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    this is just a meme, I know that everyone is different and not all GNOME or KDE users are like that!!

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    [–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 98 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    I like KDE cause it has a cute dragon. GNOME is a stinky foot.

    [–] reflex@kbin.social 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

    I like KDE cause it has a cute dragon.

    A what? I've only ever seen the K cog.

    [–] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    You say that as if the later is worse

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    [–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 35 points 2 years ago (11 children)

    Is that really a thing? I don't usually get into discussions about DEs that often, and pretty much never irl. So I haven't seen any general vibe at all.

    Like, my impression of kde vs gnome is that they're both very geared towards a more general user that's going to be doing basic things, but with the ability to go more advanced as needed. I kinda assumed they were both going to draw people that are "basic" like the images in the meme for gnome, with cinnamon users also being in that range, where something like xfce would be for folks that want a bit more modularity and "hackiness".

    I'm not being a smartass, I just don't really know if there's more to the meme than just a bit of fun or not.

    [–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

    Bottom right uses Enlightenment. Bottom left made his own tiling window manager which turned out exactly like the other tiling window managers.

    [–] EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    The philosophies of the two DEs are diametrically opposed. For example KDE will let you customize everything, they'd even let you customize their mothers of they could, while GNOME won't let you customize anything, at least not without extensions that break every time GNOME updates.

    KDE devs are also a lot less opinionated than GNOME devs. If they could, GNOME devs would question the use case of your clothes, conclude they're useless and then strip you naked. KDE devs will be fine with whatever you're wearing.

    Now as you may have gathered I definitely prefer one over the other, but I do recognize some people may like GNOME for its simplicity, looks, flow and I even heard some like the lack of customization because it prevents them from getting distracted with tinkering. All in all use case depends on what you want to do with it, tho hopefully Cosmic DE beats the shit outta GNOME devs those damn pricks.

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    [–] sanataseva@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    No you're right, it's mostly stereotypes that don't have any real world importance. From my intermediate POV, it comes down to GNOME being a resource hog which the 1337 H4X0Rz don't like. But with most modern systems having more than enough resources to spare, you're not likely to notice unless you're the sort to have always have one eye on the system monitor pegged to your desktop. It's an argument for the sake of an argument. I use KDE btw.

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    [–] hperrin@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    GUIs are for the weak. Monitors are for the weak. My PC is connected to a keyboard and a printer. Hackerman

    [–] malockin@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

    You use a keyboard and a peinter? weak! I throw magnets over the memory chips and use a multi-meter. /l334

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    [–] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago

    The latter is more about i3 users lol

    [–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

    Something about making their own version of every app and than naming it k-something makes me think it's a cult.

    [–] Murdoc@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    Oh no, they know about the Kult! Burn the kompound!

    [–] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago

    The Kool Kids Klub will never fall!

    [–] radix@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago

    Excuse me, it's called a kult.

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    [–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)
    [–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)
    [–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

    Cmus play despacito

    [–] Hominine@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    What am I doing ricing KDE when I don't even own a hoodie...

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    [–] superbirra@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)
    [–] Moshpirit@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

    Your mom rules.

    [–] covert_czar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    This is more like desktop enviromment vs window manager users

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    [–] Napain@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago

    inacurate, they are all femboys

    [–] Parastie@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

    Listen, we have all moved to hyprland for the pretty animations.

    [–] haikunaaa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)
    [–] confusedwiseman@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Why not both? Seriously, why shouldn’t I install both DEs so I can figure out what I like best or suit my mood?

    Can’t we actually have it all in this scenario?

    [–] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 years ago

    NO! You must pick a side and fight!

    [–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I do have both installed, Plasma seems better for gaming with performance and experimental features, while GNOME is very stable for work and, ironically, customizes better for my preferences.

    EDIT: I use Arch BTW

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    [–] kttnpunk@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

    Instant upvote because KDE is stupid underrated

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    [–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    I use Cinnamon. What does that make me?

    [–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago

    It makes you spicy.

    [–] Scrollone@feddit.it 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I used to be a GNOME fanboy, but then GNOME 3 came and I can't stand it. Now I'm a KDE fanboy

    [–] vox@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    i actually kinda like gnome since gnome 40 release.
    it still sucks to use on small displays like laptops tho due to all the padding everywhere
    also gnome's touchpad gestures and multi-desktop management is superior to that of kde.

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    [–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    I've run MATE for nearly a decade and am now running XFCE, preparing to jump into a window manager as soon as I get a machine for my exclusive use.

    What does that make me?

    [–] bpcomp@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

    You've got to XFCE it MATE. It makes you a nerd like the rest of us.

    Eliminate your rat-based mousing desires and join us in celebrating StumpWM, back behind the dumpsters, where they keep the extra parentheses.

    [–] treadful@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 years ago

    Fluxbox users are in the walls!

    [–] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Eh, my main reason for going KDE is every time I try Gnome, it feels like "what do I do now" and "where is the program I opened"

    I know that would get better with time spent using it, but then again, KDE feels like I can make it do what I want a lot easier

    And none of the other DEs look as nice and polished, which, I know, that's not the important part ... But dammit, I'm gonna be spending a lot of time staring at it, I'd like it to look good to me at least

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    [–] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    It is accurate as you need to waste copius amount of time to get KDE to work without stutter

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    [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 7 points 2 years ago

    I'm a widow of Window Maker.

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