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Running Plasma instead of Gnome for the first time in years (lemmy.world)
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Trying Plasma for a bit to see how green the grass is as a longtime Gnome user. The last time I ran Plasma on my main desktop was version 5.11, I think? It's been a while...

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[-] crossdl@leminal.space 5 points 2 months ago

I think that's the window environment on SteamOS. I honestly really enjoy it on my Deck. It feels light and fresh.

[-] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

How is it??

I last used it a little while back but there were some issues with polish. I'd like to come back and check it out again now that there's been a major update if I remember right

I love the GNOME user experience and apps (I know many don't, that's fine) but don't so much love the way GNOME as a project often struggles to play nicely with others ๐Ÿ˜…

[-] idefix@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

How is it? Well it feels like an environment where developers actually care about users. I love it.

[-] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Happy for y'all! I'll have to give it a try again sometime soon

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[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

been meaning to try it again forever now

[-] atmur@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Definitely worth a try, especially if it's been a few years since you've last played with it.

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[-] Sarcasmo220@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

The couple of times I have decided to switch to Plasma I somehow get pulled back to GNOME. Like, I tried out earlier Plasma 5 on my system76 laptop and then s76 announced Pop!_OS. Then I tried again when I came across Nitrux which was essentially a heavily customized Plasma. Then I got a Librem 5 which uses phosh, based on GNOME.

I really liked it though, and have thought about trying Plasma Mobile.

[-] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

How close to plasma is Cinnamon?

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[-] Seven@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

Got used to the Steam OS Desktop on my steam deck. I used Ubuntu a decade ago and went with Kubuntu on my gaming rig which wonโ€™t support windows 11 but I wanted the same desktop like my steam deck.

More than 6 months and no regrets. Since 24.10 you even get wayland natively. Even my old NVIDIA 1080 Ti works good.

[-] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

What do you think so far?

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