this is just a meme, I know that everyone is different and not all GNOME or KDE users are like that!!

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
    281·
    11 months ago

    Is that really a thing? I don’t usually get into discussions about DEs that often, and pretty much never irl. So I haven’t seen any general vibe at all.

    Like, my impression of kde vs gnome is that they’re both very geared towards a more general user that’s going to be doing basic things, but with the ability to go more advanced as needed. I kinda assumed they were both going to draw people that are “basic” like the images in the meme for gnome, with cinnamon users also being in that range, where something like xfce would be for folks that want a bit more modularity and “hackiness”.

    I’m not being a smartass, I just don’t really know if there’s more to the meme than just a bit of fun or not.

    • bus_factor@lemmy.world
      18·
      11 months ago

      Bottom right uses Enlightenment. Bottom left made his own tiling window manager which turned out exactly like the other tiling window managers.

    • iopq@lemmy.world
      61·
      11 months ago

      I’ve come to the conclusion that even gnome has too many features for me. It would be fine if they were all perfect, but it’s software, so…

      Off the top of my head:

      • Language doesn’t switch fast enough when I use ibus to type Chinese. The fact that I need to concern myself with my input method because choosing Chinese actually only types in Latin characters by default is lol

      • Can’t use the file manager to mess with files or folders owned by root. Text editor similarly sucks, I actually sudo gedit because it just works. It is a Gnome issue because vscodium just asks me to put in my password to save the file.

      • When I alt tab or super key out of a wine game, going back into it will have the alt key pressed down (not sure which key combination, but it’s an issue)

    • sanataseva@kbin.social
      61·
      11 months ago

      No you’re right, it’s mostly stereotypes that don’t have any real world importance. From my intermediate POV, it comes down to GNOME being a resource hog which the 1337 H4X0Rz don’t like. But with most modern systems having more than enough resources to spare, you’re not likely to notice unless you’re the sort to always have one eye on the system monitor pegged to your desktop. It’s an argument for the sake of an argument. I use KDE btw.

    • ugh@lemm.ee
      31·
      11 months ago

      I use KDE plasma because I’m new to Linux but also want something minimal system-wise. I love the programs and the interface. Maybe my opinion would be different if I spent more time with other DE’s or used it as my daily driver, but I’m sold on it now.

      GNOME is definitely more user-friendly for someone who is moving over from Windows/Mac. I wouldn’t recommend KDE to someone who is just going to stick to using one-click apps.

      • Rodeo@lemmy.ca
        2·
        11 months ago

        Kde is minimal now? Doesn’t it require a GPU? Aren’t there animations?

        I remember trying it out a few years back on my laptop from 2012 and it was unusably slow. Like 10 seconds just to open the menu.

        Xfce ran just fine though. That’s a minimal DE.

        • prunerye@slrpnk.net
          1·
          11 months ago

          Needing a GPU might be hyperbole, but no, it’ll still be slow on older hardware. It looks lightweight on neofetch since, at rest, the RAM will appear as low as XFCE’s, but it’s not nearly as snappy.

        • PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          Actually I tried out KDE Plasma on my grandmother’s budget laptop from about the same time. It was a little too slow with default settings, but once I killed the animations (can be done in Settings app) it ran pretty well. It ran a whole hell of a lot better than the Windows it came with.

          I also tested KDE vs XFCE in my old gaming computer, and I actually managed to get slightly less RAM usage in KDE than XFCE, so long as no plugins were used.

          Both systems were tested with Debian 12. On the gaming PC, I actually used the XFCE iso, so it was installed first.

          So depending on how your distro ships the default KDE Plasma settings or how you set it up, it actually can be a lightweight option compared with XFCE.

        • ugh@lemm.ee
          1·
          11 months ago

          It’s all relative. Ubuntu desktop is minimal compared to Windows, and I’ve found KDE to run much better than default Ubuntu. It’s lightweight for how much it offers.

      • supercriticalcheese@lemmy.world
        31·
        11 months ago

        I don’t understand.

        The lack of even the most basic customisation of Gnome ia mind-blowing to me. Why do i need to install a gnome shell extension for even the most basic functionality that even MacOs has!?

    • EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world
      2·
      11 months ago

      The philosophies of the two DEs are diametrically opposed. For example KDE will let you customize everything, they’d even let you customize their mothers of they could, while GNOME won’t let you customize anything, at least not without extensions that break every time GNOME updates.

      KDE devs are also a lot less opinionated than GNOME devs. If they could, GNOME devs would question the use case of your clothes, conclude they’re useless and then strip you naked. KDE devs will be fine with whatever you’re wearing.

      Now as you may have gathered I definitely prefer one over the other, but I do recognize some people may like GNOME for its simplicity, looks, flow and I even heard some like the lack of customization because it prevents them from getting distracted with tinkering. All in all use case depends on what you want to do with it, tho hopefully Cosmic DE beats the shit outta GNOME devs those damn pricks.

      • soupcat@sopuli.xyz
        0·
        11 months ago

        I keep hearing how customisable KDE is but I couldn’t find a way to change how big the app icons in the application launcher were, they’re so huge!

        • jennraeross@lemmy.world
          2·
          11 months ago

          Don’t quote me on it, but I think they just scale to match the panel height, so I’d you shrink the panel the icons should shrink as well. I’ve used the xp style taskbar instead for a long time tho, so I’m not certain…

          • soupcat@sopuli.xyz
            1·
            11 months ago

            There may be a different setting somewhere for what you’re talking about but when I tried that it just added more rows or columns of icons.

    • Knusper@feddit.de
      0·
      11 months ago

      In my experience, it strongly depends. In my team at work, the biggest Linux nerd is on GNOME, basically because he doesn’t care where his TMUX session runs.
      And I’m the guy with the most elaborate desktop workflow (tiling and 40+ virtual desktops among other aspects) and I wouldn’t want to use anything but KDE, because nothing else has as many features + customizability to support me in that workflow.

      But yeah, both of us started out on such mainstream desktops, then spent multiple years checking out all other desktops and eventually found different paths back to the mainstream.

    • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      11 months ago

      Oh, I wouldn’t get on my high horse about that, Gnome apps used to be G- or Gnome-something for a long, long time.

      Now they’re just some stock generic name that assumes “why would anyone ever use any other program for music except Music, or videos except Videos?”. Pretty much like Apple.

      • C_raven@lemm.ee
        12·
        11 months ago

        Worse than that, if you’re looking for the program in the terminal like when you install the thing it’s still called the old name, like:

        Files > nautilus
        Disk usage analyzer > baobab

        They used to have character. The k- naming scheme is just a hint that isn’t a qt app really.

    • dan@upvote.au
      5·
      11 months ago

      We wouldn’t have Safari (Webkit) or Chrome (Blink) today if it weren’t for Konqueror and KHTML! Webkit is a fork of KHTML, and Blink is a fork of Webkit.

  • laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    141·
    11 months ago

    Eh, my main reason for going KDE is every time I try Gnome, it feels like “what do I do now” and “where is the program I opened”

    I know that would get better with time spent using it, but then again, KDE feels like I can make it do what I want a lot easier

    And none of the other DEs look as nice and polished, which, I know, that’s not the important part … But dammit, I’m gonna be spending a lot of time staring at it, I’d like it to look good to me at least

    • psud@aussie.zone
      2·
      11 months ago

      Gnome is better on that now, but I have been using gnome since back when KDE was using non-free libraries to be prettier

      Gnome probably isn’t the best free desktop anymore, but I guess I’m used to it

      • laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        3·
        11 months ago

        There’s a lot to be said for familiarity and its impact on productivity… Which is why I hate when UI layouts change for no apparent reason other than to be different.

        • psud@aussie.zone
          2·
          11 months ago

          It’s also good to try and work the way the system is designed for — or maybe to share a way of working with the design leads

          Gnome likes you to have several things open, spread across the different desktops, and you really want to know the shortcuts for jumping between stuff

        • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
          11·
          11 months ago

          That’s why I stopped using Gnome. I loved Gnome 2.x, but then they went all screwey with Gnome 3 so I switched to Cinnamon.

    • WaxedWookie@lemmy.world
      1·
      11 months ago

      The last time I was meaningfully using Linux was around the time of Ubuntu 8.04 - my experience was the opposite of this.

      When I have the time, I’ll be dipping back in on Zorin (which I think defaults to modded KDE) - I’ve spun up VM, and it seems like it’s worth a shot… I just need to confirm it’ll play the small handful of games I play, find a slicer app, and pull the trigger. Damn near everything else is Web-based or self-hosted.

  • confusedwiseman@lemmy.world
    174·
    11 months ago

    Why not both? Seriously, why shouldn’t I install both DEs so I can figure out what I like best or suit my mood?

    Can’t we actually have it all in this scenario?

  • blusterydayve26@midwest.socialEnglish
    8·
    11 months ago

    Eliminate your rat-based mousing desires and join us in celebrating StumpWM, back behind the dumpsters, where they keep the extra parentheses.