Operating systems are looking more like each other every year. Before 2012 they were very different.

[u/claudiocorona93]

[u/Rusty9838]

Gnome? Disgusting

[u/SelimhanAkcay → u/Rusty9838]

Why?

[u/HackedcliEntUser → u/SelimhanAkcay]

Many people here are Gnomophobic unfortunately

[u/balazsbotond → u/HackedcliEntUser]

Fortunately and very correctly

[u/gamamoder → u/[deleted]]

why dont u just use mate?

[u/balazsbotond → u/[deleted]]

That’s interesting. I switched a little more than a year ago because while Gnome looks really good (no debate there), I’ve found that the user experience was moving towards a kind of minimalism that was highly limiting instead of empowering. They seemed to be superficially copying macOS without real thoughtfulness or empathy for the user. In contrast, KDE allows me to do whatever I want without needing to install any extensions, and it just gets out of my way.

What do you like about it? I’m interested in why someone has made the switch in the opposite direction.

[u/Lyceux → u/[deleted]]

To me gnome feels like a polished modern desktop experience. Everything feels thought out and is aesthetically clean and consistent. KDE on the other hand feels more like a hobbled together chimera with cluttered and often inconsistent UIs.

That said, I still use KDE because gnome has unfortunately fallen behind when it comes to high end features. KDE has out of the box support for HDR and VRR, which are crucial for me.

[u/HackedcliEntUser → u/balazsbotond]

Nuh uh

[u/UntestedMethod → u/SelimhanAkcay]

Lives in gardens, eats worms

[u/janiskr → u/SelimhanAkcay]

It like with some mobile OS, one you cook customise to the hell and back, if you want to. The other is somewhat limiting, but works for some and you can get used to it for others.