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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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KDE Developer Switches To GNOME! (www.youtube.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/111620

This guy basically mirrors my experience with KDE and GNOME. I like kde a lot but Gnome feels so much more polished and comfortable to use, especially on laptops.

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

None of the points in the comment you're replying to said less options = good because options = distracting. I said that less options can be less confusing, and that KDE has what can be considered an overwhelming amount of options by comparison.

[+] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

okay you're right about the root topic.

Mainly the idea is that gnome is nice because it has generally solid defaults and doesn't expect you to do anything drastic to get the most out of it. This helps productivity out of the box and makes it more approachable. KDE is also good, I'm running it right now and it's defaults are also good, but it took me a long time to get anywhere near to getting the most out of it.

For some people that's good, they want to be immersed into their desktop and know and control every part they use. Other people prefer a simple setup to use as a medium to get work done and put that effort into other things like their work or games or anything else. It's really up to the type of user.