Which Desktop Environment to choose?

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Have seen many posts, all just confusing me even more :wtf:
So which Desktop Environment do I choose?
  1. Unity
  2. Gnome
  3. Mate
  4. Cinnamon
  5. KDE

Current flavors of Linux are Ubuntu or Mint.:whistle:

Which do you use & why?
Would like to weigh up the pro's & cons before installing.
 
HaHa...
Had enough of Winblows for now.
 
IceQB said:
Have seen many posts, all just confusing me even more :wtf:
So which Desktop Environment do I choose?
  1. Unity
  2. Gnome
  3. Mate
  4. Cinnamon
  5. KDE

Current flavors of Linux are Ubuntu or Mint.:whistle:

Which do you use & why?
Would like to weigh up the pro's & cons before installing.
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Do yourself a flavour, go google some screenshots and decide which you like best.

Each to their own eh :)
 
AstroTurf said:
Do yourself a flavour, go google some screenshots and decide which you like best.

Each to their own eh :)
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I have AstroTurf, would just like users experiences who have maybe tried 2/3 or even all on the list.
 
I'm happy with Unity personally, some people have way to much issues that I think come from how it used to look before unity (stuck in their ways?).

I would try a couple if I were you, install virtualbox and play away :)
 
AstroTurf said:
I'm happy with Unity personally, some people have way to much issues that I think come from how it used to look before unity (stuck in their ways?).

I would try a couple if I were you, install virtualbox and play away :)
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Have done so, quite happy with Unity, but have a linking towards Mint Cinnamon as well.
At the end of the day I don't want to over complicate things for myself.
Like I said input/reviews from users pros/cons from there user experiences thus far is most welcome.
 
IceQB said:
I have AstroTurf, would just like users experiences who have maybe tried 2/3 or even all on the list.
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Problem is that there's no real winner and any recommendation would be subjective.

I prefer Gnome 3 but I'm from a Fedora / CentOS / Redhat background. The only DE in the list I don't like using is Unity but that's just me, it has many adherents.
 
MickZA said:
Problem is that there's no real winner and any recommendation would be subjective.

I prefer Gnome 3 but I'm from a Fedora / CentOS / Redhat background. The only DE in the list I don't like using is Unity but that's just me, it has many adherents.
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Thanks for your input
 
None of those on the list. For a DE XFCE but I prefer just a WM Openbox/PekWM
 
Mint. It's a pretty cool OS.

/inb4 Windows 10 fanbois start foaming at the mouth
 
AstroTurf said:
I'm happy with Unity personally, some people have way to much issues that I think come from how it used to look before unity (stuck in their ways?).

I would try a couple if I were you, install virtualbox and play away :)
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I didn't like Unity at first. Way back when it was called Netbook Remix, I thought it was great on a limited netbook display, but didn't want it on my desktop.
Since Ubuntu Precise it has grown on me though, and now I am quite used to it.
 
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