• Semperverus@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    None of this would be bad if the devs also didn’t think that they should be the default Linux desktop. It’s one thing having a constrictive desktop environment that forces you into its way of doing things. I can see that actually being useful in a corporate setting. But to borderline-force that on everyone by way of defaultism, especially those who don’t know better, is where it crosses a line.

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      3 hours ago

      I wouldn’t blame GNOME for being the default environment. They’re the default because GNOME is stable, and their apps have a coherent design language. It’s a very approachable platform. Their app names are boring, but they’re self-explanatory.

      • Calendar
      • Calculator
      • Files
      • Image Viewer
      • Web

      KDE on the other hand is still decently unstable. Last time I had KDE crash on me when doing nothing but opening the panel edit view was literally last week. The application UX is a bit all over the place, and a lot of them feel like they were “made by developers.” The naming scheme is the olden cutesy KDE/Linux naming scheme, which is charming but feels pretty alien when you’re new to it.

      • Merkuro
      • KCalc
      • Dolphin
      • Gwenview
      • Konqueror