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I would have worded this a bit different than you did. But I too have shyed away from fedora the last few years. I'm primarily a KDE user but I guess now is a

I would have worded this a bit different than you did. But I too have shyed away from fedora the last few years. I'm primarily a KDE user but I guess now is a good time to try fedora again if I get some time. (On my test vm now: latest Ubuntu with gnome. Also hoping to give solus/budgie a little more time.)

jmnicolas 9y ago
Please don't do this to yourself : I tried Fedora 25 KDE a few weeks ago and it was the buggiest POS I ever ran on my PC. Just customizing the taskbar gave me a black screen that even a reboot didn't solve. For the record Fedora Gnome was rock stable on the same machine. The only reason I didn't keep it is that I need what I call a 'pinnable taskbar' (like Windows 7). If you really want KDE you could try KDE Neon, still a bit buggy for my taste but at least it's usable. After a few more distros I settled on Mint Cinnamon. Not bad but frankly I miss Windows.
- reitanqild 9y ago
  Ok, you seem to have the same taste as me. I'm currently on KDE Neon at home and at work until I switched jobs a couple of months ago and I also liked Mint Cinnamon a lot.
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- jburgess777 9y ago
  I have used Fedora + KDE for the past 5 years. Yes there are occasional issues but they are normally common to all distros which happen to use the same combination of components. For me, I ran into a regression with compositing: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=354146 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=354146 After I disabled the desktop effects Fedora 25 was rock solid. I haven't upgraded to F26, I normally wait a week or two to shake out any big issues.
- brendaningram 9y ago
  You can use the "Dash to Panel" extension in Gnome to provide a Windows 7 like bottom panel. I discovered it recently, and it has made my Gnome experience 1000x better.
- yrio 9y ago
  Other than the "Dash to Panel" extension mentioned by another user, you can also use the "Dash to Dock" extension to get pinnable taskbar (can be set to always visible / auto hide). I no longer use them though (to get more screen space)

jmnicolas 9y ago

Please don't do this to yourself : I tried Fedora 25 KDE a few weeks ago and it was the buggiest POS I ever ran on my PC. Just customizing the taskbar gave me a black screen that even a reboot didn't solve. For the record Fedora Gnome was rock stable on the same machine. The only reason I didn't keep it is that I need what I call a 'pinnable taskbar' (like Windows 7). If you really want KDE you could try KDE Neon, still a bit buggy for my taste but at least it's usable. After a few more distros I settled on Mint Cinnamon. Not bad but frankly I miss Windows.

reitanqild 9y ago
Ok, you seem to have the same taste as me. I'm currently on KDE Neon at home and at work until I switched jobs a couple of months ago and I also liked Mint Cinnamon a lot.
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jburgess777 9y ago
I have used Fedora + KDE for the past 5 years. Yes there are occasional issues but they are normally common to all distros which happen to use the same combination of components. For me, I ran into a regression with compositing: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=354146 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=354146 After I disabled the desktop effects Fedora 25 was rock solid. I haven't upgraded to F26, I normally wait a week or two to shake out any big issues.
brendaningram 9y ago
You can use the "Dash to Panel" extension in Gnome to provide a Windows 7 like bottom panel. I discovered it recently, and it has made my Gnome experience 1000x better.
yrio 9y ago
Other than the "Dash to Panel" extension mentioned by another user, you can also use the "Dash to Dock" extension to get pinnable taskbar (can be set to always visible / auto hide). I no longer use them though (to get more screen space)