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- gnome@discuss.tchncs.de
- GNOME@kbin.social
The final release of the GNOME 45 desktop environment is expected on September 20th, 2023.
Not long to go now. :)
I always look forward to new Gnome releases, and I still switch back and forth between Plasma and Gnome all the time…
- rotopenguin ( @rotopenguin@infosec.pub ) English52•10 months ago
KDE: we have compositor crash recovery in testing
Gnome: we broke the extension interface, again
- jsdz ( @jsdz@lemmy.ml ) 20•10 months ago
XFCE: we added some format options for the clock
- nicman24 ( @nicman24@kbin.social ) 1•10 months ago
Xfce went gtk3 yet?
- jsdz ( @jsdz@lemmy.ml ) 3•10 months ago
Apparently so, but I’m happy to say it’s never given me a reason to care.
- nicman24 ( @nicman24@kbin.social ) 2•10 months ago
i used to maintain some packages and stuff - that is the only reason it matters
- Brustadnrift ( @Brustadnrift@lemm.ee ) 11•10 months ago
I was always a GNOME guy. Not sure why really, maybe it was the state of KDE3 vs GNOME2. Never really looked at KDE again and assumed there is a reason all the popular distros pick GNOME. then 3 years ago I tried KED, and was blown away. Now I’ve completely flipped my position on it.
- nicman24 ( @nicman24@kbin.social ) 5•10 months ago
Well kde4 was also a trash fire
- Thembo McBembo ( @ThemboMcBembo@beehaw.org ) 4•10 months ago
What would you describe as the main difference?
- Vinegar ( @Vinegar@kbin.social ) 8•10 months ago
Gnome provides a more consistent user experience because Gnome apps usually have fewer features and don’t offer many customization options by default. KDE apps usually have a lot of settings and customization options, but the user interface might be a little less intuitive or you may have to search in a settings menu to find what you’re looking for.
In my experience Gnome is pretty, intuitive, and well integrated, but I tend to settle on KDE Plasma because KDE apps often have more advanced functionality and more options for configuration. If you’re the type who likes to explore device/app settings to configure things exactly how you want, then consider KDE Plasma. If you’d rather have a minimal but consistent experience out-of-the-box without any tinkering then Gnome is probably the better choice for you.
For me, Plasma is awesome but I can usually find some bugs in a few days of using it. Gnome is usually rock solid, although there has been times when it also has been buggy.
I switch back and forth a lot and it adds to the fun I think.
- V ( @vanderbilt@beehaw.org ) English1•10 months ago
I use KDE on a RHEL system via epel and it’s been pretty rock solid. I’m not the type to update very often, but it’s been stable for the year I’ve been running it.
- Brustadnrift ( @Brustadnrift@lemm.ee ) 5•10 months ago
Honestly for me it’s very subjective. With GNOME, I need to install and configure a lot of extensions to get it to work the way I like. I was surprised how many of these small tweaks and features are already part of KDE. Out of the box it’s a lot closer to what I want and the rest of the small customizations I want are just right there in KDE as options.
With GNOME extensions I always have to wonder “which crappy extension broke now, and what is the new one everyone is moving to/how to fix it”.
Just generally a lot less headache for me. I also could swear it’s more performant and generally feels snappier, but it’s so hard to tell on modern fast hardware anyway.
- macallik ( @macallik@kbin.social ) 1•10 months ago
GNOME = iOS where they make decisions for you
KDE = Android where it’s completely customizableBased on my (limited) experience, Gnome is especially well suited for people new to Linux or inundated with too much to worry about customizing a DE.
Personally, my desktop runs KDE and I’ve spent hours researching/customizing it, while my laptop which is a glorified web browser, runs GNOME
- selokichtli ( @selokichtli@lemmy.ml ) 2•10 months ago
If you need to use extensions that completely break your user experience each GNOME iteration, just don’t bother using it.
- dodslaser ( @dodslaser@feddit.nu ) 2•10 months ago
But vanilla GNOME completely breaks my user experience each boot…
- bc3114 ( @bc3114@lemmy.ml ) 2•10 months ago
The other day I was on KDE on steam deck desktop mode and could not wake from sleep, not sure if it’s a KDE thing or steam os thing though.
- OsrsNeedsF2P ( @OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml ) 2•10 months ago
Could be either. KDE has never been as mature as GNOME, and I say this as a KDE fna <3
- Alex ( @ultra@feddit.ro ) 1•10 months ago
Nice, they added the new activities button!