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I’m currently testing Fedora KDE on a VM (windows host) before eventually switching over to Linux completely.

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[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Plasma definitely. Xfce is second.

[–] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Any preferences on the distro? I’ve been enjoying Fedora but I’ve also tested Ubuntu and enjoyed that

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I landed on openSUSE Tumbleweed about five years ago and still don't see myself hopping to another one

Ubuntu is doing an annoying attempt to generate lock-in and profits by forcing snap on everyone and making it annoyingly difficult to avoid.

Consider one of the ubuntu derivatives (there's a number of them, Mint, Pop etc) in preference to ubuntu itself, a debian derivative (KDE neon for example) or go with Fedora if you're a business orientated user.

[–] FarLine99@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Fedora Plasma is truly awesome!

[–] imgel@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Opensuse TW or Fedora