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Plasma 6.4: IMO, THE BEST Linux desktop environment right now (videos.abnormalbeings.space)

submitted 2 days ago by Sunshine to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Steam Deck made me fall back in love with KDE, and it's what I use with Arch on my desktop now. Second favorite is probably Cinnamon.

Try as I might I just can't with Gnome.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (3 children)

The nice thing about GNOME is that you immediately get it, on a fundamental level that is. The not so nice thing is that lots of stuff is an add-on, and it's entirely possible installing the wrong one will brick your desktop

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

I disagree that Gnome is intuitive on a fundamental level. They're trying the Apple way of UI design without the millions in R&D.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

I get it, but maybe the same way I get driving on the other side of the road, or writing with my non-dominant hand: I can do it, and maybe I could get used to it or even be efficient with it, but it's unfamiliar and far from being second nature to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

I always feel gnome is more fitting for laptop or tablet. KDE on my desktop.

Just seem to be different use cases.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Did give it a go a few months ago, but was a bit congitively heavy with lots of menus and reading.

If you like clicking I think it's pretty nice with everything in reach + more.

[+] [email protected] -32 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Hate to say it but no, hyprland really is unless you need a windows like experience/don't want to configure anything.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

KDE Plasma, well known for its very limited customisation options

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I never said it wasn't customizable, I don't know why so many people heard that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

You said it's not the best and then mentioned Hyperland as a panacea of customization... It is almost implied. Meanwhile the arguments against you go a little bit in circle. This seems like the typical internet people polarizing themselves. We are all enjoying our distros, text editors, DEs, and WMs. No need to start making up factions at all... But it's way more fun to do so because we are humans and our society conditioned us to this. *shrugs*

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

I am allowed to have preferences, and I am not making factions, just stating my preference.

i never said anything about hyprland being more customizable, I said it's better if you're willing to configure things, if you don't want to build your setup from scratch kde is great!

i disagree that I even implied what you're saying.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A love Hyprland, but KDE Plasma does so many things for you and saves time. If you want to change screen resolution in Hyprland, you need to check the wiki or man. In Plasma, you simply use the settings app. Each environment has its own purpose, and Plasma’s is for general purpose use.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

"Unless you don't want to configure anything"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's a fairly useless point to make since everyone will always want to look at what configurable options can be adjusted.

No one would buy a car if they couldn't adjust the seat or mirrors.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Most people do not in fact look at the settings of their computer.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

KDE Plasma has proven to be one of the most customizable desktop environments available. Theming is easily achievable with the versatility of QT, (which is technically on Hyprland but more versatile in a full QT desktop), as well as the versatility of panels that can be moved and modified to whatever you wish for them to be. External plugins or programs like Latte dock, or the Plutonium tile manager further expand on Plasma’s capabilities. Hyprland is also customizable, but almost only through external sources, making Plasma much more accessible and seamless. Of course there are reasons behind this, but each to their own. Feel free to state your own opinions [email protected], but since this is an IMO post (basically opinion of the OP), I think we’d all appreciate it if you were more civilized and detailed as to why you felt the need to shoot down the OP. Also, maybe research your claims before commenting.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The beauty of linux is there is options!

Different people prefer different things and you can freely choose between all the things!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Of course, I recommend kde to people who don't want to configure anything and want a windows like experience, but when saying something is the best, as they claim, these qualifiers become important.

best for what?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

He means the best in desktop experience when it comes to desktops with the best adoptability.

Hyprland is a compositor, not a desktop environment.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Remember about cognitive effort, window managers are for people looking to invest time in learning keybinds and new workflows, Plasma and Gnome do a better job of satisfying a bigger userbase and most workflows are easy to port to another desktop environment.

In my opinion that makes Plasma and Gnome the best desktop environments, no matter how much I prefer standalone window managers.

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

That's why I said "if you don't want to configure anything"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Well yes, but my point is that one can intuitively can use regular DE's and be productive, the same is not true for window managers. Regardles if one configures or not.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

yup, which still aligns with my caveat

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

There is IMO (which stands for "in my opinion") in the title