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  • Vanilla gnome isn’t for me so I used to install some extensions when I used it.

    After a few hopping, I stopped using Gnome, because I find that painful to :

    • install the extension app (the one that allow you to download and manage the extensions, and that is usually not the one installed, it might have changed, as I stopped using Gnome for a year or even more)
    • install the extensions I want
    • configure the extensions

    On KDE, I just have to set it as I need it.

    If you do not change distributions everyday, then it’s not a big issue I guess.

    But it might be troublesome for beginners trying distributions that have vanilla-close gnome to know that extensions exist. My needs are not complicated, so I only used extensions that allow me to have a dock on both of my screens, and to have the minimize button.




  • Linux has been the biggest rabbit hole I’ve been in. There are too many distribution for me to choose one without testing as much as I can. It made me change what I wanted/needed. I went from “I don’t want to use CLI at all” to “man, GUI is too slow for that”.

    I tried many Debian children and grand children distributions, Fedora based ones (Nobara, atomics bases,…), Opensuse, NixOS, Solus, arch based distributions…

    Now, I’m on cachyOS, that seems to be the good balance I need (for now), between GUI/already configured and “I can do it the way I want”.

    One year after starting using Linux, I’ve switched from a 3060ti to a 6700xt, just because it made hopping easier.

    If you exclude me not being able to settle down on a distro, Linux is a funny experience to me. My needs are not that big, as I just play some games, have a light need of an office suite. I can do anything I used to to in windows, but without Microsoft and his friends looking above my shoulder.



  • kronarbob@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlFavourite DE
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    3 months ago

    KDE : it’s the only DE where I can have 2 identical panels (app pined+ full system tray) on each of my 2 screens without installing extensions.

    KDE can do what I want without having to look for extensions. Breeze theme is good enough for me, I don’t need to look for something else. So far it’s the best out of the box experience I had.

    I prefer Gnome look, but I distr’hop too often to have the courage to setup the desktop every time.