I made the unfortunate post about asking why people liked Arch so much (RIP my inbox I'm learning a lot from the comments) But, what is the best distro for each reason?

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[–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

Hopefully none, why do you like Gnome? I thought it was okay, but I really love KDE more. I don't hate Gnome. It seems really good for anyone who uses a touchpad or touchscreen.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I can't speak for anyone else but I can tell you what I personally love about Gnome.

    I like that it's Spartan. I like that it looks good without me having to customize a thousand different settings.

    I like that It has client side decorations, so every window doesn't have to have an obscene, chunky, mostly useless title bar.

    I don't miss every single application having 100 different options packed into a menu bar. Once you get used to it, you realize that it was mostly getting in the way the whole time.

    It's just a really streamlined workflow for 98% of what you do. The problem is that 2% where it's too spartan and God do you wish you had some options.

    But I also think KDE is a great desktop environment. If I were more of a gamer I'd be using KDE. I think XFCE is an excellent desktop environment for aging hardware and Windows converts. It is very much a matter of taste, Use cases, and your preferred workflow.

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