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> You can run GTK applications under KDE (and Qt under Gnome) iff you install the other runtime. When you do, you’re using twice as much disk space, more memory

> You can run GTK applications under KDE (and Qt under Gnome) iff you install the other runtime. When you do, you’re using twice as much disk space, more memory (due to less sharing), and now have twice as many DE-related vulnerabilities on your machine. IMHO, it’s not ideal. Who cares? That's an extremely nerd/purist sort of concern -- technically true, practically the vast majority of users won't care if it works well enough. Eg, right now I have KDE running, and on top of that there's Firefox, Steam, VS Code and Discord, none of which quite looks like KDE. All of those run on Windows, which creates exactly the same situation. Discord looks like Discord, not like a native Windows app.

LarryMullins 4y ago
> none of which quite looks like KDE. Indeed, the biggest issue with using a mix of GUI frameworks is the inconsistent styling. But anybody who's used desktop Linux for long has either made peace with this, or endeavored to unify their styling. Either way, it's not a problem for the application developer to worry about.
- dale_glass 4y ago
  Or Windows. Windows isn't even 100% consistent in style in regards to what you get out of the box, with multiple generations of old stuff always poking out somewhere. And even MS apps have long invented their own UI -- Office has long brought its own particular controls. And the moment you install almost anything, any semblance of consistency goes out of the window. At least GTK and KDE are two common, polished styles. For a long time it was a fashion for every random app, including technical things like antiviruses to have some sort of goofy, customized UI toolkit with irregular shaped windows. (https://i.imgur.com/P3Vu11W.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/P3Vu11W.jpeg)
  - seba_dos1 4y ago
    Funny how even that goofy shield has retained a dedicated and distinct title bar with window controls that looked almost like all the other title bars.

LarryMullins 4y ago

> none of which quite looks like KDE. Indeed, the biggest issue with using a mix of GUI frameworks is the inconsistent styling. But anybody who's used desktop Linux for long has either made peace with this, or endeavored to unify their styling. Either way, it's not a problem for the application developer to worry about.

dale_glass 4y ago
Or Windows. Windows isn't even 100% consistent in style in regards to what you get out of the box, with multiple generations of old stuff always poking out somewhere. And even MS apps have long invented their own UI -- Office has long brought its own particular controls. And the moment you install almost anything, any semblance of consistency goes out of the window. At least GTK and KDE are two common, polished styles. For a long time it was a fashion for every random app, including technical things like antiviruses to have some sort of goofy, customized UI toolkit with irregular shaped windows. (https://i.imgur.com/P3Vu11W.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/P3Vu11W.jpeg)
- seba_dos1 4y ago
  Funny how even that goofy shield has retained a dedicated and distinct title bar with window controls that looked almost like all the other title bars.