Since I discovered gnome3-shell I really appreciated the different Dekstop-type to work with, and I'm still using it.  But, I'm battery-addict (using a laptop) and I'm feeling poor performances and less support with Gnome3, consuming too resources, such as long loadings of little programs and some laggy animations, the Arandr that resets to default everytime the layout for the dual-monitor, and the plug-ins that are no more developed. So my question is: is there a Gnome3-like DE solution? or what would you suggest for me?I am using the Gnome-shell because I like the multiple and dynamic multi-desktop creation and easy managing of multiple monitors without any configuration-writing. Also, I tried KDE once, but it is pretty hard to understand the usage, and I had some graphic glithces.
Gnome3-like alternatives
linux;arch linux;gnome3
There are many alternatives for a graphical desktop. These involveDesktop environments (DEs) like GNOME or KDE. They offer a complete graphical interface, pre-loaded with the necessary apps like a file manager, web browser, etc. They are usually very resource consuming, and this can reduce the battery lifetime due to the higher CPU usage. If GNOME3 is performing poor on you machine, and you still want a complete DE, there are lighter alternatives as well: LXDE or XFCE are the most common ones.If you want something even lighter, then a window manager (WM) is the way to go. They only handle window management (resizing, maximizing, drawing a border, etc.), which means that you have to build the environment from scratch - you have to download each application, configure the theme, etc. There are several WMs available, I think Openbox is a good one to start, but there are more advanced ones as well, see the Wikipedia comparison and this guide for some ideas.I would recommend going for a lighter DE, I personally prefer XFCE, but it's just a matter of personal taste. If you're still not satisfied with the results (resource usage, battery life), then you can't avoid using a window manager, which is fun if you enjoy configuring and tweaking your desktop. They offers very flexible configuration through config files.