ReillyBrogan it's interesting how you tier these DE's out.
xfce/mate are resource-constrained but I always thought XFCE much less.
Cinnamon in league with Budgie as far as niche? probably. cinnamon, too, is a handsome devil.
the biggest thing that kept me away from Cinnamon was a less-than-adequate control center, they even farmed out some stuff to a 3rd party like Mate does with Compiz and it's just a too many chefs--a problem that Budgie does not have. XFCE requires an extra settings app too I forget.
With Budgie at least the settings are 2-fold and distinct in their missions. I was as never confused in Budgie as I was in cinnamon, xfce, or mate as far as scattered settings.
ReillyBrogan Nobody benefits from somebody packaging it and then leaving it abandoned in the repos unmaintained and unloved.
pretty much this. I'm afraid to ask how many times this happens--seems like a best intentions thing. I could not see Solus dedicating its energy to Cinnamon w/out the resources for sure. It does have a following and I generally enjoyed using it once upon a time.
depends on what the team wants to attract. Plasma has a wide and devout following. Budgie's keeps increasing.
I often speculate in my head (I'm weird) about Gnome's staying power vs. mate/xfce. I feel like gnome will be there forever but I'm not sure. Everything revolutionary started with Gnome...
...big distros offer every flavor that is for sure and the WM flavors are widening too.
Is the measure of a good distro how it caters to as many DE enthusiasts as possible?
Maybe in one sense. Not in mine.
Solus always plays it pretty smart--do a few things really well and better than anybody else. Solus versions of its 4 DE's are usually very highly praised.
I've auditioned other distros where Budgie was unrecognizable with just a wrecking ball of an interpretation of it.
ok just worked 12.5 hours and rambling with no dinner. peace.
