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KDE is now my favorite desktop

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892 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 18 Sep 25 12:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | source
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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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everdrive ◴[18 Sep 25 14:43 UTC] No.45290329[source]▶
Major changes aren't even _desirable_ in UI. People kind of emotionally enjoy novelty, however when it actually comes to using a computer consistency is superior to absolute excellence. Figuring out where settings and buttons are just because you ran software updates is a total waste of time on both ends; it wastes the user's time, and was a waste of time to develop. Maybe I'll switch from gnome to KDE this weekend, this looks promising.
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jimbo808 ◴[18 Sep 25 17:05 UTC] No.45292157[source]▶
This is an opinion stated as fact. Not every user is the same. That's why there are loads of apps with UIs that have different user modes, for power users, etc. KDE is most suitable for power users of Linux desktops, probably who use it as their daily driver. If you aren't in that category, you may not like it or may find it to be not worth the time investment in.
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bergheim ◴[18 Sep 25 21:58 UTC] No.45295525[source]▶
This is an opinion stated as fact. KDE is mostly for dads that like a mouse oriented Windows/mac like OS but with buttons to customize.

Sway, exwm etc are for power users.

If you aren't in that category, you may not like it or may find it to be not worth the time investment in.

10/10 gatekeeping buddy.

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1. jimbo808 ◴[19 Sep 25 19:07 UTC] No.45305233[source]▶
I didn't say KDE is the only option for power users, or that there aren't multiple types of power users with different use cases and individual preferences. I'm not sure what I'm gatekeeping.

Is it really gatekeeping to say that KDE is for power users? Setting it up in a way that really meshes with your use case and preferences is a process that you'll spend many hours or days of time on. That's not something that makes sense for grandma's computing workload.

> This is an opinion stated as fact. KDE is mostly for dads that like a mouse oriented Windows/mac like OS but with buttons to customize. Sway, exwm etc are for power users.

So you're saying that prefering a highly customizable GUI means you're be a power user, but instead you're a gasp dad? This isn't Reddit, buddy. Grow up.