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I run Plasma on all my desktops (you must have anticipated this comment, hah). I avoided KDE until a couple years ago because its performance was always atrocio
by dTal 7y ago
I run Plasma on all my desktops (you must have anticipated this comment, hah). I avoided KDE until a couple years ago because its performance was always atrocious for me, even on high end machines. But when I gave it another go, I was blown away - this, right here, is the Premium Desktop Linux Experience(tm). And more than anything else, where it shines is its thoughtful approach to human factors. You can see that every aspect of the system has been subjected to the question "is this pleasant to use? how can we make it better?" And, wonderful relief, it's also fast and light now. Since I've instituted a Qt-first policy when choosing apps, and themed everything the same, Qt and GTK, I've had a superbly consistent look and feel as well.
KDE deserves its mindshare back - there is nothing else like it on Linux today.
- Fnoord 7y agoI know it is a loaded comment, but I genuinely wonder: how does KDE compare with GNOME these days? I'm familiar with GNOME 3.34.
- jrepinc 7y agoIn my opinion, it is faster, more light-weight, and at the same time has more features and is more customizable so you can set it up the way you want to work with. In my opinion it is the best desktop currently available on computers even ahead quite a bit compared to commercial ones.
- olavgg 7y agoI agree, KDE Plasma 5 is really awesome. It is fast, flexible, looks great and is by far the most stable desktop enviroment I have ever used, including all Windows versions and OSX.
- pzone 7y agoThe main downside is that it is buggy. This includes KDE's slow crawl toward Wayland support. I love KDE's features but accept I will be experiencing more resets with Plasma than even buggy Windows Explorer.
- Fnoord 7y agoThanks. I decided to install Arch Linux for the first time in my life (over 20 years of Linux usage), and give KDE a try once more.