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KDE Plasma 6.6 Delivers An Impressive Edge For Radeon Graphics Over GNOME 50 On Ubuntu 26.04
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this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2026
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This is why I switched. I absolutely drool over Gnome UX/UI I find it clean and easier to use & navigate. But Plasma has always been faster to improve gaming related stuff. I guess Valve's sponsorship is a great motivation.
The moment I switched was when Plasma got VRR, then it got HDR, I'm not leaving, even if I dislike it aesthetically.
I just wish those figma mockups that leaked a while ago would come true.
to be fair the beauty of Plasma is you can quite literally make it look like anything you want. Want to make it look like windows 98? it's easily doable. CDE? yup if you want. something like windowmaker? sure thing.
I would suspect with a bit of work and the use of widgets it wouldn't surprise me if you could make Plasma mimic GNOME.
I rearranged plasma to look like gnome. There is also a gnome-like overview (default keybind super+w). Changed to gnome's font (Inter, used to be cantarell). It's pretty neat.
How do I get the gnome overview ?
Just press super+w (super is the "windows" key)
Yeah, no. It's different. I'll go get a video a get back to you.
Ooh, I had no idea such a thing might have an effect this pronounced. Definitely considering making the switch myself, between this and their recent VR mode work, gotta look into rebasing my bazzite image.
Ublue advices against rebasing between different DEs.
Ah, they do indeed have a warning at the top about that. Thanks for the heads up!
Kinda unfortunate, I guess I'm stuck here then, because there's no way I'm starting from scratch with all my modded games, emulators, etc.
I believe all you have to do is backup and restore your home folder though.
I've definitely seen people do it successfully. Mending Wall exists, too, though I'm not sure if it applies here.