I’ve dabbled with Linux over the years, first with Ubuntu in the early 2010s, then Elementary OS when that dropped, and a few years ago I really enjoyed how customizable the gui was with Xubuntu. I was able to make it look just like WIndows 2000 which was really cool.

Which current distro has the best GUI, in your opinion? I find modern Ubuntu to feel a little basic and cheap. I guess I don’t really like modern Gnome. I’m currently using Windows 10 LTSC which is probably the best possible version of Windows, but I’d jump to linux if I could find a distro with a gui that feels at least as polished and feature rich as Windows 10 LTSC.

  • nixfreak
    8·
    1 year ago

    i3, and swaywm , I have used almost … All Linux/BSD/Windows/Osx/Unix Desktop Environments. I really like #enlightenment but it can be pretty buggy especially on wayland.

    • naeap
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’m currently quite happy with i3, but would really like to check out Wayland.

      currently the support for barrier/synergy (controlling multiple computers with one keyboard/mouse) seems to be not there - although I saw something about a workaround with the newest synergy version.

      would you be so kind to give me some other reasons to hold back?
      Anything else that sucks in the new world?

      • nixfreak
        1·
        1 year ago

        I have never used Synergy , but with sway which is built on top of wayland. I can use multiple monitors and it works great for me. I don’t really have a need for multiple computers since I use libvirtd (VirtualManager) and host multiple OS’s and share directories between different systems.

        • naeap
          1·
          1 year ago

          multiple monitors is sadly different than multiple computers, side by side

          thanks for the input, maybe I’ll use a test system first :⁠-⁠)