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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 10 points 8 months ago (3 children)

It is a fairly minor release for gnome. The problem with KDE is that it has so many features that it is harder to use and setup. It also doesn't have a focus on stability.

[–] 01011@monero.town 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

KDE has been very stable for years.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 8 months ago

That's not my experience. I've had bugs

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Certainly not what I've experienced. But it's definitely a lot better than it was 2 years ago.

[–] 01011@monero.town 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I use it daily on three devices running two different distros (void and arch). It's been as stable as xfce.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

I believe you. It's just far from my experience.

[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 4 points 8 months ago

They've also had to spend several cycles rearchitecting the codebase and reducing duplicated efforts.

Plasma 6's future seems very bright. Especially if they keep improving Breeze especially if they keep focusing on sane defaults and a simple unified and consistent style.

[–] Adanisi@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure what you mean??

KDE is usable out of the box, and very easy to use.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not for me. I want my desktop to be functional and I don't really customize all that much.

[–] Adanisi@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I mean, I run basically stock KDE with the dark theme. It seems functional but maybe we just have different ideas of functional?