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KDE is now my favorite desktop

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892 points todsacerdoti | 7 comments | 18 Sep 25 12:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.419s | source | bottom
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sirwhinesalot ◴[18 Sep 25 13:47 UTC] No.45289648[source]▶
We now live in a world where KDE looks nicer, more professional, and more consistent than the latest macOS. I don't know how that happened, and KDE isn't even particularly nice looking, but here we are.

For many years now KDE has focused on polish, bug fixing and "nice-to-have" improvements rather than major redesigns, and it paid off.

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1. ahoka ◴[18 Sep 25 15:51 UTC] No.45291184[source]▶
Do you think this looks "nice and professional"? I don't.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thiagokokada/blog/main/pos...

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2. guizadillas ◴[18 Sep 25 16:22 UTC] No.45291566[source]▶
I fail to see the issue in that screenshot
3. metabagel ◴[18 Sep 25 16:23 UTC] No.45291571[source]▶
Looks pretty clean to me.
4. Bolwin ◴[18 Sep 25 18:15 UTC] No.45293043[source]▶
I wouldn't say it's pretty, and it's quite wasteful of space, but it's professional enough
5. topspin ◴[18 Sep 25 20:58 UTC] No.45294932[source]▶
I've never used KDE's flatpak UI, so this is the first time I've ever seen it. That said I understood that app instantly: what it's intended to do and how to use it. It's consistent with any other Plasma setting app I've ever used.

What is the problem?

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6. soraminazuki ◴[18 Sep 25 22:53 UTC] No.45296001[source]▶
Also the fact that the setting exists at all is worthy of applause. People have to install Flatseal on other desktop environments.
7. timc3 ◴[19 Sep 25 00:20 UTC] No.45296586[source]▶
Yeah it’s an utter mess of font sizes, inconsistent rules on placement and spacing.

Actually annoys me significantly.