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
recognize that choice is good and what works for some folk won’t work for others. some people want a highly polished experience right out of the box, even if it can’t be customized a ton, and that’s fine. some devs want a UI toolkit that is solid, polished and guarantees that your app will look the same no matter the user’s environment, and that’s fine.
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 2½ 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).
I'm using a Dell S2522HG, that I calibrated using a colorimeter. Best display I've ever had. Not sure if they sell it anymore as 24" panels seem to be dying out.
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).
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.
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: I’d 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 it’s working for you that’s rad too. I’m a cranky bitch but I’m 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 I’m an nvidia loser. I’m on fedora but would not recommend it to someone just starting out. Same with straight up Debian or arch. They’re all great if you know what you’re doing. But distros exist for a reason.
CachyOS/EndeavorOs. Rock on. I loved these and they’re my fallback if fedora or lmde makes me mad or I want need arch for some homelab thing. I’m weary of the AUR though, making arch kinda pointless for me.
Just tested 'the most basic way' and it doesn't has this behaviour neither on my machine, nor in vm. Are you sure that it isn't just something that you configured? Anyway it's one of the best file managers.
Really? I remember Nemo being my favorite GTK file manager, but that was some years ago.
When I started using Dolphin I thought that it was the best file manager I've ever used. I still think that, but as mentioned above, I've not tried Nemo in years.
I distro/DE/WM hopped a ton over the last year. I’ve wanted to love KDE/KDE apps for the last 20 years. Dolphin is fine, Nemo is just exactly what I want it to be. It also runs fairly well from the terminal over ssh and I can configure it fast since it doesn’t need a ton of tweaking. Dual pane and terminal plugin like was mentioned in another comment.
This may have been true at one point but gnome apps started removing basic functionality and hiding what was there in a horrible disorganised burger menu instead of traditional menus.
You're not wrong. It's a pick your poison sort of thing. I'm not in love with the burger menus either. KDE apps just feel bloated and fragile to me. (and have forever) I used to like Windows though, in a galaxy far, far away. So my opinion is probably whack.
Honestly I'd start with the default config file to see if you like the general workflow and then begin modifying as you see fit. That's how I started way back when I first learned i3.
Maybe first replace it's default swaybar with the more customizable waybar.
I threw the fedora 43 i3 spin on a box. So far so good. I haven’t rage quit back to cinnamon yet. Ended up chickening out and did i3 because I have Wayland nvidia multi monitor trauma. So I’ll ride X out a little longer.
I love nemo, with the terminal extension, it's the perfect file manager.
I use it on gnome though.
With just arcmenu, dash to panel, and tophat, gnome becomes pretty solid for me, everything else is just a bonus
dropdownterminal, I think openbar for color and border customization, timer in topbar for self timing work assignments, appstatus whatever its called for the background apps to show up, it does rely on extensions, but I see that as a bonus, it's up to you how complicated you want your setup to be
Burnmywindows ofc
I also think its great for handhelds, have dash to panel and arcmenu there too but configured differently. On the left side and resized larger with less options and one of the larger grid options for arc menu
I use KDE, but for my file manager I stick to Thunar, which I think is from a fork of GNOME. Does cause me some issues, since Thunar uses gvfs for stuff like mounting USB drives, whereas plasma loads kio, seemingly with no way to disable it, and they fight for control over devices.
I remember one thing in particular that pissed me off about Dolphin is how it displays folders with 4 tilted miniature icons of files inside, with no way to turn it off, or even just make them not be randomly tilted. Such a minor thing, but when I was choosing it was between clean icons and a scrambled mess, I went with clean icons.
Ultimately, I wish gvfs/kio wasn't an issue, but I love to have the freedom to choose.
I fear GNOME doesn't have support for running with other compositors, but I could be wrong, couldn't find anything about it online.
From what I've searched, a good alternative is PaperWM, a GNOME shell extension that provides tiling and scrolling features similar to Niri.
...you may also be interested in trying Niri with Noctalia Shell, though I don't know if it's easy to setup, or how similar it is to GNOME's UI, since I just use Waybar.
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.
What kind of pain points? Tbh kde is as close to the ideal desktop as it gets in my opinion, it mostly gets out of your way, but when you need something it's almost always already there just waiting.
Nothing that it lacks I've just never touched Wayland because my hardware hasn't supported it (I use ewaste machines primarily) and I'm fighting wayland, sway, swaybar and basically the whole thing because I want everything to work the way it did with x11 but it doesn't and I'm resistant to change.
Gnome is great! My go to... I don't understand people sayin it uses too much ram. My 2011 macbook (has 4gb ram) running arch with vanilla gnome only uses around 700mb at desktop. Not that bad.
Gnome used to much worse when it comes to ram usage, so the inertia of those sentiments still carry.
Kde used to be much worse, using what gnome uses now, but now kde has similar ram usage to xfce last time I tested. CPU wise it's still much worse though.
Over the past year I’ve gradually switched from Gnome to Plasma but it’s so fucking clunky I do miss Gnome. I feel like it’s in the right place but it just needs rebuilding from the ground up in the modern world.
I much prefer the looks and feel of GTK4 libadwaita apps over Qt6. I switched to KDE Plasma after using GNOME for awhile because I wanted to see if I noticed any improvement in stability, I want to theme my apps, and I prefer to avoid extensions (it is a security risk). I still very much miss GNOME with the 3-4 extensions that I installed, it just felt so much more polished, consistent, and free of bugs and broken features (looking at you theme search and desktop animations installer).
Yes, i love it too, but lately i've been using my laptop on the go. I did not have time to rice the shit out of it beforehand, so i just threw the kde-meta package on it and it worked more or less out of the box.
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 dunno that I would have made Gnome as it is, and I don't know that all the advances to Gnome has been better or not, but, kde, really? Maybe you're just a boring guy
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.
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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 126 pts · 246d
I like gnome
MimicJar@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 246d
I admire your bravery to admit such a thing. You're a fool, but a brave fool.
NotSteve_@piefed.ca · 37 pts · 246d
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.
dil@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 246d
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.
NotSteve_@piefed.ca · 5 pts · 245d
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
Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 246d
Imma throw hands, respect my gnomies.
carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 76 pts · 246d
FUCK
pointless fighting
ALL MY HOMIES
recognize that choice is good and what works for some folk won’t work for others. some people want a highly polished experience right out of the box, even if it can’t be customized a ton, and that’s fine. some devs want a UI toolkit that is solid, polished and guarantees that your app will look the same no matter the user’s environment, and that’s fine.
(i use KDE btw)
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 60 pts · 246d
Good that we have choices, no? (I use GNOME btw)
dukatos@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 246d
Unless your choice is not to use systemd.
istdaslol@feddit.org · 59 pts · 246d
Laughs in xfce
BonkTheAnnoyed@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 245d
There are dozens of us!
standarduser@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 246d
Peak
RaccoonBall@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 245d
mate is pretty alright too
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 244d
you wot
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 246d
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.
Luccus@feddit.org · 23 pts · 246d
Gnome uses around 1.6GB on my machine and runs a bit smoother than KDE (although last time I tested was 2½ 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).
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 245d
Glad they optimized it. Last time I tried it the RAM usage was atrocious.
poinck@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 246d
Luccus@feddit.org · 4 pts · 246d
I'm using a Dell S2522HG, that I calibrated using a colorimeter. Best display I've ever had. Not sure if they sell it anymore as 24" panels seem to be dying out.
asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev · 39 pts · 246d
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.
ark3@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 246d
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).
NewOldGuard@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 245d
This is not what libadwaita is. Libadwaita is their modern unified library for the adwaita theme
BCsven@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 246d
Cuz who needs a tray
lost_screwdriver@thelemmy.club · 9 pts · 246d
This, so much this!
obsoleteacct@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 244d
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.
pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 37 pts · 245d
I really don't like gnome personally but I'm glad it exists cause other people canlike things I don't
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 245d
My problem is people keep infecting the world with software designed with Gnome's "Mac with Meningitis" style sheet.
DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 245d
Upvoted solely for "Mac with Meningitis"
TerranFenrir@lemmy.ca · 32 pts · 246d
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
dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 35 pts · 246d
"Unpolished" and "like Windows 7" is exactly what I want. I don't want to be distracted by my DE, it should just work.
orochi02@feddit.org · 4 pts · 245d
Theres enough people who say the get lost in customization instead of use but hey if it works for you, you do you!
salacious_coaster@feddit.online · 6 pts · 246d
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 244d
Baffling opinion
When is the last time you tried KDE?
TerranFenrir@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 244d
I think 2023?
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 244d
Strongly recommend you try Plasma 6.
Even the early release candidates were extremely polished. It's an entirely different ball game.
TerranFenrir@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 243d
Sure, I'll take a look :)
Bluefruit@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 246d
Fucking love KDE dude. Plasma6 is my jam.
v3ctors@piefed.blahaj.zone · 27 pts · 246d
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: I’d 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 it’s working for you that’s rad too. I’m a cranky bitch but I’m 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 I’m an nvidia loser. I’m on fedora but would not recommend it to someone just starting out. Same with straight up Debian or arch. They’re all great if you know what you’re doing. But distros exist for a reason.
CachyOS/EndeavorOs. Rock on. I loved these and they’re my fallback if fedora or lmde makes me mad or I want need arch for some homelab thing. I’m weary of the AUR though, making arch kinda pointless for me.
pipes@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 246d
How dare you :P Dolphin is great; always use Gnome-Disks though (and GParted Live in the times of yore)
DoctorPress@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 246d
nesc@lemmy.cafe · 4 pts · 246d
Just tested 'the most basic way' and it doesn't has this behaviour neither on my machine, nor in vm. Are you sure that it isn't just something that you configured? Anyway it's one of the best file managers.
DoctorPress@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 245d
nesc@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 245d
Maybe they just set it up that way, I think there is an option for this behaviour.
GunnarGrop@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 246d
Really? I remember Nemo being my favorite GTK file manager, but that was some years ago. When I started using Dolphin I thought that it was the best file manager I've ever used. I still think that, but as mentioned above, I've not tried Nemo in years.
v3ctors@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 246d
I distro/DE/WM hopped a ton over the last year. I’ve wanted to love KDE/KDE apps for the last 20 years. Dolphin is fine, Nemo is just exactly what I want it to be. It also runs fairly well from the terminal over ssh and I can configure it fast since it doesn’t need a ton of tweaking. Dual pane and terminal plugin like was mentioned in another comment.
FishFace@piefed.social · 5 pts · 246d
This may have been true at one point but gnome apps started removing basic functionality and hiding what was there in a horrible disorganised burger menu instead of traditional menus.
v3ctors@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 246d
You're not wrong. It's a pick your poison sort of thing. I'm not in love with the burger menus either. KDE apps just feel bloated and fragile to me. (and have forever) I used to like Windows though, in a galaxy far, far away. So my opinion is probably whack.
rescue_toaster@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 246d
Happy sway user here! Not sure I could ever go back to a floating window manager. I'm too used to tiling now.
v3ctors@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 246d
Any advice? Or some good dot files / configs / guide you used?
rescue_toaster@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 246d
Honestly I'd start with the default config file to see if you like the general workflow and then begin modifying as you see fit. That's how I started way back when I first learned i3.
Maybe first replace it's default swaybar with the more customizable waybar.
v3ctors@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 246d
I threw the fedora 43 i3 spin on a box. So far so good. I haven’t rage quit back to cinnamon yet. Ended up chickening out and did i3 because I have Wayland nvidia multi monitor trauma. So I’ll ride X out a little longer.
dil@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 246d
I love nemo, with the terminal extension, it's the perfect file manager.
I use it on gnome though.
With just arcmenu, dash to panel, and tophat, gnome becomes pretty solid for me, everything else is just a bonus
dropdownterminal, I think openbar for color and border customization, timer in topbar for self timing work assignments, appstatus whatever its called for the background apps to show up, it does rely on extensions, but I see that as a bonus, it's up to you how complicated you want your setup to be
Burnmywindows ofc
I also think its great for handhelds, have dash to panel and arcmenu there too but configured differently. On the left side and resized larger with less options and one of the larger grid options for arc menu
kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 244d
I use KDE, but for my file manager I stick to Thunar, which I think is from a fork of GNOME. Does cause me some issues, since Thunar uses gvfs for stuff like mounting USB drives, whereas plasma loads kio, seemingly with no way to disable it, and they fight for control over devices.
I remember one thing in particular that pissed me off about Dolphin is how it displays folders with 4 tilted miniature icons of files inside, with no way to turn it off, or even just make them not be randomly tilted. Such a minor thing, but when I was choosing it was between clean icons and a scrambled mess, I went with clean icons.
Ultimately, I wish gvfs/kio wasn't an issue, but I love to have the freedom to choose.
nesc@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 246d
Gparted isn't a gnome app, it's a standalone app. Dolphin can do everything that nemo does. 🙃
v3ctors@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 246d
No kidding….. interesting. It’s true that dolphin can do everything Nemo does, just poorly.
nesc@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 245d
Poorly how? Really I can't remeber any time that it failed me in any way.
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 246d
callyral@pawb.social · 18 pts · 246d
I use niri btw
FEIN@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 246d
you are an awesome person
callyral@pawb.social · 10 pts · 246d
i did use awesome many months, maybe a year or two ago, but nowadays i'm a niri person
poinck@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 246d
callyral@pawb.social · 1 pts · 245d
I fear GNOME doesn't have support for running with other compositors, but I could be wrong, couldn't find anything about it online.
From what I've searched, a good alternative is PaperWM, a GNOME shell extension that provides tiling and scrolling features similar to Niri.
...you may also be interested in trying Niri with Noctalia Shell, though I don't know if it's easy to setup, or how similar it is to GNOME's UI, since I just use Waybar.
poinck@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 245d
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 246d
They explicitly banned AI generated code from their extensions if that skews your mind.
Evotech@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 245d
How would they know
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 245d
If they get suspicious on parts of the code, they ask the programmer why that part is the way that it is, and thought process coming up with it.
eskimofry@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 245d
I can understand this to an extent. Its the same with copying code you didn't understand from stackoverflow.
the primary driver for the ban is not "hot new thing" but code on which no thought has been put into or copied blindly with zero context around it.
Resplendent606@piefed.social · 15 pts · 246d
Cinnamon is where it is at. Also, I am happy you found something you like. 👍
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 246d
I'm excited for Wayland support
ColdWater@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 246d
I don't hate GNOME but I dislike GTK a lot
saltesc@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 246d
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.
nesc@lemmy.cafe · 3 pts · 246d
What kind of pain points? Tbh kde is as close to the ideal desktop as it gets in my opinion, it mostly gets out of your way, but when you need something it's almost always already there just waiting.
ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 246d
I've been bashing my head against sway for days I just wanna go back to i3 😭
pogmommy@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 246d
I started on sway and moved to swayfx, out of curiosity what are some of the things i3 provided that sway lacks?
ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 246d
Nothing that it lacks I've just never touched Wayland because my hardware hasn't supported it (I use ewaste machines primarily) and I'm fighting wayland, sway, swaybar and basically the whole thing because I want everything to work the way it did with x11 but it doesn't and I'm resistant to change.
ComradeRachel@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 246d
Konqi is my favorite dragon
rustinmyeye@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 245d
Gnome is great! My go to... I don't understand people sayin it uses too much ram. My 2011 macbook (has 4gb ram) running arch with vanilla gnome only uses around 700mb at desktop. Not that bad.
Fizz@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 245d
Yea people tend to uncritically repeat things they hear.
moonpiedumplings@programming.dev · 1 pts · 243d
Gnome used to much worse when it comes to ram usage, so the inertia of those sentiments still carry.
Kde used to be much worse, using what gnome uses now, but now kde has similar ram usage to xfce last time I tested. CPU wise it's still much worse though.
vogi@piefed.social · 6 pts · 245d
too big but consistent paddings vs. compact but inconsistent paddings
using sway btw.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 246d
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
rickdg@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 246d
that's kool, I guess
twinnie@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 246d
Over the past year I’ve gradually switched from Gnome to Plasma but it’s so fucking clunky I do miss Gnome. I feel like it’s in the right place but it just needs rebuilding from the ground up in the modern world.
Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 246d
I much prefer the looks and feel of GTK4 libadwaita apps over Qt6. I switched to KDE Plasma after using GNOME for awhile because I wanted to see if I noticed any improvement in stability, I want to theme my apps, and I prefer to avoid extensions (it is a security risk). I still very much miss GNOME with the 3-4 extensions that I installed, it just felt so much more polished, consistent, and free of bugs and broken features (looking at you theme search and desktop animations installer).
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 246d
Preach!
msage@programming.dev · 3 pts · 246d
How did you get tired of dwm? It has everything you need!
pitiable_sandwich540@feddit.org · 3 pts · 245d
Yes, i love it too, but lately i've been using my laptop on the go. I did not have time to rice the shit out of it beforehand, so i just threw the kde-meta package on it and it worked more or less out of the box.
msage@programming.dev · 1 pts · 245d
I just put time and battery to status and am golden.
But yeah, KDE is amazing, too.
merde@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 87d
no nm-applet or volume bar?
msage@programming.dev · 1 pts · 87d
nah, I don't change volume much, or networks, so I just open the apps when required
Typotyper@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 245d
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.
magic_lobster_party@fedia.io · 9 pts · 245d
I know a fair bit of gang signs. From left to right you have P, L, A, S, M and A.
ekZepp@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 243d
I'm a simple guy. Give me a working Cinnamon and I'm happy.
toothpaste_sandwich@thebrainbin.org · 1 pts · 246d
Yay for conformism!
pedz@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 246d
Ahem. Konformists.
Digit@lemmy.wtf · 1 pts · 234d
try xmonad :)
beanbag3@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 238d
Gnome lover and proud
janus2@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 246d
me using kde because i cannot for the fuck of me get LXDE or LXQT to play nice with my video card:
ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 245d
I dunno that I would have made Gnome as it is, and I don't know that all the advances to Gnome has been better or not, but, kde, really? Maybe you're just a boring guy
TipsyMcGee@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 245d
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 0 pts · 243d
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.