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The linked DE is specifically a fork of a DE from 2002[0], so that would be why it looks like a DE from the 2000s. I imagine anyone wanting to use something lik
by chrysoprace 3y ago
The linked DE is specifically a fork of a DE from 2002[0], so that would be why it looks like a DE from the 2000s. I imagine anyone wanting to use something like this has a fair bit of nostalgia for that style.
KDE Plasma[1] is the more modern-looking solution, but the aim of the DE is to do one thing well: provide a solid desktop environment. The stock styles look okay but can be customized in almost any way you like.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Desktop_Environment_3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Desktop_Environment_3
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE_Plasma_5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE_Plasma_5
- PuercoPop 3y ago> a fork of a DE from 2002 Not 2002, 2008. Trinity was forked after KDE3 was EOL. I'm curious if they are keeping DCOP alive or have they embraced dbus?
- badsectoracula 3y agoFrom a quick check it seems to use DCOP.
- deaddodo 3y agoAnd, like it or not, KDE Plasma is hardly something from the 90s/00s. It's conservative in breaking some old paradigms (something Windows is also guilty of and what many of it's users enjoy), but it's interface, features and capabilities are decidedly modern.
- cout 3y agoThe problem I have with plasma is that it's easily configurable but not easily extensible. I have tried multiple times to write a widget to run on the panel, but QML is so different from traditional Qt that I haven't been able to make sense of it yet. Why can't I just write I widget in PyQt and have it run without learning something completely new?
- lelanthran 3y agoI agree with your point in general, but to be fair in this particular, situation, QML is very very close to existing stuff as opposed to being something completely new Think of it as JavaScript with different Qt widgets.