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KDE is now my favorite desktop

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892 points todsacerdoti | 2 comments | 18 Sep 25 12:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.421s | source
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Zak ◴[18 Sep 25 13:57 UTC] No.45289770[source]▶
I've been a happy KDE user for years, but I recently discovered that Gnome is surprisingly good on a tablet. KDE is usable, but feels about as touch-native as Windows does. Gnome is easily as good a tablet experience as an iPad.

There's only one fly in the ointment: Gnome's onscreen keyboard is both terrible and difficult to replace.

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1. ksymph ◴[18 Sep 25 15:12 UTC] No.45290683[source]▶
GNOME on touchscreens is in a weird place -- everything it needs to be perfect is right there. But there are a handful of pain points and weird bugs that make me think none of the developers are actually using it on a touch device. The OSK is the worst offender.

I still prefer it over KDE on my 2-in-1/convertible laptop, though. Despite the jank it also irons out a lot of the pain points that more traditional desktops have with touch, and is clearly made with it in mind, even when the execution is iffy.

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2. mixmastamyk ◴[18 Sep 25 15:43 UTC] No.45291060[source]▶
Indeed, Gnome jettisoned everything for a touch-based interface, but is not actually usable as one. For example, there’s no video player that works well with touch even though at least three cosplay with large round buttons and no menus. Believe it or not, they require keyboards for essential functionality and taps are not recognized or broken.

Using phosh on a starlite btw. Web players work well however! No thanks to gnome.