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I've been meaning to try KDE several times, but I can never get over its look, or the silly names for everything, like "Kontact" and "Kdenlive". I wish there w

I've been meaning to try KDE several times, but I can never get over its look, or the silly names for everything, like "Kontact" and "Kdenlive". I wish there was a project like elementary OS, which takes the tech of GNOME and applies its own theme, naming etc., but for KDE/Qt. (I know, I know, elementary is doing way more than just that.) If something like this exists, I'd love to try it out.

Symbiote 5y ago
KDE is probably the desktop environment with the widest range of themes. (I like the "K" names. They usually mean the application fully integrates with KDE.)
- gurkendoktor 5y ago
  I don't mind the K per se. It's great branding! But the specific apps shown on kde.org are Krita, Kdenlive (needs a pronunciation guide), Kontact (looks painfully asymmetric), Kdevelop, GCompris (needs an explanation, a pronunciation guide, and looks like GNOME branding). We don't have the same opinion on what looks good and what doesn't. That's fine - but I wish someone from "my side" had tried to build a KDE-based distro. I've found some KDE distros with alternative theming, but nothing that leans towards the elementary/Apple style.
  - Symbiote 5y ago
    KDE's theming support means you don't need a distribution to build anything, you install the themes yourself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX_gQTQLUZc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX_gQTQLUZc
    - gurkendoktor 5y ago
      Not bad, but right at 9:10 in the video, you have white text on a bright translucent background with terrible contrast (in the widget list). This is not an issue with this particular theme... Building a theme that looks great across the operating system, including common third-party apps, is an endless game of whack-a-mole that requires a dedicated team. I guess I wish Ubuntu had picked KDE as its replacement DE, I really liked their theme around 20.04, and they put a lot of work in the details (like just getting desktop icons back).

Symbiote 5y ago

KDE is probably the desktop environment with the widest range of themes. (I like the "K" names. They usually mean the application fully integrates with KDE.)

gurkendoktor 5y ago
I don't mind the K per se. It's great branding! But the specific apps shown on kde.org are Krita, Kdenlive (needs a pronunciation guide), Kontact (looks painfully asymmetric), Kdevelop, GCompris (needs an explanation, a pronunciation guide, and looks like GNOME branding). We don't have the same opinion on what looks good and what doesn't. That's fine - but I wish someone from "my side" had tried to build a KDE-based distro. I've found some KDE distros with alternative theming, but nothing that leans towards the elementary/Apple style.
- Symbiote 5y ago
  KDE's theming support means you don't need a distribution to build anything, you install the themes yourself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX_gQTQLUZc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX_gQTQLUZc
  - gurkendoktor 5y ago
    Not bad, but right at 9:10 in the video, you have white text on a bright translucent background with terrible contrast (in the widget list). This is not an issue with this particular theme... Building a theme that looks great across the operating system, including common third-party apps, is an endless game of whack-a-mole that requires a dedicated team. I guess I wish Ubuntu had picked KDE as its replacement DE, I really liked their theme around 20.04, and they put a lot of work in the details (like just getting desktop icons back).