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A question for GNOME/KDE users (piefed.world)
submitted 2 months ago by 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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[–] 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I got tired of "customizing" everything and just wanted to get work done. GNOME is the default on many distros, so I learned the intended workflow instead of fighting it. Now I can just install a distro and be productive immediately instead of spending time tweaking things.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    KDE doesn't need customizing. My parents use KDE and have never opened the settings dialog. They are productive.

    Why do you think it needs customizing?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I interpreted the question less about kde vs gnome, and more about kde or gnome vs other desktops. Maybe OP intended the former now that I read it again. I used to have heavily personal setups of DWM or CWM back in the day, with lots of small scripts to cover some functionality, but now I just want the "default" because the OS itself stopped being my hobby. Nothing against KDE, I just found GNOME to be more polished out of the box and stayed.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Nothing against KDE, I just found GNOME to be more polished out of the box and stayed.

    I see. No problem. Just personal preference. I thought that KDE had unreasonable defaults compared to GNOME or something, hence the question about customising.

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