What's your preferred DE?

I’m currently testing Fedora KDE on a VM (windows host) before eventually switching over to Linux completely.

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Started with GNOME, then once I got more comfortable I jumped ship to hyprland
KDE or cinnamon are probably the closest ones to windows if you're looking for familiarity but I think gnome/tiling wms improve on that
Hyprland and other tiling wms are great but only if you're the kind of person who likes to tinker and fiddle constantly
- only if you're the kind of person who likes to tinker and fiddle constantly
  What if, completely hypothetically, I'm the kind of person who is incredibly lazy and just wants things to work out of the box with minimal effort and maintenance?
  
  Definitely Gnome
  
  but not if you want two or more windows on screen at the same time. It hates you if you want that
  
  Gnome or if you want something a bit different pantheon
  
  Any classic desktop environment will work, you don't have to tinker with them unless you don't like the default organization and settings. But there's no way to guess what you'd like out of the box.
  Tiling window managers are a niche for power users, they're a different category.
- I do enjoy tinkering so I might play with it on a VM
  
  Just bare in mind you start with basically nothing with many of the tilers, gotta install your own top bar, app launcher, guis for WiFi,Bluetooth, audio devices
  I would not recommend you try it as your first daily driver
  
  I also feel that tilers with best when used mainly with apps that have extensive keyboard support. If you have to switch between keyboard and mouse too much it breaks the flow. But I can see it working with a track pad or nub.
  
  "keyboards are for the weak" Opens paint "Shiiiiit"
  
  Totally agree! I won't be installing it as a daily driver anytime soon

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