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Which distro has the best GUI in your opinion? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by bigbox@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] Parsnip8904 1 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Same here. I even switched to hyprland until the split stopped working like how it used to in sway. Quickly switching between tabbed and split was a key part of my sway workflow and the way that it's done in hyprland now as far as I know, isn't really cutting it.

[–] 8vccYXxV1k@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

So splits on Hyprland used to work more similarly to Sway, and they purposely moved away from it?

[–] Parsnip8904 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm not sure if it was on purpose or they just didn't implement it to the correct spec.

The behaviour I want is this: I have say A and B on a desktop split into half vertically. Then I press a key and they become tabbed. I have A on one half and B and C on the other half split horizontally, then pressing a key makes B and C tabbed.

What happens in hyprland is this: you select a given window to be a tab parent. Then you can open an new window to make the two tabbed. However if you switch from tabbed to non tabbed, you can't go back with a key combo. You need to repeat the whole process.

It's such a small thing but has made hyprland kind of weird for me.

[–] neoney@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

check this out https://github.com/outfoxxed/hy3

[–] Parsnip8904 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey, you're a lifesaver! This looks like exactly what I was looking for. Going to try this out after work today :) Wish I could give you a star or something!

[–] neoney@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

you should give hy3 a star :P

[–] Parsnip8904 1 points 1 year ago

I had forgotten that I actually have a GitHub account 😅 Will do :)

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