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One of the biggest drawbacks to me about Linux is the aesthetic quality. This gives me alot of hope. As the author said this might really well be a turning point.

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Although it takes a lot of configuration work ricing my desktop is how I got into Linux and I've always found that the aesthetic improvements seen in popular OSs to be similar to the popular aesthetics trends in the Linux community (although they obviously take a lot from other OSs too)

I've been really happy with Cinnamon on Linux Mint with the MintY-Dark themes.

Zorin is also beautiful. I installed it on a whim, and it became my daily driver just because it felt so nice to me.

I'm on Kubuntu (so KDE), been using it for over 6 months now. I am the kind of person that loves setting up the desktop and all the apps just like I want, so it has been perfect for me, although the defaults are pretty solid as well. The default Breeze theme also is really pretty, I went through all kinds of themes but eventually settled with Breeze due to how good it looks.

I just switched back to XFCE on my desktop, because panel launchers cannot be properly configured in a simple way. Too bad usability made all the good looks useless. And I feel a renewed assuredness, that XFCE is the most productive DE for me. I had it configured in 10 minutes and it does everything I want in the way I want. Also XFCE these days can also look nicely.

Still, usability (and that includes being able to configure things easily) is king and I cannot stand it, if I cannot configure annoyances away.

Panels are indeed a gigantic pain in the ass to configure. It is possible, but I feel like I have to go to three completely unrelated places each time I want to. And I can never remember which place is the one to go to.

How does XFCE do with high-DPI displays? My only other complaint with Cinnamon is that the window controls are a tad small. It's been a long time since I used XFCE.

Oh, I don't know the answer to that question. I have 3 full HD screens and have not looked for anything more, as it seems completely sufficient to me. Maybe someone else knows. However, I do know, that you can configure icon sizes and font sizes.

+1 the migration to libadwaita has been a win for aesthetics according to my taste!

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