Weirdly, I love KDE, but kinda hate the look of KDE apps. Don’t ask why.
I’m the same. I like the workflow of Plasma, I just find it more practical, but Gnome actually feels like an OS made this century. All the KDE software just feels like it was made in the early 00s and since then it’s just been getting hotfixes to keep it going. I wish they’d just abandon a bunch of their projects and stop spreading themselves so thin.
GNOME apps to me all few like tech demos that look cool but aren't very useful because there will always be a deal breaker of a missinf feature or behavior you can't change
Normally there are different groups of people working on different things. So those that are working on one thing probably aren't interested in working on anything else.
The default theme could be better but you can customise a lot of it. Or you can wait for the current trend of rounded borders to end and KDE will be ahead of the curve.
KDE has its origins in being ‘like Windows, but with way more shit to fiddle with’. And since Windows was never good about design, and other KDE predecessors like CDE looked even worse, KDE didn't have a good example from which to learn.
In contrast, Gnome 2 was very obviously inspired by MacOS, and Apple's designers actually knew about the principles of grouping and such basic design stuff that MS never properly learned. Apple spent ages on adjusting the looks of the apps, which I guess Gnome borrowed to some extent.
What is the cause?
this being possible is madness. And I’m not sure, but I think it would look better with a bit more padding by default. (Less than gnome though)
This pic is art, it belongs in a crime art museum!
Hm never thought about it, but now that you mention it, I feel the same. Mostly using non-KDE apps with a few exceptions like Spectacle and Konsole
What about dolphin tho?
Ok, no hate (and with all appreciation for the community due), but since Gnome 3 that's really how I see it. Perfectly ok but a teletubby.
Is there a GUI environment that will turn my desktop into the stupid, goofy virtual reality space a lot of movies in the 90s showed off as being "the future of computing?" 🤔
I want to build a computer that just mimics the stupid hollywood vision of computers from that time because it would be fun and make me laugh.
Not exactly the same but just saw this in another thread: https://a.hollywood.computer/
lmao
I wanna run this on a laptop while in a public place.
For me KDE6 has broken workspaces and thag is unacceptable. Gnome just works (after installing 20 extensions)
I've only just switched to KDE in the last 6 months or so, how did workspaces used to work?
I haven’t had any issues. Are you conflating the switch from X11 to Wayland with Workspaces, or do you have a problem with the multi-monitor support in 6.6?
I have no idea. I just dipped my toes into KDE again this weekend. This isn't going to sound good for Gnome but a gdm3 update on debian sid broke it. Needed a desktop so i tried KDE again. Everything i can find seems to indicate I should be able to switch desktops by holding super and scrolling or hitting a number but i can't. I can get to workspaces if i move cursor to top left. Though those might be something called "activites" since they are sandboxes from each other.
Other than that I have KDE on steamdeck and "steam machine" connected to tv and its fine because i rarely use it for anything other than web browsing anything else I need to do on those are more easily done via ssh. I've never attempted to use workspaces on either since they are more gaming/video devices for me.
Oh! The setting you are looking for is called “Virtual Desktops.” They aren’t created dynamically, but are meant to be created and configured for different workflows so they are always there. You just need to add some!
Add new ones from System Settings / Virtual Desktops. Once you have some created, you will have a grid of desktops you can switch between using Super + Ctrl + Arrows or by using the Pager widget.
there's a few 3d file browsers. i remember there was one like Doom where you could walk around rooms (dirs) and shoot files to delete them
I've always dreamed of silly but cool interfaces like this! Awesome!
... Now link it to HomeAssistant and you really can use it to toggle door locks! :p
Not quite what you're asking, but xfce has a Chicago 95 mod to make it look like win95.
I've been using Mint Cinnamon for years and after having used Plasma on a number of different setups Mint feels so antiquated. It's not even close, Plasma is far superior. It's so much more modern and snappy feeling and you can do so much more with it if you want. Cinnamon makes you have to figure to look in applet settings to then find the setting to modify the start menu. So unintuitive. Among a bunch of other examples I could give
This is why when people tell me that Linux Mint is user-friendly, I usually assume they don't use it themselves.
Compiz and Wayfire:
Oh god, I reinstalled debian a bunch of times friday/saturday.
I ended up on gnome twice, once because I didn't unmark anything properly, and a second time just to see what the unspecified debian UI would look like.
I disliked/managed to use it before. Now it's so fucking macified it makes me want to vomit.
KDE is great! (In screenshots.)
Real talk I've tried to use KDE several times now and I just can't vibe with it.
Hint: :q!
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