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Would you rate KDE (Plasma) better?

cosmojg 5y ago
Yes. Not only does it run better, but it's also a better managed project.
LeoPanthera 5y ago
I use Plasma. Of all the DEs it is probably the most buggy, but I continue to use it because it is the only one that doesn't force an ideology onto me. It is so insanely configurable that you can make it whatever you want. It's also still mouse-first, and has not been redesigning itself for touch screens.
- blinkingled 5y ago
  Not sure if you have tried recent versions of Plasma but they have made a great deal of progress on all fronts including fixing a lot of bugs. I don't encounter any on day to day basis on Tumbleweed which gets you the latest version.
  - LeoPanthera 5y ago
    I am in fact running Tumbleweed as well. Maybe it's just because I don't live in the happy path but I still encounter bugs daily.
    - blinkingled 5y ago
      To be fair I have just learned to ignore minor and even some bigger ones that have workarounds - my task bar is right now showing the speaker on every app's icon even though only FF is playing YT - I noticed I ignored it until I decided to look for problems lol! What I meant was crashes, freezes, data loss, things just not working type of things are rarer now a days and I personally will much rather take the remaining bugs instead of spending a ton of money and subjecting myself to Apple's whims or Windows advertising.
  - Narishma 5y ago
    Here's a small one I encounter on a daily basis on Tumbleweed: the update notifications scrolling is broken. It scrolls the list of updates super slowly and goes back to the top when it reaches the end instead of just stopping. Another small one: I've set the panel to auto-hide. It works fine for the most part but occasionally it will stay visible until I minimize and restore any window.
    - blinkingled 5y ago
      Yep I remember the auto hide bug happening to me on smaller screen some time ago - now a days I work on big monitors mostly and don't need to auto hide it.
    - Vogtinator 5y ago
      openSUSE and Plasma developer here. I haven't heard of the issue with the scrolling before, is there a bug report? > Another small one: I've set the panel to auto-hide. It works fine for the most part but occasionally it will stay visible until I minimize and restore any window. I've had that as well, but only on X11. I've switched to Wayland some years ago, and never got around to debug that.
- troyvit 5y ago
  The only nit I'd pick is that while it might be mouse-first KDE is also amazingly usable and configurable via keyboard, especially for a DE that looks so vanilla out of the box.
anthk 5y ago
It's good, but I'd prefer XFCE as a balance between minimalism and functionality. I use fluxbox + rox but XFCE would the closest DE to my setup.

Yes. Not only does it run better, but it's also a better managed project.

I use Plasma. Of all the DEs it is probably the most buggy, but I continue to use it because it is the only one that doesn't force an ideology onto me. It is so insanely configurable that you can make it whatever you want. It's also still mouse-first, and has not been redesigning itself for touch screens.

blinkingled 5y ago
Not sure if you have tried recent versions of Plasma but they have made a great deal of progress on all fronts including fixing a lot of bugs. I don't encounter any on day to day basis on Tumbleweed which gets you the latest version.
- LeoPanthera 5y ago
  I am in fact running Tumbleweed as well. Maybe it's just because I don't live in the happy path but I still encounter bugs daily.
  - blinkingled 5y ago
    To be fair I have just learned to ignore minor and even some bigger ones that have workarounds - my task bar is right now showing the speaker on every app's icon even though only FF is playing YT - I noticed I ignored it until I decided to look for problems lol! What I meant was crashes, freezes, data loss, things just not working type of things are rarer now a days and I personally will much rather take the remaining bugs instead of spending a ton of money and subjecting myself to Apple's whims or Windows advertising.
- Narishma 5y ago
  Here's a small one I encounter on a daily basis on Tumbleweed: the update notifications scrolling is broken. It scrolls the list of updates super slowly and goes back to the top when it reaches the end instead of just stopping. Another small one: I've set the panel to auto-hide. It works fine for the most part but occasionally it will stay visible until I minimize and restore any window.
  - blinkingled 5y ago
    Yep I remember the auto hide bug happening to me on smaller screen some time ago - now a days I work on big monitors mostly and don't need to auto hide it.
  - Vogtinator 5y ago
    openSUSE and Plasma developer here. I haven't heard of the issue with the scrolling before, is there a bug report? > Another small one: I've set the panel to auto-hide. It works fine for the most part but occasionally it will stay visible until I minimize and restore any window. I've had that as well, but only on X11. I've switched to Wayland some years ago, and never got around to debug that.
troyvit 5y ago
The only nit I'd pick is that while it might be mouse-first KDE is also amazingly usable and configurable via keyboard, especially for a DE that looks so vanilla out of the box.

anthk 5y ago

It's good, but I'd prefer XFCE as a balance between minimalism and functionality. I use fluxbox + rox but XFCE would the closest DE to my setup.