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    [–] SimonSaysStuff 126 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    The biggest thing for me with these two which makes KDE the better DE is that with Gnome I have to change the way I work, with KDE I change it to the way I work. That's what it all boils down to for me.

    [–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

    As far as I know there is no intended method for changing the default terminal in Gnome.

    100% unacceptable.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

    You just described my exact situation. I went back to plasma after using GNOME for 3 weeks.

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    [–] [email protected] 50 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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    [–] [email protected] 50 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    Thats not Gnome. You need to remove the glasses. Hair is not an option. Two eyes, mouth, nose. That's all you get. And you are not allowed to focus on all three, only one at a time can be shown.

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

    I don't know, with Gnome extensions you menage to change anything you'd want to and even more.

    Maybe not anything, but the options are there

    [–] javasux 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    But I don't want third-party extensions, I want a DE that comes with a first-party system tray

    [–] H2207 7 points 2 years ago

    Ok cool thats what you want, fair enough. We, as in Gnome users, don't mind third party extensions for features we want, and that's also fair enough. Every linux user has the option to use whatever DE/WM they want. This freedom is what we fight for.

    We, as in the whole linux community have big enough fights outside our community, the last thing we need is quarrels on the inside. "Yes you can use whatever you want do whatever you want", "Ok cool I'm gonna use this then", "NOO YOU HAVE TO USE THIS ARGHHHGH". It's pathetic.

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    [–] [email protected] 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    It's more like:

    OS after ricing

    OS before ricing

    [–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

    lmao my KDE is the most rainbow shit evee with candy icons and purple color

    [–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    Haha, I just tried kde plasma yesterday and went back to dark gloomy serious gnome.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

    Yeah I've been using Gnome for a few years and decided to try xfce and kde again, kde kept crashing then reloading and wouldnt save where I put my widgets. And xfce was good but I couldn't get Awesome WM to work and I missed wayland. So back to Gnome I guess

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    [–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)
    [–] TheBat 56 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    Agreed. Because I prefer KDE and the goth chick.

    [–] Ricaz 11 points 2 years ago

    I don't think you have to be goth to like goth chicks

    [–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    Gnome is the fancy rainbow girl but with useful eyes or mouth. While KDE is the other girl, elegant and customizable and could be a more functional rainbow girl if she so chooses.

    (This came out really weirdly but maybe y'all got it anyways)

    Edit: I actually meant useless but eh.

    [–] nomadjoanne 5 points 2 years ago

    Yes. As a Gnome user is agree.

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    [–] jerrimu 19 points 2 years ago

    Gnome is business casual.

    [–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    OP only ever seen default Garuda KDE I guess.

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    [–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (9 children)

    Ah yes yes. Special snowflakes…

    I use Arch btw.

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    [–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I migrated from Kubuntu after 4 years to Debian 12 last month. Default GNOME DE. Yesterday I uninstalled that shit and installed Plasma. GNOME is pretty and shit, but just wasn't for me.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Every time I try GNOME I get very confused about what they're training to achieve. I don't like a lot of basic default settings, a story in itself. But the worst part is that they can only be changed via advanced tooling not installed by default (extensions, GNOME tweak). How is that user friendly?

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    [–] sezey 14 points 2 years ago

    Definitely Gnome :)

    [–] zerdekahu 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Why does Gnome not have tray icons yet! I really don't get it.

    I don't want to use extensions.

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    [–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)
    [–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

    Now I extra prefer gnome

    [–] olosta 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    This made me think of this great early text that mostly had this situation reversed :

    http://koplowicz.com/content/kde-vs-gnome-2

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    [–] jelloeater85 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Am I weird because I like MATE?

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    [–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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    [–] chronicledmonocle 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

    I know everybody craps on GNOME, but I like it. I always give KDE a try and end up running into a bug that makes me switch back.

    That said it has been about two years......maybe I'll give it another go.

    [–] TheGrandNagus 10 points 2 years ago

    I also prefer gnome. People for the most part just circlejerk to fit in.

    "Linux is about choice!!"

    "Ok I choose this DE"

    "NOOOOOO NOT LIKE THAT"

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    All these KDE vs. Gnome discussions. I tried them all in a production environment with smb shares WebDAV, caldav etc. I can use them all the way it is usable. But best working from the ground, without to much hassle, is simply gnome.

    If someone is new to Linux I would always lead them to gnome.

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