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Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development (kde.org)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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The investment will be used to strengthen the structural reliability and security of KDE's core infrastructure, including Plasma, KDE Linux, and the frameworks underlying its communication services.

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[–] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Tell me why someone should migrate to a DE with steep learning curve when this person is already pretty productive with a "Windows 3.1 nostalgia" DE.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

    That’s the beauty of open source software: you don’t have to! But tell me why would a newcomer want to have either ‘hello from 80s’ interface or a powerful indeed interface but with a gazillion of bells and switches? That’s where Gnome shines. I can recommend it to anyone who is new. A non-tech friend got it with no training at all. He just said it’s like a tablet. Which is not a bad thing, actually. It’s simple enough for a newcomer to learn quickly. But also powerful enough for someone with 20 years of Linux experience to use daily.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    This is exactly why I use and recommend Gnome. Less fiddling around and it does powerful stuff for me, and for others it is quick to learn and its simplicity makes it hard(er) to get lost in the details.

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