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    [–] dkc@lemmy.world 27 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

    I’ve found GNOME a pleasure to use. From my experience many folks that use Linux like to tinker with their computers. Even those new to Linux see a world of possibilities. GNOME doesn’t really embrace this tinkerer philosophy. They have an opinion on what at desktop manager should be and they’re constantly working towards that vision.

    When I introduce GNOME to new people I explain to them some the project goals, design elements and how it’s intended to be used. Then I tell them that GNOME is opinionated on how things should behave and look, and if you try to force GNOME to be something it’s not you’ll probably end up using poorly documented or unsupported third-party extensions that break things. Generally the advice is, GNOME is great, but not for everyone, take the time to learn the GNOME way of doing things and if you don’t like it you're better off switching to another desktop environment than trying to change GNOME.

    [–] moopet@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 hours ago

    I have no problem with using Gnome. It stays out of my way and Things Just Work for the most part as 99% of what I do is in a browser or a terminal anyway.

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    [–] MITM0@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

    You forgot to add that unlike GNOME, KDE does not depend on SystemD

    [–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 9 points 10 hours ago

    I think both have their use cases. Gnome is absolutely fantastic, if you use it on a laptop with a touch screen (for university, school, etc), but on desktop I dont really like it that much. I like the simple design, but KDEs customisability is much better. However, their virtual desktops are kinda ass, but I dont really use them on my desktop PC anyways.

    [–] PoPoP@lemm.ee 21 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

    KDE is objectively the better DE from a technical standpoint (in my objective opinion) but sometimes GNOME just feels right in the moment. I have both installed and switch between them all the time

    [–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 10 points 10 hours ago

    I liked gnome for its minimalistic UI. I then realized i3 does that better :D

    [–] nichtsowichtig@feddit.org 10 points 11 hours ago

    I am really glad both exist. Gnome is awesome because of its simplicity and ease of use and KDE is really cool because it makes me feel like a superior human being

    [–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 18 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

    Maybe I’m biased because gnome is stock fedora but it runs so smoothly and I love how the windows button and search feature works out of the box. I know that can be setup in KDE though. I love how it feels unique unlike KDE and most other DE that just feel like bad windows. I love that it doesn’t have dumbass names like KDE adding k to everything. Also feel it just works.

    Every time I’ve added KDE there’s also a bunch of stupid minor things that just down make sense. Why do so many applications lose the ability to use the right click menu like in jdownloader? Why do windowed games get pushed so vertical low? Why does search recommend things I clearly didn’t ask for? Moving windows with the arrow keys is icky and not smooth. Blowing them up with windows W like gnome’s windows key just looks bad. I want to love it but it just feels like a FOSS windows.

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    [–] Astertheprince@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

    I wish KDE worked well on Touch screens. It seems to really fail at that. Don't tell me it's X11. X11 on Gnome doesn't think my touches are a mouse. KDE thinks it is though.

    [–] Hawk@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

    Steam deck is quite good with touch I find.

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    [–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

    It works fine for me, and I use Wayland.

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