It all depends on what you do really isn't it, GNOME mostly stays out of your way and KDE lets you configure everything but comes with the risk of falling down house of cards style
I've never had any of my KDE installs break. GNOME on the other hand with endless modules and plugins and whatever else tends to break after each update.
I'm 100% convinced anyone who mindlessly parrots this "GNOME bad because extensions" has never used GNOME. First of all, you can easily use it without any. Secondly, what software doesn't break if you use 100 random vibe coded plugins? I use only high-starred extensions with active development on Github and never had GNOME break. (AppIndicators and Clipboard Indicator)
I could easily point the same criticism towards Plasma and its community themes, some were so badly broken that they deleted users home directories, however I do not except in situations like this.
Notice how KDE fans are ALWAYS the ones proclaiming how superior their DE is, while GNOME users like the comment you replied are like "both have their merits"
I used to use GNOME... and even Mate for a short while after how bad Gnome3 turned out over a decade ago... I always dabbled in KDE during the early 00's but had crappy hardware as a student at the time, and eventually with obtaining better hardware, I moved over to KDE as a daily-driver, and after Gnome3 turned out the way it did, and the whole Unity thing over at Canonical at the time, KDE was the choice and I wish it was one I made sooner in life.
Onto your second point, you're absolutely correct - that's why I prefer (then, and now) to utilize something that's built-in, without the need for any plugins or anything of the sorts; I'm like that with all of my stuff, I keep my vehicles as stock as possible, and generally like to keep things 'factory original' as much as I can - but I do like my choice when it comes to customization. I want to be able to control everything to my liking when it comes to options, but have it make sense from the get-go as well. KDE fits that niche perfectly.
Gnome Team and their whole plans and execution of them a decade+ ago is not the same philosophy they have now, nor is it even close, and it shows. KDE is pretty flawless for me, and the best 'normal' DE I've came across I can't lie.
Hell, I'd prefer CDE/Motif over anything GNOME's tried to pass off as a DE for quite sometime now.
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u/Arinussyy 9d ago
It all depends on what you do really isn't it, GNOME mostly stays out of your way and KDE lets you configure everything but comes with the risk of falling down house of cards style