Which DE do you use on Solus?

SethStorm666

I have also used the taskbar on the left side, like Unity when using Budgie and Gnome. But somehow it won't play nice in KDE when the plasma panels are next to eachother.

alfisya

My favorite thing on GNOME is Application launcher

People : Why do you need app icon that big for a desktop? This is not tablet !
Me : I don't care, I like it

Honestly if Plasma "Application Dashboard" as good as this is, I might switch to Plasma. Emphasis on might.

SethStorm666

alfisya

That is one thing I like with Gnome too. The Dashboard on KDE is not near as good. And every other launcher in KDE uses 32px and downwards icon images which makes it hard to see the icons.

riffer

Gnome is what sold me on Linux.

Solarmass

Budgie, panel at the bottom, tasklist applet, workspace switcher 🚀

brent

Solarmass sleek as heck. Nice. big fan of your efficiency and real estate.

@SethStorm666 ~~you've made an anecdotal case that the Mate exodus already occurred; thought there'd be 2-3 holdouts but no. edit-typo~~

second edit: @Staudey is still rocking Mate; my observation less/not valid.

diagnostics0

GNOME and BSPWM to goof around in.

Elaizes

diagnostics0 how are you bspwm?

codewizard1975

I've done them all and so far I find I am the most productive in GNOME, followed by Budgie. I've tried every release of Solus now on my LG 45" UW monitor and they all work perfectly on it. Now only if my Steam games all worked on it correctly.

Like @alfisya, I love the Application Launcher. I can see and read them without needing my glasses. 😁

Staudey

brent second edit: @Staudey is still rocking Mate; my observation less/not valid.

To be fair that's only on my laptop that I rarely used except to test MATE-related changes ^^

zmaint

Best KDE Plasma implementation I've ever used.

WhiteWolf

Two machines here:

GNOME
Enlightenment

catfishsushi

I've been using KDE Plasma since 2019 and its usually trouble free 🙂

kaktuspalme

catfishsushi Another FF XIV Player I see. Me too and also using Plasma.

minh

I just switched from Xfce to Plasma because of wake-up issue. I like the minimalized of Xfce a lot, but I could stay no longer with that issue. So far, I have no big issue with Plasma 6 except known flickering issue with Nvidia driver + Wayland. Happy until now 🙂

SethStorm666

minh

You can strip Plasma, so it become minimalism. I have done so far. Removed the "extra" entries in dolphin as an example and strip Dolphin to its barebone:

lf-araujo

Is gnome Wayland currently available?

Harvey

lf-araujo

Yes.

lf-araujo

Harvey Thank you. Can you point me to instructions on how to install gnome the kosher way?

Harvey

lf-araujo
Download the Solus Gnome ISO and install it or if you are not using Plasma you can do this:
https://help.getsol.us/docs/user/software/desktops/#gnome-shell

Personally I only suggest reinstalling with the edition you wish to use.

I installed Solus Gnome in a VM to give instructions on using a wayland session but it appears to be the default:

lf-araujo

Harvey thank you!

lf-araujo

Harvey Yes, can confirm. Just installed and is the default, running very smooth!