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KDE is the most fully featured Linux DE, and it's leaps and bounds above Windows's (WAY better file manager, better launcher, more features, and even less bugs

KDE is the most fully featured Linux DE, and it's leaps and bounds above Windows's (WAY better file manager, better launcher, more features, and even less bugs somehow). The other day, my Windows 10's explorer.exe crashed when the file manager tried to load a directory, which is something that used to happen in Vista and hasn't happened in KDE for years IME.

demux 4y ago
Also shout out to KDE connect!
- wing-_-nuts 4y ago
  I've been trying to get kde connect working for about a month and I've yet to get to the point where my laptop and phone can actually 'see' each other even after whilelisting the ports in the firewall (or turning it completely off for that matter). FWIW I'm on Endevor OS (arch) with an xps 13 and a pixel 5a.
  - timbit42 4y ago
    Why would you need to make any changes to your firewall? Are you trying to use KDE Connect from outside of your LAN?
    - wing-_-nuts 4y ago
      No, it was just the main suggestion when I said I couldn't connect.
- shrimp_emoji 4y ago
  My favorite feature is KRunner -- a tiny on-screen program launcher, calculator, and dictionary (and more) all in one! :D
jamesgeck0 4y ago
> even less bugs somehow This is very far from my experience. I installed OpenSUSE Tumbleweed (recommended as one of the best KDE distros) at the beginning of 2022 and ran into a dozen KDE Plasma bugs within an hour. Stuff like panel widths resizing just because I clicked "customize," or widgets vanishing when I tried to drag them onto panels, or the bluetooth icon vanishing from the status bar until I restarted my session, or even the settings manager freezing up. The basic desktop worked well enough, but as soon as I started customizing it I ran into all sorts of paper-cut edge-case type bugs.
- shrimp_emoji 4y ago
  Dang. Contrary anecdata. >Stuff like panel widths resizing just because I clicked "customize," This can be finicky, I can confirm. >widgets vanishing when I tried to drag them onto panels Widgets are also finicky. I don't use them. But they're niche KDE things that you don't really have on other DEs anyway, so I don't count it as diminishing KDE as compared to other DEs. :p I've never used OpenSUSE, but, for what it's worth, I had tons of KDE crashes years ago when I used Ubuntu. I never had any on Manjaro or Arch, and I've used them for a few year now. My diagnosis there is that the rolling release model is paradoxically better than the point release model in terms of DE stability. I think that's the reason that KDE Neon is a thing (rolling DE updates atop regular Ubuntu). Tumbleweed is apparently a rolling release, though, so Iunno.
runjake 4y ago
Every default KDE install I've done comes with a default theme that is hideous and looks like it is designed by amateurs (I realize this is subjective, but it's also a fairly common complaint). However, I always hear people sing the praises of its stability. Is there a good theme/font/icon pack that you like that makes it look more polished without a lot of fussing on the end users' part?
- shrimp_emoji 4y ago
  Well, I'm not that picky about the look. I customize the theme, but I don't think about it too much. I use Breeze Dark with PlasmaXDark for window decorations. I also don't think it's looks bad, but that's me. But the DE, feature-wise, is so great compared to the others that it's like picking between a Volvo, a Model T, and several bicycles for my daily drive. The finish on the Volvo's dashboard is the least of my concerns; I'm just happy it's got AC.

demux 4y ago

Also shout out to KDE connect!

wing-_-nuts 4y ago
I've been trying to get kde connect working for about a month and I've yet to get to the point where my laptop and phone can actually 'see' each other even after whilelisting the ports in the firewall (or turning it completely off for that matter). FWIW I'm on Endevor OS (arch) with an xps 13 and a pixel 5a.
- timbit42 4y ago
  Why would you need to make any changes to your firewall? Are you trying to use KDE Connect from outside of your LAN?
  - wing-_-nuts 4y ago
    No, it was just the main suggestion when I said I couldn't connect.
shrimp_emoji 4y ago
My favorite feature is KRunner -- a tiny on-screen program launcher, calculator, and dictionary (and more) all in one! :D

jamesgeck0 4y ago

> even less bugs somehow This is very far from my experience. I installed OpenSUSE Tumbleweed (recommended as one of the best KDE distros) at the beginning of 2022 and ran into a dozen KDE Plasma bugs within an hour. Stuff like panel widths resizing just because I clicked "customize," or widgets vanishing when I tried to drag them onto panels, or the bluetooth icon vanishing from the status bar until I restarted my session, or even the settings manager freezing up. The basic desktop worked well enough, but as soon as I started customizing it I ran into all sorts of paper-cut edge-case type bugs.

shrimp_emoji 4y ago
Dang. Contrary anecdata. >Stuff like panel widths resizing just because I clicked "customize," This can be finicky, I can confirm. >widgets vanishing when I tried to drag them onto panels Widgets are also finicky. I don't use them. But they're niche KDE things that you don't really have on other DEs anyway, so I don't count it as diminishing KDE as compared to other DEs. :p I've never used OpenSUSE, but, for what it's worth, I had tons of KDE crashes years ago when I used Ubuntu. I never had any on Manjaro or Arch, and I've used them for a few year now. My diagnosis there is that the rolling release model is paradoxically better than the point release model in terms of DE stability. I think that's the reason that KDE Neon is a thing (rolling DE updates atop regular Ubuntu). Tumbleweed is apparently a rolling release, though, so Iunno.

runjake 4y ago

Every default KDE install I've done comes with a default theme that is hideous and looks like it is designed by amateurs (I realize this is subjective, but it's also a fairly common complaint). However, I always hear people sing the praises of its stability. Is there a good theme/font/icon pack that you like that makes it look more polished without a lot of fussing on the end users' part?

shrimp_emoji 4y ago
Well, I'm not that picky about the look. I customize the theme, but I don't think about it too much. I use Breeze Dark with PlasmaXDark for window decorations. I also don't think it's looks bad, but that's me. But the DE, feature-wise, is so great compared to the others that it's like picking between a Volvo, a Model T, and several bicycles for my daily drive. The finish on the Volvo's dashboard is the least of my concerns; I'm just happy it's got AC.