Just got a steam deck and immediately checked out the desktop mode, and I was somewhat surprised to see KDE and pacman as opposed to GNOME and apt, I have nothing against the former though a strong preference for the latter, anyone know why Volvo went in this direction?

  • @TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    Gnome is shit, I use KDE btw is definitely the new Reddit/Lemmy Linux community circlejerk.

    And it’s not even like console fanboy arguments, because in this case it’s pretty one-sided. I don’t see Gnome fans brigading KDE threads and circlejerking about KDE being awful and the devs being cunts.

    Idk why people can’t just accept that they’re both amazing DEs but very different in use, with very different project philosophies.

    It seems to me that people keep saying “Linux is about choice”, but the second someone chooses something different to what the hivemind likes, the pitchforks are out.

      • @TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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        68 months ago

        Oh yeah, definitely. There were even death threats to the devs for a while after Gnome 3 came out, because anonymity seems to turn some people into monsters.

        It just seemed to me that it settled down for a while and now in the past couple of years it’s ramped back up again for some reason.

      • @pmk@lemmy.sdf.org
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        I was very upset when they released gnome 3. Suddenly things were different, and there were rough edges. I used XFCE for many years after that. But… I have come to appreciate it now. I like that the devs had their vision and didn’t give in to all the demands to make it work differently. It’s their project, and I can use it if I want, or not. I respect it the same way I respect OpenBSD doing their thing. Can you imagine demanding that the OpenBSD devs changed their vision due to popular opinions? “We want closed source nvidia drivers and bluetooth support!” They just tell people to use another OS then. But from that stubbornness something beautiful is created.

    • @mojo_raisin@lemmy.world
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      78 months ago

      I don’t see Gnome fans brigading KDE threads and circlejerking about KDE being awful and the devs being cunts.

      I’m a Gnome user for like 20 years, I don’t prefer KDE but glad it’s there. I never have but would be happy to support KDE and understand any devs being cunts on occasion, I’m sure it’s stressful. I’m glad they are there so I don’t have to use proprietary software.

      • @caseyweederman@lemmy.ca
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        I’ve used Gnome for a very long time but tried out Plasma 6.0 soon after it came out, and I’m very impressed.
        I might switch back to Gnome some day, but KDE just keeps growing on me.
        The seamless clipboard sharing feature between mobile and laptop is really cool, and that was just an unexpected bonus attached to a whole set of cool features. And everything feels cohesive in a way that I’m not used to.

        • @mojo_raisin@lemmy.world
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          28 months ago

          See, this is a good comment. You like KDE more, awesome! Enjoy! Your attitude makes me want to try it again.

          • @caseyweederman@lemmy.ca
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            18 months ago

            That’s possible. I went very many years without even hearing about that, and I found KDE Connect and had it up and fully operational on day one.