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[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 27 points 6 months ago (2 children)

ITT: people make up fake desktop war drama between gnome, KDE, and window managers

Listen, its FOSS. Gnome and KDE can have different design philosophys, if they didn't why even be different. You can mix and match what you want and need from both quit a bit. The devs do!

All software has bugs, if your not paying devs or summited merge requests all you can do is ask nicely and fill helpful bug reports.

[–] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I love them both, just differently.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

ITT: people make up fake desktop war drama between gnome, KDE, and window managers

Happens every time. Someone has a criticism of Plasma and the Reddit/Lemmy comment sections devolve into "well Gnome = bad"

This is a submission about KDE and most of the comments are just a circlejerk about hating Gnome. It's pathetic.

I don't understand people who are so emotionally triggered by a DE they don't even use.