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This is a multiple choice poll

13% (6)

Openbox
2% (1)

Gnome 3
4% (2)

Gnome 2
20% (9)

Xfce
9% (4)

AwesomeWM
4% (2)

Fluxbox
16% (7)

KDE
2% (1)

ScrotWM
4% (2)

Cinnamon
6% (3)

LXDE
4% (2)

Enlightment
0% (0)

Razor-QT
0% (0)

Mate
0% (0)

Rox
0% (0)

IceWM
4% (2)

dwm
0% (0)

Blackbox
4% (2)

Other(Specify)

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6/26/12 at 3:59pm

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Simple poll, was just curious what DE/WM(s) everyone was using in there current setup.
Been playing with a few again recently and just wanted to see what you guys were using.

Pick more then one, if you use it on a regular basis I suppose.
I tried to remember as many as I could, if you use something else just pick other and post what it is

Edit: I forgot Unity, but how is that a bad thing?

Edited by nyxcharon - 6/26/12 at 4:02pm

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Intel i5-3570	Asrock Pro3 Z77	Asus 7850 2GB	Corsair Vengeance x2
Hard Drive	OS	Power	Case
Western Digital Cavalier Black	Adonis Linux	APEVIA ATX-AS680W-BL 680W	Zalman Z11
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Intel i5-480M	OEM Acer	Nvidia GeForce GT 540M	4 GB DDR3
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Intel i5-3570	Asrock Pro3 Z77	Asus 7850 2GB	Corsair Vengeance x2
Hard Drive	OS	Power	Case
Western Digital Cavalier Black	Adonis Linux	APEVIA ATX-AS680W-BL 680W	Zalman Z11
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Intel i5-480M	OEM Acer	Nvidia GeForce GT 540M	4 GB DDR3
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500 GB HDD	DVD Drive	Crunchbang Linux, Windows 7, BlackBuntu (triple...
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6/26/12 at 5:25pm

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Greetz
Just wanted to say that for me it is not at all simple. On one hand the most indispensable to me is KDE but there are apps and libraries that force me to install Gnome as well even though I never use it as a DE. Additionally, right now I'm gaming a lot and considerable of it is in Wine, so I utilize Xfce for the smaller footprint. However if it didn't have considerable Gnome and especially KDE support it wouldn't even be installed. So if I had to have just one, no doubt it would be KDE, but I hope that never happens.

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6/26/12 at 5:30pm

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I'm always changing, but lately it's been XFCE, LXDE, Gnome 2, and whatever Crunchbang uses for the lulz occasionally.

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I5-2500k 4.8Ghz @ 1.38v	Z68X-UD4-B3	PNY 480	8GB Dominator 1600's
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	Monitor
Intel 510 + 300GB Velociraptor	LG DVD RW	Server 2012	HP 25" + HP 20"
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Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	Monitor
Intel 510 + 300GB Velociraptor	LG DVD RW	Server 2012	HP 25" + HP 20"
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Deck Legend	TX850W	XClio Coolbox	Mamba
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6/26/12 at 9:01pm

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Leaving out Unity is kind of a bad thing. Linux is all about freedom of choice even if it is (supposedly) "bad". I may dislike(a lot) Gnome but I wouldn't leave it out or encourage people not to use it.

I'm amazed to see XFCE winning after about 20 votes. My personal preferences are in order KDE, E17(Enlightenment), and LXDE followed by XFCE and Openbox when worse comes to worse. Honestly, I'm torn on E17 becoming less "beta" because it really competes with KDE for me on being useful and attractive while using so little resources.

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Core i3 2370M	Intel HD3000M	Eplida 4GB DDR3 1333	Toshiba 5400RPM
Optical Drive	OS	OS	OS
Generic DVDRW	Kubuntu 13.04 64bit	Win7 Home Premium 64bit	Bodhi Linux 64bit
Case
Acer Aspire TimelineX 4830T
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AthlonIIX4 640 3.62GHz (250x14.5) 2.5GHz NB	Asus M4A785TD-M EVO	MSI GTX275 (Stock 666)	8GBs of GSkill 1600
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
4GBs of Adata 1333	WD Caviar Black 500GB	Hitachi Deskstar 1TB	Kingston HyperX 3k 120GB
Optical Drive	Cooling	OS	OS
LG 8X BDR (WHL08S20)	Cooler Master Hyper 212+	Kubuntu x64	Windows 7 x64
OS	Monitor	Power	Case
Bodhi Linux x64	Acer G215H (1920x1080)	Seasonic 520	HAF912
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
N450 1.8GHz AC and 1.66GHz batt	ASUS proprietary for 1001P	GMA3150 (can play bluray now!?)	1GB DDR2
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	OS
160GB	LGLHDLBDRE32X	Bodhi Linux	Fedora LXDE
OS	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
Kubuntu	SLAX	1280x600 + Dell 15inch	Excellent!
Power	Case
6 cells=6-12hrs and a charger	1001P MU17 Black
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Core i3 2370M	Intel HD3000M	Eplida 4GB DDR3 1333	Toshiba 5400RPM
Optical Drive	OS	OS	OS
Generic DVDRW	Kubuntu 13.04 64bit	Win7 Home Premium 64bit	Bodhi Linux 64bit
Case
Acer Aspire TimelineX 4830T
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AthlonIIX4 640 3.62GHz (250x14.5) 2.5GHz NB	Asus M4A785TD-M EVO	MSI GTX275 (Stock 666)	8GBs of GSkill 1600
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
4GBs of Adata 1333	WD Caviar Black 500GB	Hitachi Deskstar 1TB	Kingston HyperX 3k 120GB
Optical Drive	Cooling	OS	OS
LG 8X BDR (WHL08S20)	Cooler Master Hyper 212+	Kubuntu x64	Windows 7 x64
OS	Monitor	Power	Case
Bodhi Linux x64	Acer G215H (1920x1080)	Seasonic 520	HAF912
View all

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
N450 1.8GHz AC and 1.66GHz batt	ASUS proprietary for 1001P	GMA3150 (can play bluray now!?)	1GB DDR2
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	OS
160GB	LGLHDLBDRE32X	Bodhi Linux	Fedora LXDE
OS	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
Kubuntu	SLAX	1280x600 + Dell 15inch	Excellent!
Power	Case
6 cells=6-12hrs and a charger	1001P MU17 Black
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6/26/12 at 9:30pm

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I can attempt to edit the poll if NYXCharon so chooses. It may require removing and rebuilding, but I don't mind. Or it may require a new thread. I know that polls aren't an exact science yet (they weren't on Vbulletin either)

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I5-2500k 4.8Ghz @ 1.38v	Z68X-UD4-B3	PNY 480	8GB Dominator 1600's
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	Monitor
Intel 510 + 300GB Velociraptor	LG DVD RW	Server 2012	HP 25" + HP 20"
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Deck Legend	TX850W	XClio Coolbox	Mamba
Mouse Pad	Audio
Dolica	HD550's
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Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	Monitor
Intel 510 + 300GB Velociraptor	LG DVD RW	Server 2012	HP 25" + HP 20"
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Deck Legend	TX850W	XClio Coolbox	Mamba
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6/26/12 at 9:46pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by W4LNUT5

That's fine. I was going to edit it in, but you know I kinda can't

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Intel i5-3570	Asrock Pro3 Z77	Asus 7850 2GB	Corsair Vengeance x2
Hard Drive	OS	Power	Case
Western Digital Cavalier Black	Adonis Linux	APEVIA ATX-AS680W-BL 680W	Zalman Z11
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel i5-480M	OEM Acer	Nvidia GeForce GT 540M	4 GB DDR3
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500 GB HDD	DVD Drive	Crunchbang Linux, Windows 7, BlackBuntu (triple...
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Intel i5-3570	Asrock Pro3 Z77	Asus 7850 2GB	Corsair Vengeance x2
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Western Digital Cavalier Black	Adonis Linux	APEVIA ATX-AS680W-BL 680W	Zalman Z11
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Intel i5-480M	OEM Acer	Nvidia GeForce GT 540M	4 GB DDR3
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6/27/12 at 1:45am

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In order of preference: KDE4 -> Awesome -> headless console

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6/27/12 at 5:50am

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I liked Xfce a lot on my netbook before my Arch install died, then I enjoyed Unity apart from the sluggishness (I liked the UI, the Dash is really intuitive), until my netbook died.

I still haven't decided between Mate & Cinnamon for my new laptop install - I like Mate, but worry about how long it'll be around, and whether it'll get "significant" development over the years.

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Intel HD Audio
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Core i7 860 @ 1.25V	MSI P55-GD65	Xpertvision Radeon HD4850	4GB G.Skill Ripjaw
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	Monitor
150Gb Velociraptor & 1Tb WD Caviar Black	Opticon Lightscribe DVD-RW DL	Vista Home Premium x64	Hyundai BlueH H224W 22" LCD
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6/27/12 at 6:19am

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I still use Openbox but I did recently use Xmonad for my laptop but due to its instability and partially due to my laziness I ended up going back to my Openbox setup that was fully configured.

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2x WD 500 GB in RAID0	x16 DVD-ROM burner	Windows 7 Professional x64	Gateway FHD2401 24"
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6/27/12 at 9:34am

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Hey, is HUD up and running in Unity? It seemed like it was going to be a cool idea where you could search open program's controls from the run interface, thus no longer need to worry about moving a mouse around or searching through program panels.

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Core i3 2370M	Intel HD3000M	Eplida 4GB DDR3 1333	Toshiba 5400RPM
Optical Drive	OS	OS	OS
Generic DVDRW	Kubuntu 13.04 64bit	Win7 Home Premium 64bit	Bodhi Linux 64bit
Case
Acer Aspire TimelineX 4830T
View all

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AthlonIIX4 640 3.62GHz (250x14.5) 2.5GHz NB	Asus M4A785TD-M EVO	MSI GTX275 (Stock 666)	8GBs of GSkill 1600
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
4GBs of Adata 1333	WD Caviar Black 500GB	Hitachi Deskstar 1TB	Kingston HyperX 3k 120GB
Optical Drive	Cooling	OS	OS
LG 8X BDR (WHL08S20)	Cooler Master Hyper 212+	Kubuntu x64	Windows 7 x64
OS	Monitor	Power	Case
Bodhi Linux x64	Acer G215H (1920x1080)	Seasonic 520	HAF912
View all

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
N450 1.8GHz AC and 1.66GHz batt	ASUS proprietary for 1001P	GMA3150 (can play bluray now!?)	1GB DDR2
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	OS
160GB	LGLHDLBDRE32X	Bodhi Linux	Fedora LXDE
OS	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
Kubuntu	SLAX	1280x600 + Dell 15inch	Excellent!
Power	Case
6 cells=6-12hrs and a charger	1001P MU17 Black
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CPU	Graphics	RAM	Hard Drive
Core i3 2370M	Intel HD3000M	Eplida 4GB DDR3 1333	Toshiba 5400RPM
Optical Drive	OS	OS	OS
Generic DVDRW	Kubuntu 13.04 64bit	Win7 Home Premium 64bit	Bodhi Linux 64bit
Case
Acer Aspire TimelineX 4830T
View all

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AthlonIIX4 640 3.62GHz (250x14.5) 2.5GHz NB	Asus M4A785TD-M EVO	MSI GTX275 (Stock 666)	8GBs of GSkill 1600
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
4GBs of Adata 1333	WD Caviar Black 500GB	Hitachi Deskstar 1TB	Kingston HyperX 3k 120GB
Optical Drive	Cooling	OS	OS
LG 8X BDR (WHL08S20)	Cooler Master Hyper 212+	Kubuntu x64	Windows 7 x64
OS	Monitor	Power	Case
Bodhi Linux x64	Acer G215H (1920x1080)	Seasonic 520	HAF912
View all

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
N450 1.8GHz AC and 1.66GHz batt	ASUS proprietary for 1001P	GMA3150 (can play bluray now!?)	1GB DDR2
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	OS
160GB	LGLHDLBDRE32X	Bodhi Linux	Fedora LXDE
OS	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
Kubuntu	SLAX	1280x600 + Dell 15inch	Excellent!
Power	Case
6 cells=6-12hrs and a charger	1001P MU17 Black
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