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Execute "ujust" and marvel at what's possible right out of the box. If you used KDE check out some simple tips on how to configure cool windows effects. A little wobble makes all the difference. Browse the apps you can install, there are some pretty neat things in there you probably never heard of before.
And don't forget: once you got the things you want working, let the system fade into the background. No need to constantly tinker with your distribution unless you enjoy it.
Can't live without my magic lamp animation for minimise/maximise. Feels so out of place without it
Oh so you always need a lamp do you. Can you also fly??
I'm using GNOME because I like it more
And yeah, system fading into the background is the end goal
Yes gnome > KDE
This is a hill i will die on
I try once each year for about a month but so far I just can't and I'm the opposite. Before the total style change it was also opposite and early kde was just kinda gross. Old gnome was my entry point with desktop environments and linux in general. When the change happened I tried literally everything else before kde because I didn't like the older versions but eventually it came standard on a lot of distros and I just got used to it.
⚔️ You just started a war. 😂 KDE > Gnome. 🤭
I can't get excited about the Gnome interface. It somehow works in such an unfamiliar way. What is the advantage supposed to be?
gnome with arcmenu (I like windows like menu - the ads) dash to panel (place window menu at bottom alongside commonly used apps, date/time, and the control center), window thumbnails (pip any window) and a few other plugins is very nice looking imo feela like an os from the future, and its clean, stable. I got kde plasma looking pretty close to it layout wise, drag and drop was a bit more finnicky than enabling extensions and clicking through settings.
I just overall like the look better and it feels better to use, gnome feels like modern de, you can't just throw something together (someone who knows what they are doing coded those extensions and how it could fit within your layout, they tested it over time) while kde plasma feels like a really feature rich de from 2012, layout placement is up to you to test and figure out, idk how else to explain it in my head
I've had to use it in vocational school, and after a few months I started to like it over Windows interface. Later on I've touched Xfce and seen people around me use KDE, but still prefer GNOME. I've got no idea why.
Completely agree. I find GNOME just annoying, ugly, and in some places inconsistent.
KDE/i3/Sway 4evarr!
I respect GNOME for it's simplicity, but prefer KDE for the chaos.
I've installed Fedora 42 KDE to try out Plasma 6.4 as last time I've used KDE it was 5.x... Anyhow, I'm back to GNOME after 2h of messing with settings unable to get desired results. And the KDE animations are just bad... Still better than Windows though.
I agree, Gnome 2 was better. Ever since then, however, Gnome has been the worst environment available.
I totally agree - distro hoppers who complain about the "nightmare" of finding the right distro are living in a hell of their own making.
I somewhat get it. I used Mint ages ago on a laptop I had. It was fine. Two years ago I decided to see if I could use Linux full time in my desktop, and I installed Ubuntu. It was fine. Windows decided to fuck things up and I never fully recovered the system, and decided to cut Windows out and start fresh, and I installed Fedora, and it was fine. I fucked that up somewhat while messing around and learning and heard about Garuda and tried that. I love it!
I could have lived with any of the previous distros I tried. They did the job fine, and I didn't think much of it. Garuda seems perfect for me though. Being Arch based is great, but it started with most of what I needed so it wasn't the typical Arch install process (though I hear that's better now than is memed). For someone comfortable with their computer skills, I think it's the perfect option for gamers coming to Linux. I probably wouldn't recommend it for someone coming from Windows who never learned computer skills, but anyone who edited registries should be able to handle it just fine.
Almost everything is better than it's memed. Too many people treat memes like information when they're more like graffiti.
They like it but haven't come out of the closet