I run atom and terminator (a tiling terminal emulator) in my dev environment. Its rather heavy for 'just' development. On the other side it runs without any issues on my T420. Which is a cheap old laptop.
I also love Gnome. For me this is the best, not in your way, desktop environment ever done. For me however :)
I also love Gnome. For me this is the best, not in your way, desktop environment ever done. For me however :)