[–]▶ No.926440>>926442 >>926767 >>927421 >>929802 >>931121 >>931122 >>931349 >>932524 [Watch Thread][Show All Posts]
Why is Cinnamon the best DE? No other DE I've tried is as customizeable and loaded with keyboard shortcuts. Best file manager too, just a simple ctrl+tab doesn't work in any other file manager I've tried when working with multiple tabs open.
▶ No.926442>>926456 >>926531 >>932732
>>926440 (OP)
Well Linux Mint is VERY insecure
▶ No.926456>>927421
>>926442
I'll give you that, but cinnamon is still best.
I actually shoul`d find a new OS and adapt, I'm too comfortable on Mint. I recently reinstalled and didn't clone my installation so everything feels so foreign and alien to me so more of an incentive to ditch Mint.
▶ No.926457>>927416
xfce with i3-style keybinds, it's literally heaven.
▶ No.926488
Cinnamon? Is that a new way to spell LXQT, the only acceptable DE?
▶ No.926531>>926767 >>927515
I agree. Plus, it looks good by default.
>>926442
Just change the settings lmao
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▶ No.926609>>926612 >>926629 >>926767 >>927534 >>931132 >>931190
>>926590
>forever
You mean until Wayland hits, right?
Neither xfwm nor its sane replacement, openbox, are gonna get ported to Wayland.
▶ No.926612
>>926609
>until waylad hits
So, forever?
▶ No.926629
>>926609
you really dont need an actual complete port for minimal shit like that. Whatever's minimal will win and be fine. Full DEs are pretty shit on non-commodity/OEM stuff though.
▶ No.926715>>926754 >>927515
I love cinnamon, but mint devs are open source cucks, just look at their roadmap https://github.com/linuxmint/Roadmap
>need_update:
>minecraft-installer
>whatsapp-desktop
>spotify-client
>google-earth-pro-stable
Can we port it to GuixSD? I mean cinnamon, not botnet shit.
▶ No.926717>>926767
Gnome is pretty awesome, but I prefer not to use Gnome.
▶ No.926754>>927515
>>926715
In principle yes, Debian already has it as one of their options and they actually value freedom.
▶ No.926767
>>926440 (OP)
>Cinnamon
have they fixed the bugs yet? or is it still as unstable as I remember
>DE
Why don't you just install a WM and the programs you actually want/need?
Also, why can't we have only 1 thread for DEs and WMs? (and another for distros)
>>926531
>I want to start maintaining new package repositories for Linux Mint
Go right ahead. Enjoy your (potentially) backdoor'd distro LoL
>>926609
X11 will be around at least for the next 10~20 years. and it's not certain that Wayland will be the thing that will eventually replace it
>>926717
>Gnome is pretty awesome
So you like that themes get broken with every release and that they remove features?
▶ No.927416
>>926457
Didn't know that was a thing.
>>926457
>Why don't you just install a WM and the programs you actually want/need?
Laziness. One day I'll sort myself and actually do it.
▶ No.927420
Good thing about xfce is that you can easily replace the window manager, I've been using bspwm within xfce for over 6 months now, also I removed all the default keybind and use sxhkd instead.
▶ No.927421>>927515
>>926440 (OP)
>>926456
Centos with cinnamon for comfiest environment.
▶ No.927515
>>926531
The devs have no fucking OpSec. See >>926715
>>926754 (debian)
>>927421 (centos)
Okay.
▶ No.927533
It isn't because Xfce has more features and customizability with a smaller memory footprint. Cinnamon is a joke, in fact.
▶ No.927534
>>926609
>xfwm nor its sane replacement, openbox
My dream window manager combines the features of two. I wish a determined soul would take up the task some day.
▶ No.927581>>927610
Cinnamon is GNOME-infested shit. XFCE is the only DE worth using
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▶ No.929802
>>926440 (OP)
Gentoo with Deepin-DE looks the best.
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▶ No.929827>>931269
>>929810
LXDE is deprecated in favor of LXQT. but xfce is still the best DE, imo. however, the best option is to just install the WM of your choice and the software you want.
▶ No.929965
The big plus of Cinnamon isn't that's highly customizable, it isn't. Nor is the benefit that it's loaded with keyboard shortcuts, it's no better in that regard particularly than any other GNOME-alike.
The chief benefit of Cinnamon is it's polish. It's easily the best-looking Linux DE out there. And it's also adopted a general approach that makes it appealing to Wangblows refugees, especially under Linux Mint, it's homebase project.
▶ No.931121
>>926440 (OP)
Devuan anon, Good Life Linux is great if you update the core Devuan stuff, better know how to install a browser in command line though or you're fucked
▶ No.931122
>>926440 (OP)
also the memory leak shit is irritating in Cinnamon
▶ No.931132>>931189
>>926609
Wayland has already hit. It's more than apparent that it'll never completely take X's market share.
▶ No.931187>>932371
Cinnamon is literally pointless when Mate and Budgie are also both in modern GTK, while being MUCH lighter on the resources.
▶ No.931189>>931192 >>931248
>>931132
Wayland will replace X when xWayland is up to task of running everything that's never going to get updated to run in Wayland natively.
Also when other desktops like Mate, Xfce and LXQt finally support it.
▶ No.931190
>>926609
Half the reason Xfce is getting ported to GTK3/4 is to support Wayland at some point.
▶ No.931192>>931227
>>931189
Wayland performs like shit, and if you need xWayland, you might as well just stick to X.
▶ No.931227>>931266
>>931192
Wayland performs like shit on Nvidia*
I've had no issues with it, performance wise, with Mesa.
▶ No.931248>>931274
>>931189
>wayland will replace X when everyone is running X inside of Wayland
At that rate Wayland is just an unnecessary layer of bloat and you're better off just using X.
▶ No.931265
Cinnamon needs GPU acceleration, uses up a good portion of RAM, and CPU cycles even at idle. Nemo is the only good thing it has. You can creating your own KB shortcuts in XFCE(settings manager>>keyboard)
▶ No.931266>>931325
>>931227
Unless you were already barely scrapping by on X, you won't notice the difference, but it's there. I'm on intel too, so this isn't about Nvidea being niggers. On top of that, anything running through xWayland will be even worse off, for obvious reasons.
Replacing X is all well and good when you actually have a viable alternative, but currently you don't.
▶ No.931269
>>929827
Won't this lead to installing a shit ton of additional software to fulfill dependencies?
▶ No.931274
>>931248
Wayland will turn out a waste of time if it's vulnerable to keyloggers (one of the main weakness of X.org).
▶ No.931325
>>931266
I sure as fuck notice the lack of tearing.
▶ No.931360
Mate is better for desktops and tea.
▶ No.931378>>931590
>>931349
WOW THERE'S A SPACE LEFT OF THE DIRECTORIES BAR THAT YOU CAN REMOVE YOURSELF IN NAUTILUS WOAH
I doesn't even do that on my computer.
▶ No.931421
>ctrl+tab
pcmanfm-qt works also.
▶ No.931590>>932354
>>931349
Exactly.
>>931378
No excuse... even Windows does it correctly.
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▶ No.932346
I've just tested cinnamon, mate and xfce on GNU/Linux Mint 18.3 and cinnamon is the most glithy and RAM eating DE, but in my opinion the easiest , whereas mate and xfce are smother. Hope they've fixed it in cinnamon 3.8. https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3525
▶ No.932354
>>931590
Absolute retard, that's a segment UI widget. It's designed to be resizable *both* on Windows and Cinnamon.
▶ No.932371>>932431
>>931187
Wallpaper source?
▶ No.932439
>>932431
Elves are really fucking soy tbqh.
▶ No.932516
>>932431
Thanks, fellow fella of good fellowship and fellow shared tastes.
▶ No.932524>>932603
>>926440 (OP)
I like it alot, linux mint is just botnet af
▶ No.932603
>>932524
>botnet af
On point African
▶ No.932732
>>926442
>Well Linux Mint is VERY insecure
It is. That's why I don't use LM itself. Cinnamon does look very nice on Calculate Linux however.