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A question for GNOME/KDE users (piefed.world)

submitted 2 days ago by sando_en_shorts@piefed.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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For people who already tried both, what's the reason you're sticking with GNOME or KDE as your desktop environment?

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[–] sando_en_shorts@piefed.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

is GNOME better when using a laptop compared to KDE?

[–] vogi@piefed.social 0 points 12 hours ago

I wanna say yes, but it really does not make a whole lot of sense.

GNOME is less space efficient which on a smaller display is crucial. It does have better touchscreen support in case your laptop has that (and the bigger margins do come in handy here). But i know it might sound weird but GNOME fits the vibe of a laptop better. No surprise it gets often compared to macOS and KDE being the Windows equivalent. Its just less serious... just as a laptop is. Not that you don't get shit done on there, its just a bit more cozy :)

I have an eye on https://sinty.dev/ as well though I think there is already a alpha out, but I have done enough distro/de hoping this and last year :) From what I can tell its GNOME but with less margins. The design is still very libadwaita like which makes modern GNOME apps not look out of place. It is from the same developer that did Vanilla OS and Bottles so this won't be abandoned too quickly. In the age of vibe coded and quickly forgotten garbage you can't be too sure about that.