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I've been using Fedora for a couple of months now, and have been loving it. Very soon after I jumped into this community (among other Linux communities) and started laughing at all the people saying "KDE rules, GNOME drools," and "GNOME is better, KDE is for babies." But then I thought, "Why not give KDE a try? The worst that happens is I go back to using GNOME."

Now I get it. The level of customization is incredible, it's way faster than GNOME, and looks beautiful too. At this point, I'm not going back.

I'll happily contribute to the playground fight over desktop environments. KDE rules, GNOME drools.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Both DE have different targets. Gnome takes a bit more time for development. They are both great projects.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

That sums it up quite nicely. Thanks

[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You're not entirely incorrect. But, KDE is better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

In your opinion.

I'd take Gnome anyday.