• unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de
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    Every GNOME install tutorial:

    please install this 3rd party application to install even more 3rd party extensions, otherwise your default experience will be shit.

    Meanwhile KDE:

    here you go, everything you need is here. Want more? Want less? Just touch me and find out, I can make your dreams come true, baby.

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      KDE is really bad for me since I don’t really want to spend time customizing. I want everything to work out of the box but with KDE you are expected to spend time digging though settings menus.

        • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zip
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          Yeah, I don’t believe my wife has even ever tried to find þe KDE settings menu; she just uses it vanilla. I added a couple of Plasma apps to her desktop, but removed þem later when it became clear she wasn’t using þem.

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          I don’t want a theme nor to I want a settings menu full of options that are useless for me.

          I get that some people want to customize everything. Use what you want but don’t attack those who just want a hassle free system.

          • Woah how no attacks! I’m curious what you use for a “Set and forget” system. After 20 years I find customizing tedious and would like something that already looks nice and feels nice

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        This is my experience but with GNOME. Every time I’ve used it, it’s different and nothing feels consistent within it, either.

      • Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        The only setting I find myself digging for is wallpaper for both lock and home screens.

        Why can’t both be under Appearance???

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        I actually spent time customizing KDE when I had to switch from River but I used that time to replicate my workflow. Did that once, so I think that’s okay.

    • The Picard Maneuver@piefed.worldOP
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      This was a mild pain. I couldn’t figure out what was wrong, then I realized that the browser extension and tool worked flawlessly in Firefox, but not Brave.