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What are your favorite desktop customizations? (lemmy.world)
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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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[–] 8 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I have a bunch in my KDE:

  • Karousel for arranging windows

  • Klassy for window decorations/general theming

  • Panel Colorizer for customizing the panel/dock

  • Kvantum for general theming

  • And then a few general things like Wobbly Windows etc.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    Oh awesome. Do Klassy and Kvantum overlap? Seems like they both modify the windows.

    You're not the first person to mention wobbly Windows. I definitely have to give it a try, sounds fun!

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I'm not 100% sure, there might be a bit of overlap between them but I've never personally had any trouble running them side-by-side.

    And yeah I love wobbly windows. I'm so used to them now that if I have to use Windows or something with non-wobbly windows it feels wrong now lol.

    Oh yeah, another one I've recently discovered that looks interesting is Quickshell. I haven't used it much yet though, I made a semi-functional panel with it and that's as far as I got. But it looks like you can do a lot with it once you get the hang of it.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 months ago

    Quickshell looks interesting, basically building your own desktop environment. That's probably the next step after I figure out what customization I want.

    Thanks for the input! Much appreciated

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