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I have been a interested onlooker for > 10 years. As a programmer, KDE always seemed and still seems awesome and ahead of GNOME, API wise. As a user, KDE alway
by jacobush 8y ago
I have been a interested onlooker for > 10 years. As a programmer, KDE always seemed and still seems awesome and ahead of GNOME, API wise.
As a user, KDE always felt like an annoying blinkenlight kitchensink where everything could be modified. Gnome started out a little bit like that (with config files) but settled into a mediocre but unsurprising and thus stable and useful environment.
- SmirkingRevenge 8y agoThis has been true for me as well. KDE always looks awesome from afar. For a long time, I would get pretty excited about the fanfare for its next release, thinking this will be the one that hooks me, for sure. Then I actually use it, and its a giant, sloppy mess. I always appreciate the gnome team's drive to simplify and reduce, after I try KDE (though I agree with many, in that they go too far sometimes).
- dwdz 8y agoExactly my experience.
- ddoolin 8y agoHow do you feel about Plasma? I used to feel this way prior but now I feel like Plasma is just way ahead in default UX.
- jacobush 8y agoI fell to the dark side. (Mac.) Haven't tried it all.
- KozmoNau7 8y agoYou should give KDE Neon a go. It's Ubuntu LTS with the latest KDE, so you've got a stable base with a current UI on top. KDE4 drove me over to Cinnamon (Linux Mint) for a while, but I'm back on KDE5/Plasma, and I've realized I should have gone back earlier. It's tight, streamlined and has a pleasantly small base install that doesn't get in your way with badly chosen default apps.