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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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    [–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 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

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Gnome is better on that now, but I have been using gnome since back when KDE was using non-free libraries to be prettier

    Gnome probably isn't the best free desktop anymore, but I guess I'm used to it

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    There's a lot to be said for familiarity and its impact on productivity... Which is why I hate when UI layouts change for no apparent reason other than to be different.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

    It's also good to try and work the way the system is designed for — or maybe to share a way of working with the design leads

    Gnome likes you to have several things open, spread across the different desktops, and you really want to know the shortcuts for jumping between stuff

    [–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

    That's why I stopped using Gnome. I loved Gnome 2.x, but then they went all screwey with Gnome 3 so I switched to Cinnamon.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

    The last time I was meaningfully using Linux was around the time of Ubuntu 8.04 - my experience was the opposite of this.

    When I have the time, I'll be dipping back in on Zorin (which I think defaults to modded KDE) - I've spun up VM, and it seems like it's worth a shot... I just need to confirm it'll play the small handful of games I play, find a slicer app, and pull the trigger. Damn near everything else is Web-based or self-hosted.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, Gnome is VERY different than in 2008