KDE is easier to pare down/minimize due to it's classical componentized structure ("KFrameworks"). It's really hard to do the same with gnome-shell, without ei

KDE is easier to pare down/minimize due to it's classical componentized structure ("KFrameworks"). It's really hard to do the same with gnome-shell, without either forking it or writing a replacement. Not that the latter is a bad thing, necessarily, gnome wants to provide a cohesive experience. That just doesn't fit in as much for environments trying to go against that vision (Pop_OS!, SteamOS, etc).