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The final release of the GNOME 45 desktop environment is expected on September 20th, 2023.

Not long to go now. :)

I always look forward to new Gnome releases, and I still switch back and forth between Plasma and Gnome all the time...

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[–] rotopenguin@infosec.pub 52 points 1 year ago (4 children)

KDE: we have compositor crash recovery in testing

Gnome: we broke the extension interface, again

[–] jsdz@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

XFCE: we added some format options for the clock

[–] nicman24@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] jsdz@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Apparently so, but I'm happy to say it's never given me a reason to care.

[–] nicman24@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

i used to maintain some packages and stuff - that is the only reason it matters

[–] Brustadnrift@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was always a GNOME guy. Not sure why really, maybe it was the state of KDE3 vs GNOME2. Never really looked at KDE again and assumed there is a reason all the popular distros pick GNOME. then 3 years ago I tried KED, and was blown away. Now I’ve completely flipped my position on it.

[–] nicman24@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Well kde4 was also a trash fire

[–] ThemboMcBembo 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What would you describe as the main difference?

[–] Vinegar@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Gnome provides a more consistent user experience because Gnome apps usually have fewer features and don't offer many customization options by default. KDE apps usually have a lot of settings and customization options, but the user interface might be a little less intuitive or you may have to search in a settings menu to find what you're looking for.

In my experience Gnome is pretty, intuitive, and well integrated, but I tend to settle on KDE Plasma because KDE apps often have more advanced functionality and more options for configuration. If you're the type who likes to explore device/app settings to configure things exactly how you want, then consider KDE Plasma. If you'd rather have a minimal but consistent experience out-of-the-box without any tinkering then Gnome is probably the better choice for you.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For me, Plasma is awesome but I can usually find some bugs in a few days of using it. Gnome is usually rock solid, although there has been times when it also has been buggy.

I switch back and forth a lot and it adds to the fun I think.

[–] vanderbilt 1 points 1 year ago

I use KDE on a RHEL system via epel and it’s been pretty rock solid. I’m not the type to update very often, but it’s been stable for the year I’ve been running it.

[–] Brustadnrift@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Honestly for me it’s very subjective. With GNOME, I need to install and configure a lot of extensions to get it to work the way I like. I was surprised how many of these small tweaks and features are already part of KDE. Out of the box it’s a lot closer to what I want and the rest of the small customizations I want are just right there in KDE as options.

With GNOME extensions I always have to wonder “which crappy extension broke now, and what is the new one everyone is moving to/how to fix it”.

Just generally a lot less headache for me. I also could swear it’s more performant and generally feels snappier, but it’s so hard to tell on modern fast hardware anyway.

[–] macallik@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

GNOME = iOS where they make decisions for you
KDE = Android where it's completely customizable

Based on my (limited) experience, Gnome is especially well suited for people new to Linux or inundated with too much to worry about customizing a DE.

Personally, my desktop runs KDE and I've spent hours researching/customizing it, while my laptop which is a glorified web browser, runs GNOME

[–] bc3114@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The other day I was on KDE on steam deck desktop mode and could not wake from sleep, not sure if it's a KDE thing or steam os thing though.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Could be either. KDE has never been as mature as GNOME, and I say this as a KDE fna <3

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you need to use extensions that completely break your user experience each GNOME iteration, just don't bother using it.

[–] dodslaser@feddit.nu 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But vanilla GNOME completely breaks my user experience each boot...

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[–] ultra@feddit.ro 1 points 1 year ago

Nice, they added the new activities button!