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    the main differences!! (lemmy.world)
    submitted 11 months ago by 01adrianrdgz@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    this is just a meme, I know that everyone is different and not all GNOME or KDE users are like that!!

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    [–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 101 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

    I like KDE cause it has a cute dragon. GNOME is a stinky foot.

    [–] reflex@kbin.social 30 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

    I like KDE cause it has a cute dragon.

    A what? I've only ever seen the K cog.

    [–] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    You say that as if the later is worse

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    [–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 32 points 11 months ago (18 children)

    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 27 points 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.

    [–] EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    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.

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    [–] hperrin@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    GUIs are for the weak. Monitors are for the weak. My PC is connected to a keyboard and a printer. Hackerman

    [–] malockin@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    You use a keyboard and a peinter? weak! I throw magnets over the memory chips and use a multi-meter. /l334

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    [–] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago

    The latter is more about i3 users lol

    [–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

    Something about making their own version of every app and than naming it k-something makes me think it's a cult.

    [–] Murdoc@sh.itjust.works 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Oh no, they know about the Kult! Burn the kompound!

    [–] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 11 months ago

    The Kool Kids Klub will never fall!

    [–] ikidd@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    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 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

    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.

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    [–] radix@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

    Excuse me, it's called a kult.

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    [–] covert_czar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    This is more like desktop enviromment vs window manager users

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    [–] superbirra@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    yeah, my mom uses kde

    [–] Moshpirit@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

    Your mom rules.

    [–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Me with no DE:

    [–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    $ whoevenami

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    [–] Hominine@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

    What am I doing ricing KDE when I don't even own a hoodie...

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    [–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    I use Cinnamon. What does that make me?

    [–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 16 points 11 months ago

    It makes you spicy.

    [–] Napain@lemmy.ml 15 points 11 months ago

    inacurate, they are all femboys

    [–] Parastie@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

    Listen, we have all moved to hyprland for the pretty animations.

    [–] confusedwiseman@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    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?

    [–] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 22 points 11 months ago

    NO! You must pick a side and fight!

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    [–] haikunaaa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    What if I use Hyprland?

    [–] Scrollone@feddit.it 14 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    I used to be a GNOME fanboy, but then GNOME 3 came and I can't stand it. Now I'm a KDE fanboy

    [–] vox@sopuli.xyz 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

    i actually kinda like gnome since gnome 40 release.
    it still sucks to use on small displays like laptops tho due to all the padding everywhere
    also gnome's touchpad gestures and multi-desktop management is superior to that of kde.

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    [–] kttnpunk@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

    Instant upvote because KDE is stupid underrated

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    [–] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    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

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    [–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    I've run MATE for nearly a decade and am now running XFCE, preparing to jump into a window manager as soon as I get a machine for my exclusive use.

    What does that make me?

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    [–] h_a_r_u_k_i@programming.dev 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Ehm... Elliot uses Gnome.

    https://youtu.be/ishgn7-NLlU?si=ox06KyNHHk35XlDL

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    [–] treadful@lemmy.zip 8 points 11 months ago

    Fluxbox users are in the walls!

    [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 7 points 11 months ago

    I'm a widow of Window Maker.

    [–] mojo@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    KDE is not complicated

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