Can we ask Red-Hat to make Fedora's default DE be KDE?
KDE is really polished at this time. It does not use as many resources and it seems like KDE is better at keeping down the number of 'extensions' and extra apps that Gnome requires to be fully useful.
I know we can install any DE after the fact, but when Gnome is the default, it will obviously get more sponsorship. I think KDE is further ahead and may be more worth to continue the investment there vs re-inventing the wheel with Gnome. GTK apps look great in KDE by default. However, QT apps do not look great on Gnome by default.
Overall, KDE looks very polished but is missing a few things.. like their online accounts, does not currenlty work with gmail. Gnome/Evolution have solved that. Maybe this can reimplemented in the KDE frameworks. Fractional scaling, works so well in KDE. In Gnome, it does not.
My HiDpi laptop currently does not run Gnome well. The resolution either looks well for Firefox or it looks well for everything else. I've installed the gsettings parameter for the fractional scaling, but the problem persist. I set the devPixelxxxxxxxx sizing in about:config in Firefox. Still looks wierd.
Gnome memory leak... still there.
I am just wondering why we chose Gnome vs KDE.. and if it is worth moving to KDE as the default DE? Especially now that everyone else jumped on Gnome as their default DE. Having 1 DE as default is great for Linux overall, so that users can have consistent feel. But Gnome is too 'minimalist'. For power users, it feels like a tablet, not a powerful PC.
Also, installing KDE using dnf install @KDE-desktop, the super key is not set by default to open the application drawer, and the super+L does not log you off or lock the screen as expected. Thankfully KDE has great GUIs that make it easy to set that up.
Thanks!
If you want to get rid of as much bloat as possible, there are far more lightweight DEs than KDE. Enlightenment comes to mind as does my preferred DE, Xfce, which doesn't need any third-party "extensions" to work just fine.
Hi, yes there are many DEs out there that are lighter weight. I am not proposing KDE because it is light weight. It does seem lighter than Gnome especially given that many people have to install extensions to make it 'usable' to them. KDE comes out of the box with a lot of the features that make it easier to work with.
It already provides tons of applications that are very polished and well maintained and function well in the KDE eco system.
Even HiDPI displays look great! KDE (and i have been a Gnome user since Fed 16) blows me away! It has everything.
Thus the question.
If you don't like minimalist, you're not a power user.
I'm a long-time-windows user, KDE just seems like a bad clone (to me). I had a look at the spins, and firmly decided to stick with Gnome, but yes ,horses for courses (I did fancy Cinnamon a little (the color scheme), but that's about it).
If you think there are technical (scaling) issues, it's better to put the effort into solving those issues.
degski: You should respect the opinions of other persons. You are not qualified to assess if another person is a power user or not. If you are contending in this way, you should use another well.known network(F....). Windows is a high-quality product with a very long history, it is a question of demands of someone to use it or not, the same as with Linux.
@heliosstyx I am respecting the opinion of other users, I'm just expressing my opinion, no more no less. I did write f.e. "KDE just seems like a bad clone (to me)", note the "(to me)".