Hello Jow Forums,
What desktop environment would you recommend for Debian 9? (feel free to voice your opinion on Debian as well, I'm not set on any specific distro yet). Going to be programming mainly. Looking for something fairly minimalistic and customizable without being too much of a hassle to setup and maintain (that goes for both the distro and desktop environment).
Thanks
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xfce + compton + terminator
gentoo
thanks, will look into it
also debian stable is great if you desire stability and security. some uneducated gentlemen might bring up the SSL fuckup, but I think that was a decade ago.
If laptop i3
If deskop openbox
I know none of those are DE :^)
xfce if you want minimal, but look at KDE to, it's pretty based.
>desktop environment
oh, and "minimalistic" in this context can mean going without a designated DE - and just using a WM. but if you'd like to stick to DE's, then xfce is the better alternative than the other main minimal option lxde
Custom Firefox CSS or is it just a simple addon?
it's userChrome.css
I don't think addons are allowed to alter firefox itself, only webpages
Actually I was thinking of just using a WM like i3 (or whatever WM). I suppose the "drawback" to just using a WM is more initial setup? If it's not a pain to get common applications working in it, I will probably give it a shot. Also, I'm using a dual-monitor setup. Though I suppose most here do, so it should probably work fine?
Gnome
KDE is actually really good.
>Actually I was thinking of just using a WM like i3 (or whatever WM). I suppose the "drawback" to just using a WM is more initial setup?
Yes, it is also harder to configure and takes more time getting used to, especially if you have never used a tiling wm before.
> If it's not a pain to get common applications working in it, I will probably give it a shot.
No, that is fairly easy.
>Also, I'm using a dual-monitor setup. Though I suppose most here do, so it should probably work fine?
i3 works quite well with dual monitors.
the default dual-monitor situation for i3 is mirrored and you will probably have to look into xrandr to get your monitors displaying correctly. and then you will probably want to assign some specific workspaces to each monitor
I had a really nice dual monitor setup on i3 a while back but I only have one monitor these days
>If it's not a pain to get common applications working in it
it's not any more difficult to install and run programs than a fully featured DE. Most people will recommend dmenu, a program that lists applications for you that you can type in to search.
I3-gaps
i3 gaps isn't packaged for debian, silly
Which doesn't mean you can't use it on debian.
>looking for something fairly minimalistic and customizable without being too much of a hassle to setup and maintain
no but it means OP doesn't want it
It isn't *that* hard to setup.
sure but I think you or I could also install gentoo without too much hassle.
Yeah, I get your point.
There are more convenient alternatives.
kde
and there's really no sense in it when you get almost all of the functionality out of vanilla i3
>Install multiple Debian DEs
>None of them got past the boot screen
What the fuck is wrong with this shit OS?
People will say im gay but here is my setup,
MATE
im gay
Use GNOME, forget about "customizing" and get job done instead.
Based MATE
>gtk3
heh
>having time
but actually, goofin' around with window managers is pretty fun; much better that video gaymes which helped my transition to Linux.
I don't see why you'd not using something if it's fun while at the same time productive
t. Plasma/Sway user
icewm-lite + tint2 + pcmanfm
icewm-lite can be replaced with openbox or fluxbox
if you insist on a DE, then LXDE
>the DE didn't get past the boot screen
how new are you?