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Don't forget the OG KDE mascot Kandalf
Is it really most popular?
It's not more stable than plasma surely, at least when user does any customization.
Simplicity is questionable, unless simple means 'unlearn everything and do it our way'.
For a long time it was. KDE kind of exploded themselves back around version 4. GNOME made huge inroads while the KDE Dev team's got their shit sorted. Main DE to the flagship general user distribution etc. It's just a fact. And not gonna lie I still have fond memories of GNOME 2.
But the KDE team really put their time in and cooked. It isn't perfect. But the over all polish shows. Not to mention its been snowballing lately. I have my whole family on plasma 6 right now. It's familiar as it needs to be, stable and mostly intuitive. It's just so good. In fact my only gripe right now is a niche Wayland issue and not DE related.
I just randomly tried KDE recently and made the swap from Linux Mint to Kubuntu a week ago. Definitely agree on the polish factor, everything just feels great with KDE and I've been pretty happy
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yea, gnome is "more popular". doesn't mean it's "better", just that it's the default environment for some of the most widely-used distributions.
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XFCE: including it in the meme is bloat
We all know that the real MVP is Xenia
Did the Gnome people ever figure out how to put icons on the desktop yet?
There's an extension that lets you do that. Once a week it breaks and makes icons appear over other windows.
That sums up my experience with Ubuntu Gnome.
Icons on the desktop is a non-feature for most gnome users. Even my Windows desktop has been empty since XP released. If you really want desktop icons then using an extension for that should be fine, but it's silly to frame this as a failing of the "Gnome people" just because Gnome doesn't replicate the classic Windows desktop experience.
I have icons on my desktop, icons in my taskbar, and of course the menu. taskbar, always there, one click, boom! second tier apps, desktop, less used stuff, open menu.
I use KDE BTW
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Jesus it was pissing me off since 2017. I left Gnome in favor of KDE in 2019 You're telling me you still can't make a shortcut like a human being???
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Yeah dont love how kiki the squirel looks like a child in a bikini wtf.
I see someone wants to run for president
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On other news, KDE works, and Gnome doesnt; so that koncludes it for me
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I really don't want online accounts integration in my DE though. I must admit that I fail to see what good that could do.
I must admit that I fail to see what good that could do.
In theory the one place where you can enter your Nextcloud or whatever credentials and syncing for calendar, mails, file storage ect. happens automatically everywhere after confirming which services should connect.
It's not my personal must have feature but when it works, it's alright.
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Amateurs
These are only the safe ones, you coward!
Another reason why Linux fanboys are so silly.
It's just whether you grew up / are more comfortable using Windows or Mac.
I grew up on Mac OS. My first laptop was the classic translucent blue clamshell iBook running OS X Cheetah. So when I first tried Linux, I used Gnome.
I switched to Windows when I got into gaming. But then when I got a Steam Deck, I decided to finally make the change. So now I'm much more comfortable using KDE.
QED.
Idk how true that is, I grew up using exclusively macOS for 15 years, then I got my own pc with windows on it and used it for a few years before switching to Linux, KDE is easily my favorite
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I like Gnome. I like KDE, too. I actually think they're both great, in their own ways, but I personally prefer Gnome.
I use KDE on desktop and Gnome with a bunch of extensions on laptop because it has good touchscreen support
I've only used KDE until recently because it's pretty familiar feeling after coming from windows, but my wife recently put gnome on her laptop and she loves it. I've used it a bit, and besides just being unfamiliar I do actually like it.
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I definitely prefer MacOS-style desktop design, so I lean in favor of Gnome. I often use Ubuntu solely because their take on Gnome is super clean and attractive to me.
The dash. What the fuck? It would be a cool option, but I like the dock, and the extension for that doesn't work properly for me.
If you're gonna rip off MacOS then rip it off.
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Konqi nooooo ๐ญ
I guess I like KDE plasma now
In case you're wondering, there are 31 explicit entries that has Konqi tag on e621.
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Lol, no, gvfs is love-hate. Especially with network drives.
I really wish they replaced KIO with something new or make it actually mount network shares similar to gvfs, this is ridiculous itโs still like that after all those years
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KDE got around to updating the theme Kpersonalizer.
Original for those who don't remember what it was like:
Jokes aside: I love KDE. Gnome is an idea that would work if you could actually do anything with it (maybe always adding extensions means they should you know make it functional).
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