Desktop: xfce.

Main use for the desktop is just to open multiple terminal sessions.
The editor I use is vim (I got used to the original vi whilst at
university in the mid-1980s - Ultrix on a Dec 8650, and graduated to
vim when I started using linux. I've often wondered if Sherlock Holmes
could have figured out from a keyboard if the owner was a habitual user
of vi or vim - from the extra wear on the ESC key).

The mail client I use is evolution. It used to be quite buggy, and I
almost switched to thunderbird - but evolution seemed to get a lot more
stable, and it's got a lot of features. Also, I guess I'm used to the
interface.

Main GUI apps I use are firefox, LibreOffice (does what I need, but I
always dread using it on a new installation, as I know I'll need to
spend several hours turning off all the "helpful" automated correction
and completion stuff), VLC, audacity, musescore, gimp and xfig (in
spite of its rather old interface, I find this a very powerful drawing
tool).

Martin - thanks for starting this thread. I'm really enjoying reading
it, and it's given me a lot of ideas.

On Mon, 2024-07-15 at 11:23 +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> Hi!
>
> As it popped up repeatedly in the KDE thread: Quite some of you use
> something different as KDE's Plasma. For various, I am sure, good
> reasons.
>
> I am curious: What do you use… and why? What are your practical
> experiences with what you use? Are there any challenges?
>
> While I have been using KDE based desktops since about two decades
> for
> good reasons, nothing is set in stone. But even in the likely case I
> keep
> using Plasma, I may be learning something interesting. Maybe I learn
> about
> some new application that is really good, or a feature that helps you
> be
> productive and that I may be able to replicate within Plasma.
>
> And even beyond that: I am just curious.
>
> Are you more of a terminal user? More of a GUI user? Do you use both?
> Are
> you using a desktop environment or do you put together your desktop
> with a
> window manager and various little applications, bits and pieces from
> different sources?
>
> How do you get your work tasks and leisure time handled on your
> computers?
>
> I would love this to become more of an open exchange of experiences
> and
> choices than a bashing at what each other uses. So I intent to ask
> clarifying questions instead of telling you my desktop is better than
> yours all the time :). While it may be for me, I am not the one to
> make
> the decision for you. And I had my fair share of advocating for KDE
> based
> software already :). I may relate to how I do something on Plasma
> when I
> ask how you do it. Just to compare for myself.
>
> Being different means we can learn from each other.
>
> Best,