I like gnome
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I admire your bravery to admit such a thing. You're a fool, but a brave fool.
I also really like GNOME and was a diehard for a loong while but god damn Plasma6 is amazing and I don't know if I can go back to GNOME. I swear KDE went from being one of the worst examples of UI (UX was always alright) design to one of the best.
Gnome I customize once, take a day, have some fun, and I'm done. Kde I customize at least once everyday. and always want to change something because of how simple it is to move/add/change stuff. I end up spending more time customizing than using my pc. I'll prob swap back to kde at some point, but gnome extensions just remind me of cydia and feel good to use. I like opinionated extensions that ppl have ppl have put thought and development time in to, like the extensions are usually intutive and have gone through a lot of testing to get to they layout that they have. They just work.
I feel you completely. A long while back now I was really into tiling window managers and all that stuff but I'd never actually do anything with my computer because I was always tweaking things
Imma throw hands, respect my gnomies.
FUCK
pointless fighting
ALL MY HOMIES
recognize that choice is good and what works for some folk wonβt work for others. some people want a highly polished experience right out of the box, even if it canβt be customized a ton, and thatβs fine. some devs want a UI toolkit that is solid, polished and guarantees that your app will look the same no matter the userβs environment, and thatβs fine.
(i use KDE btw)
I really don't like gnome personally but I'm glad it exists cause other people canlike things I don't
My problem is people keep infecting the world with software designed with Gnome's "Mac with Meningitis" style sheet.
Upvoted solely for "Mac with Meningitis"
I mean GNOME is.....fine. I don't use it, because if I wanted something that chewed up 3-5GB of RAM I'd just run Windows, but if you like GNOME, you do you.
This is Linux. It's all about choice. Run what you like. It's your goddamn computer. And that's what we all love together.
Gnome uses around 1.6GB on my machine and runs a bit smoother than KDE (although last time I tested was 2Β½ years ago; so that may no longer be the case. I'm on a 240Hz panel aswell, so my experience may not be applicable to most users).
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I hate GNOME not because it looks bad (though some parts do) but because of their ways of doing stuff. Best example imo is libadwaita and client side decorations.
For people who don't know what libadwaita means here - GNOME by default does not support one of the most common way gui apps do tray icons, you need an extension for it (which is obviously pre-installed by many distros).
Cuz who needs a tray
I will never understand why users don't like client side decorations. I get why developers might dislike it. But the title bar is Gnome is functional.
I love KDE but every window having a big, windows 95 ass, useless bar doing nothing but wasting screen space feels so old and clunky. No one needs that much handle on a window.
This, so much this!
I'm a simple guy. Give me a working Cinnamon and I'm happy.
Kde looks unpolished. Always reminds me of windows.
I don't know why, but gnome is just attractive in a way that makes me want to suck gnome dick
"Unpolished" and "like Windows 7" is exactly what I want. I don't want to be distracted by my DE, it should just work.
Theres enough people who say the get lost in customization instead of use but hey if it works for you, you do you!
Baffling opinion
When is the last time you tried KDE?
I think 2023?
Strongly recommend you try Plasma 6.
Even the early release candidates were extremely polished. It's an entirely different ball game.
Sure, I'll take a look :)
In times like these when lots of people who have only ever known Windows are looking for a new place to land with minimal friction, "reminds me of Windows" is a good thing.
They explicitly banned AI generated code from their extensions if that skews your mind.
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Both are meh. I wanted to love KDE but it always lets me down. Cinnamon has been great, running a fedora spin with it now. Sway has been calling my name tho.
Gnome apps are better than KDE apps. GParted vs partition manager, for example. Dolphin sucks eggs next to Nemo too.
Just my incorrect opinions obviously. Use the stuff ya like.
EDIT: Iβd avoid bazzite in general. They have great marketing and it works. But as an Immutable distro, aka read-only, it can give inexperienced users unique challenges to learning Linux. Caveats apply obviously and if you like it and itβs working for you thatβs rad too. Iβm a cranky bitch but Iβm all about people enjoying their stuff to the max in their own way. And the more nerds using Linux the merrier.
I stick with X over Wayland but Iβm an nvidia loser. Iβm on fedora but would not recommend it to someone just starting out. Same with straight up Debian or arch. Theyβre all great if you know what youβre doing. But distros exist for a reason.
CachyOS/EndeavorOs. Rock on. I loved these and theyβre my fallback if fedora or lmde makes me mad or I want need arch for some homelab thing. Iβm weary of the AUR though, making arch kinda pointless for me.
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Fucking love KDE dude. Plasma6 is my jam.
Cinnamon is where it is at. Also, I am happy you found something you like. π
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too big but consistent paddings vs. compact but inconsistent paddings
using sway btw.
I always look at the "gang signs" they make with total confusion. These ones are all different. I was even trying to see if they were spelling something.
I know a fair bit of gang signs. From left to right you have P, L, A, S, M and A.
Konqi is my favorite dragon
I've just switched to KDE and it's great, but it has about the same amount of cons as gnome.
I gave Cosmic a go recently and it's great, but not quite ready yet. I think in a few updates time, I'll be switching. It's kind of like a cross-over of gnome and KDE and addresses a lot of the long standing pain points of both.
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I don't hate GNOME but I dislike GTK a lot
I've been bashing my head against sway for days I just wanna go back to i3 π
I used to be all about KDE since it had all the newest gizmos and doodads. But then I switched to Gnome because I preferred having my shit actually work more than 60% of the time. Function > Form.
KDE is pretty enough that I'm willing to put up with my decade-old laptop freezing every time I switch windows
Cinnamon is reliable enough that I'm willing to put up with it being kinda ugly on my desktop PC
I still don't know enough about Linux to have any opinions deeper than aesthetic differences
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