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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Made the switch to KDE (lemm.ee)

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I've been using Fedora for a couple of months now, and have been loving it. Very soon after I jumped into this community (among other Linux communities) and started laughing at all the people saying "KDE rules, GNOME drools," and "GNOME is better, KDE is for babies." But then I thought, "Why not give KDE a try? The worst that happens is I go back to using GNOME."

Now I get it. The level of customization is incredible, it's way faster than GNOME, and looks beautiful too. At this point, I'm not going back.

I'll happily contribute to the playground fight over desktop environments. KDE rules, GNOME drools.

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[–] TrickDacy 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

it's way faster than GNOME

Real question, are you on modern hardware? Only time I've noticed anything slow on gnome is on a pretty under powered laptop

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Actually KDE devs said they use the GPU a lot for Desktop stuff so it breaks more often but is performant

[–] Anticorp 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Same. I have zero performance issues with Gnome, but I'm using a badass $3000 custom gaming computer.