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

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    KDE is what finally got me to switch from Windows.

    Out of the box I found it a better user experience than Windows 10s desktop, but having it be stupid easy to customize and theme on top of that has made me never wanna go back.

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      Man i didnt realize how much better Wayland is until I had to use a provided setup for a few weeks.

      The fact that I can’t swipe to switch virtual desktops on xorg was enough to make me question why xorg doesn’t offer such basic things after all the years

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        How are you swiping, out of curiosity? I have windows occupying the whole screen.

        I switch workspaces with a keyboard shortcut or by clicking buttons on the panel.

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            Oh I see. But I thought such gestures were available a long time ago, I remember apps like Fusuma, and there was talk of adding them to libinput so that every DE could let the user assign actions to gestures.

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              Yeah, this is now using the libinput gestures. It’s mainly exciting, because it’s available out-of-the-box, even for non-techies and lazy people (me).

              With general technological advances and I believe Windows having similar gestures, it’s now also rarely the case that touchpad hardware doesn’t support multi-touch input…

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      But screen sharing was not possible for me. Which is kinda a deal breaker. Is that implemented yet?

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    KDE for me. As much as I hate windows, I like the floating windows, task bar and tray. KDE has that out of the box and lets me tweak all the little annoyances away.

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      Of all the things I hate about Microsoft Windows, the GUI design is not one of them. The content of those windows is janky as all hell. But the floating windows, taskbar, and tray? Those are all great.

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        I love the minimize all windows button. It is so small and functional, I always use the KDE Widget that copies it, and IMO, KDE should use it by default

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    KDE

    It’s like a swiss-army knife of DEs.

    I try to make it look like Windows 7.

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    Personally I’ve been on KDE for a few years, I love the way I can customize my workflow, from the default apps to the panels layout. The KDE team has made fantastic progress since I’ve started using it, and it’s now very stable and feature rich. I’m very excited for the upcoming Plasma 6

    And as a reminder to everybody, please donate if you can, no matter what software you use. Especially if you’ve been using that DE for a while. Open source projects like these are always in need of funding!

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      Every time I hear this, I’m tempted to try KDE again, but every time I do, I run into stability issues.

      I really like the customizability, particularly being able to set up the workflow you want. But then I hit stability issues and that just kills it for me - pun only somewhat intentional.

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        I guess it’s a hit or miss depending on the hardware. I’ve never had a single stability issue with plasma ever since I started using it

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    I love KDE Plasma, been using it for years. Cinnamon is very good too, especially for folks that like the Windows 7 style.

    Cosmic is nice from the little I’ve used it, but I prefer a DE with more options.

    Not a Gnome fan personally, I’ve tried it many times, just can’t get into it, but objectively it’s solid.