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I like gnome and it's philosophy π¬
There's plenty of "customizability" friendly options out there. I like how gnome isn't afraid to break things to improve
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This made me laugh more than it should have. It perfectly captures how we all try to be neutral⦠until that one preference slips out. Classic moment.
I like gnome DE, I dislike the arrogance of the project team.
My straw was the login-to-exposΓ© thing.
I prefer the default gnome experience to the default kde experience.
I also prefer the styling of most gnome apps, and actively dislike kde apps styling.
Gnome is less customizable, but customizable enough for what I want.
I'm also biased, because I was using Ubuntu since it came out, up until a few years ago π€·ββοΈ
I'm also biased, because I was using Ubuntu since it came out, up until a few years ago π€·ββοΈ
Yes. Same here. I'll complain about pain points in Gnome all day, but I owe the various gnome contributors many thanks. Gnome has been a more than good enough daily driver for me plenty of times.
I love GNOME but I found the default usage pattern aligned very well for laptops. And I don't mind they only implement finalized Wayland protocols. But Wayland moves so slow!
I use KDE on in my normal desktop because I want VRR and HDR for gaming. I like KDE but its default theme still looks rough around the edges and it has random bugs and kwin crashes when gaming and sometimes on resume.
Both have things I like and things I don't like and I wish I could take the best from both.
I like Cosmic DE a lot because of this. It feels light, efficient, and smooth like KDE. But it feels coherent, consistent, and laptop friendly like Gnome.
... But Cosmic still feels a bit too incomplete for me to daily.
I prefer GNOME for the UX but I do appreciate KDE's customization and settings. KDE seems more unstable though, I've had plenty of crashes from it vs GNOME
I do not know if this is a hardware thing but KDE has not been unstable for years.
π€·ββοΈ it seems good at recovering from crashes except for Dolphin
I'm a gnomer.
I tried gnome once at the start of my Linux adventures and I couldn't figure out how to do most stuff as it seems really counter intuitive to me. I tried extensions to fix it and they just didn't work or broke and trying to install the extensions was a problem for me too. Idk it's just seems broken to me in a lot of ways
Then I tried another distro with basic life and it was easy and I didnt need to install anything extra because it was already all there.
Also why the fuck does gnome and Ubuntu have a app drawer take up the whole fucking screen. I'm on a computer not a tablet or phone. I just need a start menu like kde has. Its simple small and easily accessible when other apps are open
I like Gnome's apps, and I think I would install Gnome on any non-techie user's computer.
But for myself ? I want all the options ! So I use KDE. Probably going to switch to a tiling WM, I'd like my whole desktop experience use tmux shortcuts, basically.
At some point gonna do the same. Which tiling manager are you looking at?
Gnome and KDE both suck but in opposite ways. Want to change a behavior in Gnome? Well you better hope there's an extension for that. Want to change a behavior in KDE? Sure. Good luck finding the fucking setting for it though. XFCE and Cinnamon are where it's at. We also give a pass to MATE.
NOTE: These are my personal opinions and not a personal attack on you if you enjoy Gnome/KDE. Freedom of choice! π
Gnome is very competently made except it's made for a different genre of person to me, and their attitude towards customisation is outright disdainful. You install an extension or mess around in tweaks and gnome looks at you like you just used the salad fork for seafood.
I think it's made for people who like Macs or sth.
Wouldn't be a problem(people can use whatever makes them happy) if the gnome Devs shit attitude didn't trickle outwards and harm customizability in other environments.
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Right now I use kde customized to look almost exactly like gnome.
The beautiful thing, though, is if you want to, you can do that.
Now try to make Gnome look almost exactly like KDE. And then the real difference between them becomes obvious.
I want to downvote you out of fear, yet I want to upvote you for the audacity
I started my Linux journey about 5 years ago on mint with the cinnamon DE. It's not the fanciest but it got the job done, no real complaints.
Recently I made the change to debian without too much thought on the DE and I was presented with gnome. Took me about 5 minutes before I was looking up alternatives.
Now on KDE plasma, and out of the 3 I've tried it's definitely my favourite.
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GNOME was so great... Then GNOME 3 came out and it feels like it's been designed by a person with severe brain damage.
XFCE erryday.
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