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What are your favorite desktop customizations? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by psilotop@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I've distro hopped quite a bit over the last few years. I've realized recently that I tend to gravitate toward KDE Plasma as a desktop environment, but I don't take advantage of the customization as much as I could.

As I sit here looking through the KDE Plasma settings I'm curious to hear what are some favorite things to change in any DE. Please share what you like to do when you get a vanilla install. Do you have a favorite icon pack? Do you have a favorite theme? Any particular widgets that you would recommend?

I'm sure there is more out there than I can think of. Please share!

Edit: I can't respond to everyone, but this is a great discussion. So many good suggestions and ideas. Keep them coming!

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[–] eremophila@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have distrohopped a couple of times, so the settings only take me a minute. It is possibly what drew me to kde plasma in the first place, the settings are very accessible.

Planning on going back to xfce though, since they are (I assume) much less likely to embrace ai crap.

[–] psilotop@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I do love the idea that a desktop environment covers most of what you interact with. I feel like DE and package manager are like 90% of what makes me choose a distro

[–] eremophila@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

basically the same for me, although after a while (for me at least) the package manager gui is just mainly for updates. I rarely add new programs.

The operating system isn't meant to be the feature/focus, it is just meant to work, and stay out of the way. Choosing a de you like is the best way to start distrohopping/finding a distro.