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KDE Vs Gnome - Heavyweight Championship
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KDE no doubt. GNOME is a minimalist that depends on extensions to provide basic functionality, while also being a giant fatass. KDE works from the install, provides a sensible workflow, and has better tools.
But I'd only use KDE on a rolling release or a 6 month release schedule distro. Their approach to development really doesn't suit stable ones.
I'm relatively new to Linux as my full time desktop OS and I'm loving KDE. I'm curious what you mean by this, though.
They have frequent releases that introduce features and bugs, and then they squash them every week.
A stable distro like Debian will only update KDE once every ~2 years. If the version they use is full of bugs, you're stuck with it.
On the other hand you've got a DE like xfce that gets a release every few years, and the Devs make sure it's as reliable as possible to fit that stable release schedule.