Neowin's GNU/Linux 2025 Desktop Thread

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

Looks chilly.. ROFL..

Liking Hyperland? I have yet to use that. I never liked a tiling WM/DE

[RyanB]

Loving hyprland so far. Been using Gnome and KDE but always wanted to use a window manager and went with hyprland

[Apollo13]

New XeroLinux / GNOME install... been learning a lot about theming and .css for gnome extensions! So far Dash to Dock is using my custom .css to make it look like the top bar.

https://xerolinux.xyz/

 

Edited May 8 by Apollo13

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

Looking nice, bro! Never messed with .css.

[redvamp128]

Nothing Fancy Custom Image found about camping.... and then a Windows 2000 icon pack found on https://www.mate-look.org/  

[Matthew S.]

Hmm I'm actually getting ready to install Linux on my old late 2015 iMac, some of these themes are just wow 

[Matthew S.]

 

Me likey

[Apollo13]

new build: Arch Linux minimal install / XeroLinux DE Script to install GNOME / Nvidia Drivers / etc.  The XeroLinux DE script sets everything up perfectly!
https://wiki.xerolinux.xyz/script/
 

My Extensions list:

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

Looks nice, man

[Accuphase]

On 25/03/2025 at 17:26, spacelordmaster said:

I do not sir but I will give you an idea which is what I did. Go here and get this open-source app and it will let you increase it to High Res.

https://upscayl.org/

 

You should’ve designed the background in a higher resolution rather than rely on an upscaling tool for enhancements.

[Syanide]

First time running Linux in years, using Bluefin. I think this is the only time in my life that I put something on my machine and didn't end up trying 10 other things in the next 3 days.

Anyway, I wanted to share this with someone.

 

[Apollo13]

ok new kernel, new nvidia drivers, new KDE Plasman 6.4! It's nice and shiny! Until it isn't...lol  For now...
 

XeroLinux
 

[Syanide]

My update. Didn't see much point in the top panel since global menu isn't there, so going with a win/kde layout now. Overall, I would say Gnome is a disappointment - it's been 15 years and you still have to rely on a bunch of extensions to get anything useful out of it. At the same time, the way Universal Blue / Bluefin is approaching the desktop feels like what Ubuntu should have started doing five years ago (no wonder the guy I learned about this from used to work for Canonical). Maybe I should have gone with Aurora (the KDE variant), or Bazzite with KDE, but I think I have Gnome where it works for me now.