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I'm going to use the example of KDE Plasma some more, since it exemplifies a nice, well-rounded desktop environment. One of the key benefits of Plasma is its excellent integration with the KDE application suite. Sure, not every DE has a very complete set of applications, but it's loads better than anything you can do with a WM, in addition to a drastically lower amount of tedious work to set everything up.
The most common criticism of desktop environments is that they are "bloated" and "resource-hogging". And yes, I'm going to have to concede this one to the WM fans, since window managers tend to be very spartan and minimalistic. I even use i3 sometimes when working with very intensive software, such as with the [MacOS VM](/blog/2020/11/19/fun-with-qemu-kvm.html). But every time I use i3, I'm constantly reminded of the Plasma features that I take for granted: a consistent icon theme, screen scaling for my high DPI monitor so the text can actually be legible, adjusting the screen color, mouse scroll direction, Krunner, and much more. Never forget Krunner. The single most important KDE app. Too bad it's glitchy with i3. I did end up fixing some of those things, but it doesn't feel *right*. I could put in more time, but there's just something *missing* about i3. It's incomplete.
The most common criticism of desktop environments is that they are "bloated" and "resource-hogging". And yes, I'm going to have to concede this one to the WM fans, since window managers tend to be very spartan and minimalistic. I even use i3 sometimes when working with very intensive software, such as with the [MacOS VM](/blog/2020/11/18/fun-with-qemu-kvm.html). But every time I use i3, I'm constantly reminded of the Plasma features that I take for granted: a consistent icon theme, screen scaling for my high DPI monitor so the text can actually be legible, adjusting the screen color, mouse scroll direction, Krunner, and much more. Never forget Krunner. The single most important KDE app. Too bad it's glitchy with i3. I did end up fixing some of those things, but it doesn't feel *right*. I could put in more time, but there's just something *missing* about i3. It's incomplete.
If you go on Reddit or do a DuckDuckGo search, you'll find plenty of examples of beautiful, heavy-customized WM setups. The emphasis on heavy-customized. It takes hours and hours of work to create something like that! Sure, you can download their dotfiles and set it up on your own computer, but it still doesn't feel quite the same as using a mature, well-rounded DE like KDE Plasma. Desktop environments are designed to make your life easier, even if it doesn't feel like it sometimes. WMs are really for people who have too much time on their hands and *need* that ultimate customizability. For everyone else, stick with your desktop environment.