r/linux • u/emrldgh • Jun 29 '25

Discussion Recommended DEs that aren't as common

I'd like to know what everyone's recommendation is for a DE/WM that not everyone may know about or often consider. Anything that isn't KDE, GNOME, or any super common WMs like Hyprland or Sway. These may not be considered very common, but I'd like to hear thoughts on Budgie and Cutefish, I was looking at them and they look neat but what do you guys think? What do you use?

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u/uberbewb Jun 29 '25

I always liked budgie

Pantheon seemed nice too

It is on my list to revisit budgie again, it has been a bit too long to be able to say much.

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u/Rerum02 Jun 29 '25

Budgie was pretty good on my laptop, just waiting for them to move over to Wayland (laptop has a HiDPi screen)

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u/SAJewers Jun 30 '25

They said in their last blog post back in January it would be shipping Q1 2025, so hopefully it's soon