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16 years ago, I switched from Windows XP to SUSE Linux as my desktop OS. The desktop manager was KDE. (I think I had a choice between Gnome and KDE at that time

16 years ago, I switched from Windows XP to SUSE Linux as my desktop OS. The desktop manager was KDE. (I think I had a choice between Gnome and KDE at that time, and KDE was the more-supported option). It worked great. I managed to keep it as my primary OS for a couple years until I got an iMac. Just this year I installed Ubuntu on an Intel NUC, and was flabbergasted at how spartan the new Gnome is. KDE a long time ago was more polished and exposed more settings to me than this abomination almost 2 decades later. Maybe it's nostalgia or something, but I just can't shake the feeling that to "solve" problems, desktop environment providers just rip features out. UIs keep sacrificing functionality on the alter of simplicity, to the point where I'm not sure what the point of a desktop environment is anymore. Might as well go bare-bones window manager and control my system exclusively through the terminal.

Symbiote 6y ago
KDE still has most of the features it had 20 years ago, and has added many more. I've been using it since 2003, and currently on a NUC. Why not use KDE? Kubuntu is an "apt install kubuntu-desktop" away. (Double check that.)
- function_seven 6y ago
  I'm using the NUC to host a VM instance of Home Assistant, and run a PostgreSQL instance outside the VM for logging (What HA calls "recorder"). I don't work within it on a daily basis. I probably VNC into it once a month or less, just to apply updates or troubleshoot any issues. It's stable so I'm not keen on mucking about with any non-default packages. I seem to get myself tangled up a lot more lately whenever I decide to make any changes to a running system.[0] But who am I kidding? I'm sure I'll have some free time one of these days and decide to give KDE a shot. [0] https://xkcd.com/349/ https://xkcd.com/349/
ubercow13 6y ago
You're not wrong, KDE3 was something of a high point for personal computing.

Symbiote 6y ago

KDE still has most of the features it had 20 years ago, and has added many more. I've been using it since 2003, and currently on a NUC. Why not use KDE? Kubuntu is an "apt install kubuntu-desktop" away. (Double check that.)

function_seven 6y ago
I'm using the NUC to host a VM instance of Home Assistant, and run a PostgreSQL instance outside the VM for logging (What HA calls "recorder"). I don't work within it on a daily basis. I probably VNC into it once a month or less, just to apply updates or troubleshoot any issues. It's stable so I'm not keen on mucking about with any non-default packages. I seem to get myself tangled up a lot more lately whenever I decide to make any changes to a running system.[0] But who am I kidding? I'm sure I'll have some free time one of these days and decide to give KDE a shot. [0] https://xkcd.com/349/ https://xkcd.com/349/

ubercow13 6y ago

You're not wrong, KDE3 was something of a high point for personal computing.