ironic how the gooner one isnt the one with the foot
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KDE got around to updating the theme Kpersonalizer.
Original for those who don't remember what it was like:
Jokes aside: I love KDE. Gnome is an idea that would work if you could actually do anything with it (maybe always adding extensions means they should you know make it functional).
Yep the design philosophy of "like it or fuck you" evokes Apple clearly enough. They've just cut it to the quick at this point.
Amateurs
These are only the safe ones, you coward!
On other news, KDE works, and Gnome doesnt; so that koncludes it for me
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Are we sure that Gnome is the most popular? I would've expected KDE to be the most popular one, even not considering the mascots.
It's the most popular because it's Ubuntu's default which happens to still be the "default linux distro". Many GNOME users probably don't even know what GNOME or a DE in general is (and that's ok).
If you ask linux nerds, however, KDE generally seems more popular but that's probably because people who care about this sort of thing tend to value customization and KDE's philosophy more than GNOME's.
Source: I use KDE on Arch BTW, guess which category I fall on.
No way to get reliable numbers without telemetry but KDE's userbase is a lot louder for sure.
All three major enterprise distros use GNOME, none of them officially support KDE.
I think so too. GNOME famously doesn't prioritize customisation, which despite lots of angry complaints, still doesn't intend to change. That's because they already have a solid user base, a silent group that couldn't care less about customisation and gaming features, and mostly want it to "just work".
Think the Linux Torvalds type of person, using a workstation distro. Best thing GNOME can do is to minimize changes that break user's workflows and make sure the defaults are good.
The side effect is that they turn off their corporate machines after work and that's it for the day. They aren't going on forums to defend GNOME vs KDE arguments.
The steam deck might make KDE the most popular
Gnome is the most popular DE for Fedora. Though KDE is popular enough to finally get Fedora to place it equally alongside their Gnome ISO. But I would bet Gnome has at least a slim lead ahead of all DEs.
TBF it's likely the most popular because it's the default not necessarily because it is better than KDE (or worse, they're both good just aimed at different people)
Today, which one you might choose has more to do with how you vibe with either one. So there is no "wrong" choice. But back in the early days, Gnome was the better DE. More polished and definitely more stable. I can remember the crashes and the total crash and burn of KDE from those days. That gave Gnome the leg up to becoming default for many distros.
These days. KDE Plasma is every bit as good as Gnome.
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XFCE: including it in the meme is bloat
Is it really most popular?
It's not more stable than plasma surely, at least when user does any customization.
Simplicity is questionable, unless simple means 'unlearn everything and do it our way'.
For a long time it was. KDE kind of exploded themselves back around version 4. GNOME made huge inroads while the KDE Dev team's got their shit sorted. Main DE to the flagship general user distribution etc. It's just a fact. And not gonna lie I still have fond memories of GNOME 2.
But the KDE team really put their time in and cooked. It isn't perfect. But the over all polish shows. Not to mention its been snowballing lately. I have my whole family on plasma 6 right now. It's familiar as it needs to be, stable and mostly intuitive. It's just so good. In fact my only gripe right now is a niche Wayland issue and not DE related.
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Did the Gnome people ever figure out how to put icons on the desktop yet?
There's an extension that lets you do that. Once a week it breaks and makes icons appear over other windows.
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Icons on the desktop is a non-feature for most gnome users. Even my Windows desktop has been empty since XP released. If you really want desktop icons then using an extension for that should be fine, but it's silly to frame this as a failing of the "Gnome people" just because Gnome doesn't replicate the classic Windows desktop experience.
Then why have a desktop? Why not just an app drawer or always ready terminal?
Seems like the worst of both worlds in terms of utilitarianism and aesthetics.
I think that's why it launches with the app menu open by default.
For all intents and purposes I don't have a desktop. It's just a wallpaper and canvas for the actual workflow. The app drawer is one keypress away, as is the terminal (and I prefer to have separate sessions for different tasks anyway). I usually see my desktop for about five seconds after bootup per day so there's not much reason to put anything else there. Think of it like the wallpaper or black background of a tiling window manager. I really don't get how this is such a crazy idea to some people. I've subconsciously used the exact same workflow since before Gnome even implemented it, just without explicit support from my desktop environment.
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Icons on the desktop is a non-feature for most gnome users
Yeah because everyone who uses them is on KDE now.
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We all know that the real MVP is Xenia
Yeah dont love how kiki the squirel looks like a child in a bikini wtf.
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I really don't want online accounts integration in my DE though. I must admit that I fail to see what good that could do.
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Quick, someone make a mascot for KATE!
Also KDE supports window decorations under Wayland, and also a lot better IMHO.
Kate actually does have a mascot, Kate the Cyber Woodpecker
Wow, she actually looks cool!
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