I3 or KDE?

KDE if you're pragmatic and prefer saving time and being effective.

KDE if you work for a living, i3 if you are a neet with too much free time.

Fvwm

Icewm, Xfce, LXDE or MATE

Gentoo

i3 if you are autistic, kde if you are a normal human

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big DEs get big updates and usually shit breaks so stick with smaller ones and when you get tired of the functionality of X you install Y.

the tearing is caused by X and can be configured so you don't need a compositor.

i3-gaps my nigga

Dwm.