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GNOME and KDE were the originals from back in the day. they always seem to be the most popular. once KDE 5.9 drops in January I'll most likely be switching to KDE again for quite awhile. I've been on GNOME since 3.14, which I was on Cinnamon since 1.3 before that and Ubuntu then KDE4 before that. I guess about every couple of years I switch DEs :) although I like testing out a lot on VMs and dual boot from time to time.

Quoting: MohandevirWhat is a typical use case for "Windows manager only"?

typically sysadmins and developers like these sort of interfaces because they are catered to only using your keyboard. they are considered very efficient but only for those that are proficient with their commands. highly configurable the most light weight desktop linux has aside from being terminal only.

Quoting: minidou

Quoting: edoNo wonder why KDE plasma 5 is doing so well since their fifth version, it's the closer than we have to a serious DE on linux.

cause gnome isn't?

Goodness me, no. GNOME is perpetually unstable. I wouldn't use that if you paid me.

Quoting: WorMzy

Quoting: minidoucause gnome isn't?

Goodness me, no. GNOME is perpetually unstable. I wouldn't use that if you paid me.

GNOME is stable, but it's a clownshow. Sure, it might not crash, but it lacks a lot of functionality and customization which KDE has. Not to mention the dev community which is far better in KDE.

Basically GNOME is for fanboys and GNOME devs, KDE is for everyone.


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Used to love KDE, but it's gotten too bloated over the last few years. I've been using MATE for the last couple of months, and it's been great. Very fast and stable while still being feature rich


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Quoting: MohandevirWhat is a typical use case for "Windows manager only"?

In my case, it's mostly because over the years my required featureset out of any window manager has become "works exactly like icewm," which is admittedly unfair to other WMs out there. I mostly just find other WMs lacking in features that I use all the time in icewm, such as specifying window layer ("on top, above dock, below," etc), setting windows to occupy all virtual desktops, focus-follows-mouse combined with auto-raise, conciseness of window decorations, window selections based on virtual desktop, and a bunch of other minor things like that.

Now, I'm sure that much of what I'm used to could be replicated in other WMs/DEs with enough configuration work, but it's difficult to argue with the ability to just keep on using essentially the same config I've been using since 2000/2001 or so. Also with the bigger DEs you're often either sidelined into using unmaintained software once they move to new major versions and start doing things you don't like, or forced to put up with design decisions you no longer agree with.

I'm sure many other folks use plain WMs due to bloat in the bigger DEs. I actually switched to icewm from KDE, way back when KDE 2.0 came out, and it was a bloated sack of $#@%. :) You can imagine what I think of modern desktop environments, knowing THAT predeliction.

Quoting: WorMzyThey're particularly popular on Arch

Heh, that wouldn't surprise me... I actually started fitting that bill this year when I switched over from Fedora (which I'd been using since 2010 or so), and was WM-only during my Fedora years as well, so it definitely occurs on other distros too.

Quoting: tmtvl... Basically GNOME is for fanboys and GNOME devs, KDE is for everyone.

Oh come on, why start this stupid DE argument? Linux is about choice, so please respect peoples choices. I started using Linux with GNOME 1.x, then 2.x came and I didn't like it, so for 5 years I used Enlightenment 0.16 until I changed back to GNOME 2.x which had become pretty nice (and continued by MATE now). I hesitated with GNOME 3 because of all the backlash when it came out, but found out it was mostly loud trolls complaining and I actually enjoyed the new direction GNOME took. I still use GNOME 3 today because of how clean it is. I never liked KDE and haven't given it a chance since, but I appreciate that it exist and the choice it gives.

Quoting: LukeNukemI wish the PS4 controller was higher up, it's a really good controller. And I despise the Microsoft one (I still remember that original Xbox one, holy shit was that bad).

I actually have a PS4 controller, and it is the best controller I ever held in my hands. But I actually use my PS3 controller instead, because I've been too lazy to replace my broken micro-USB cable... stupid, I know.


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QuoteWhat I would like feedback on, is how often to remind users to make sure their details are up to date, and what the preferred method would be?

Yeah, some kind of notification would be nice. I actually just stumbled across that gamepad question by pure accident last week sometime, and hadn't known it was even there. Though I'm not sure what form that should take, either. Perhaps something in the sidebar of the site which tells you which questions you've not answered yet?

I must say Gnome is stable, clean and great imo. And that is just it, my opinion. Just like in my opinion I don't really care to try KDE and I rather run over the Unity devs with a bus.

Im also surprised the 360 controller is not higher.

Quoting: liamdaweWhat I would like feedback on, is how often to remind users to make sure their details are up to date, and what the preferred method would be?

I think the best way is to make it exciting with one or several special questions related to recent news, as how Segata Sanshiro did with his previous Linux Gaming Survey. For example, "Will you buy Civilization 6 if it comes to Linux? No, Probably, Yes, Already bought", same for Deux Ex: Mankind Divided, what they think about this or that, etc. You can also put a reminder at the end of articles in relation with this question and on sidebar.

The point is to make people regularly provide data and click on update button between each (monthly? longer?) results, to not have too many zombie users (non-updated profiles for a long time). However I don't know how you'll deal with unregistered users and if you'll provide that feature. Considering this can be easily abused with clickbait questions and in the end distort results.

The hard part will be to find a balance between enough updated profiles, mitigate abuses, do not spam reminders, low maintenance in the long run, and of course the most accurate results.

When You gonna add a Game Tracking feature?