numbers and I can't find them anywhere here on the forum.
You can find a pie chart on the community website, https://community.linuxmint.com/
ksnip210424-0941.png

I use, MATE DE with Compiz WM.

Thanks for the link @rickNS.

I wonder how up-to-date this is given that it says 9% KDE which hasn't existed on Mint for what, 3-4 years?

manyroads · Post by **manyroads** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 12:04 pm

Since there are no window managers on your list/ poll I'll add those I use

most often:
i3-wm
dwm

less often:
openbox (with tiling functions)
bspwm
hlwm

rarely if ever use:
spectrwm
qtile
awesome

EDIT: I, also, do not use stacking window managers (I stick to tilers except for testing purposes).
stackers not on your list include:
fvwm3
iceWM
jwm
fluxbox

I missed a bunch of window managers....sorry if your favorite is not included.

FWIW: I do not use DEs/

Flemur · Post by **Flemur** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 12:54 pm

rickNS wrote: ⤴Sat Apr 24, 2021 8:57 am You can find a pie chart on the community website, https://community.linuxmint.com/
ksnip210424-0941.png

The chart shows that 56% of users installed/downloaded Cinnamon, and the poll at the current time shows the same 56% use Cinnamon: 22 of 39 answers.

FWIW, I install the Xfce version of Mint, then replace almost all the Xfce stuff with Lxde stuff (panel, terminal, file-browser) and run them with DESKTOP_SESSION=fluxbox.

rickNS · Post by **rickNS** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 7:13 pm

deanr72 wrote: ⤴Mon Apr 26, 2021 11:36 am
I wonder how up-to-date this is given that it says 9% KDE which hasn't existed on Mint for what, 3-4 years?

I thought the same thing...for a moment.
Then I remembered Clem's post "Update your Computer" where he talks about how many users are still using Mint 17, which has been EOL for quite a while now.

KalaDude · Post by **KalaDude** » Sat Jul 03, 2021 2:43 pm

I'm not sure. Where do I find this information? Also, is this the ultimate noob question?

Hoser Rob · Post by **Hoser Rob** » Sun Jul 04, 2021 10:18 am

deanr72 wrote: ⤴Mon Apr 26, 2021 11:36 am ... I wonder how up-to-date this is given that it says 9% KDE which hasn't existed on Mint for what, 3-4 years?

Mint 18.3 KDE only went EOL April this year.

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Sun Jul 04, 2021 1:41 pm

Cinnamon is my first choice on any distro that natively offers it. IMO it is the most thoughtful and complete design for GUI users.

Xfce is my first choice on slower hardware or where Cinnamon isn't natively available. Very flexible and reliable too; just wish it had better screen scaling.

No problems with Mate or KDE, just happen to prefer the above two. I want to like Gnome, as I'm quite a fan of some of it's modern features, but it is also missing too much for my personal taste.

deanr72 · Post by **deanr72** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 1:49 am

Kev wrote: ⤴Sun Jul 04, 2021 1:41 pm I want to like Gnome, as I'm quite a fan of some of it's modern features, but it is also missing too much for my personal taste.

Have you checked out the latest PopOS!?

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 3:15 am

deanr72 wrote: ⤴Tue Jul 20, 2021 1:49 am
Kev wrote: ⤴Sun Jul 04, 2021 1:41 pm I want to like Gnome, as I'm quite a fan of some of it's modern features, but it is also missing too much for my personal taste.
Have you checked out the latest PopOS!?

Not recently, it was a couple of years ago that I last tried PopOS. The most recent Gnome desktop that I used was via current Fedora Workstation, where it was very good as far as it went but didn't seem to get many additions. If PopOS are widening the functionality and get lots of positive feedback, hopefully the Gnome team might be watching with interest.