linuxtechie share your opinion on why he uses KDE. Here we will see your opinion, as well as that of other users in our community 😀
I leave you the translation of what wrote on his blog, since I find your point of view very similar to mine:
I've always been a person Gnome, I have tried KDE every so often, but I never really liked it. It seemed to me that it was missing some functions that Gnome had, or some others that did not work correctly, while in Gnome it did .. I never got used to KDE, so I always came back to Gnome.
Although recently, there were some changes. I ended up becoming a huge fan of Unity, but the latest version that is in Ubuntu 11.10 made me create a bit of rejection, I liked the version in 11.04 much more. Not to mention that it was much more stable. This version in 11.10 was highly unstable for me, as well as I did not like the new features. I quickly stopped being happy with Unity, I realized that I was not such a big fan of it. I just didn't want to use Unity anymore as I was frustrated with it so I started looking at my options.
I decided that I would try again KDE once again, not only because it is certainly beautiful, but also because all those options that it lacked before (and I wished) were already available, and also all those bugs that annoyed were fixed over the years. So I decided to give KDE another shot. It was a bit uncomfortable at first, as I was not used to how things should be done in KDE, but I fell in love with it after only a few days ... I didn't even look back. I find KDE really refreshing compared to Gnome, I can customize every tiny detail of the environment, now when I think of Gnome, I realize how restrictive it was.
This is why he has changed to KDE... to use it currently, however in a topic from our forum Several users shared their point of view, here are some of those comments:
muadib said:
Hola!
I use KDE not only for its environment, practical and highly customizable, but also for the applications that run natively or are part of the KDE SC group. Applications like gwenview, okular, choqok are some of the applications that I miss when not using KDE. In addition, little by little I am adapting to the use of Activities, I keep my open applications more organized.
regards
Courage said:
I used it because I was unable to install Gnome (which I already know how to do) and then I liked it more, too bad the computer I have doesn't pick it up. I also like Qt applications better, they seem to me of better quality.
ppsalama said:
I thought that KDE would behave more heavily ... but it behaves more agile than when I had ubuntu 11 with all effects. It is superconfigurable, there is much to investigate in it, it brings better utilities to work immediately, I did not have to manage anything in terms of the network with other PCs in my house for everything to work. I love being able to modify the kdm, splash, themes, icons, ... so easy. And what the ***, in principle it's prettier.
dwarf said:
I personally use KDE for a number of reasons… The first is because I like to take advantage of my hardware and the most demanding environment is KDE.
Another is for the community and the projects that have an active plasma, of which I intend to be part. QT is incredibly interesting, I love it, so much that I venture into PyQT whenever I can.
The fluidity of the system, the tools, the well-kept interface, the intuitiveness of the system and how well integrated almost everything is in KDE.
Me? ... well, my reasons for using KDE are quite extensive, I promise to make a post about this specifically 🙂
regards (I.e.
It is the fate of elav, like it or not
@Courage. When that happens, it will be the news of the century. LOL.
KDE is the most advanced and powerful Desktop Environment on GNU / Linux. I have used it, I have tested it thoroughly and yes, I liked it. It is true that it has great applications. It is true that it is beautiful and very configurable. It is true that it consumes its own.
But it is also true that I do not need so many functionalities for my daily work. I don't need Akonadi + Nepomuk and Virtuoso to have a semantic desktop. I don't need the super integration of KDEWallet (which touches the eggs quite a bit). I don't need half of the things that KDE offers. I don't support the KDE menu even in its simple form. I don't need a Dolphin, who more than a Dolphin seems to me like a whale.
What I need? Speed, lightness, simplicity and everything is just two clicks away from the mouse. Who offers me that? Neither Gnome-Shell, nor Cinnamon, nor KDE, that is offered to me by the little mouse that I have as a desktop. But nothing, since we are, I will do my own article on why I prefer Xfce.
I was always a Gnome lover until Gnome3 came, Unity not even thinking about it, just seeing it gives me frustration. KDE is very beautiful, very colorful, nobody takes it away, but very heavy and incidentally the menu makes me annoying.
With Xfce I have managed to find again the functionality I needed on my desktop, very light and very fast. Fully recommended for those who long for Gnome 2.
But the menu to KDE can also be changed, there are more launchers (like Lancelot, or ROSA Launcher ...), it's not just the classic menu or Kickoff.
It is very easy to criticize without even knowing all the options / advantages that you have ... KWallet at least I find it great, I have never (and I repeat ... NEVER) have had problems with it, and the KDE menu is only a KDE app, which it can be exchanged for another.
I agree with elav but I use Cinnamon if I want everything to be two clicks away
Yes, please do it!
xfcerules!
Gnome is very simple, which can be an advantage, but nothing to do with KDE.
I was a Gnome user and it ended up boring me. So much so that I quit Ubuntu.
Now I enjoy my Debian with KDE.
I have used several GNU / LINUX distros: ubuntu, mandriva, opensuse, PCLinux, Linuxmint, with GNOME desktop; although I have not had problems with this environment, I see kubuntu 11.10 very well configured and more elegant, without many complications with the new trends in terms of the kernel and user interfaces. For this reason I have installed it on my computer equipment and so far I have not had major problems.
Courage, I think it is the destiny of many, when unity is the "must" option in the distributions that host it.
Good how are you all? I have been using linux for about 10 years, but always with Gnome2, I tried kde once, but it seemed too windows and half ugly ... I don't know how it will be now.
Now I use ubuntu 11.10 and I am delighted with unity ...
Those who use kde, what distro do they use? kubuntu, debian, arch, or what?
reasons or improvements that you see compared to gnome? see good fonts, icons, settings?
are the same programs running? for example I use:
- wine with sqlyog and something else
- netbeans, eclipse
- chromium
- pidgin
- gedit for simple code editing
- shotwell to manage my photos
- paint or krita to edit images (gimp hate it)
mostly for web development and some home relaxation.
Unity and Cinnamon are the most Gnome 2 being Gnome 3 that is currently in Linux, I recommend and love both and they have never failed me despite using Unity 5 or Cinnamon itself (since it is something like a beta) but at the same time final you choose what to use 🙂
As for the apps you mention, I think that if they all work in Ubuntu 11.10, since Gnome 3 uses GTK + 3 by default, but they kept GTK + 2 so that apps in past versions could be followed or if they do not use and have no intention to use GTK + 3
I use OpenSUSE with KDE.
Of course all that works in KDE, although some of them have their counterpart for KDE, for example:
Gedit -> Kwrite
Shotwell -> Digikam
Pint -> KolourPaint
I don't know what would be ugly, because in my opinion it has a better finish, it is better polished than Gnome2.
So much so that if you want to configure something, you simply open the system preferences and voila, there will be all the options.
For my part I use Arch + KDE 🙂
regards
I am a Gnomeero and KDEero user alike (before only a gnomeero) and I really like both, but in Gnome there are two variants which get my applause Unity and Cinnamon, both are excellent options being Unity ideal for Netbooks and cinnaon for Desktop PCs and laptops (gnome shell would be for tablets) and to be honest I'm using Unity right now 🙂 well, the Unity lenses are what right now brings me anchored to it even though my PC is a laptop, KDE nor It is said, there is only one version which also gets my applause for its ease of customization, its apps and its power, and its Netbook and active modes are incredible although difficult to get used to but in the end this is only a mere opinion
I used to be a Gnome user, its simple and customizable environment kept me happy, until it didn't last long. After the arrival of Ubuntu 11.04 with its Unity environment, it made me move away from Ubuntu, it was very slow, very little customization and that bar on the left side made me uncomfortable (so it could be removed = it bothered me). Many recommended me KDE (even Gaara recommended it in his old blog), it was super customizable (which is what I love), its applications are great and faster than other environments (I am full). So I tried Kubuntu 11.04 and I immediately fell in love with it, I can do whatever I want and customize it however I want: D.
Regards!
DEB + KDE bad idea try Chakra Linux, KDE just as customizable, easy to install and use OS and the best of all is that it is rolling release so you install it only once and it lasts for you forever as long as the project is not abandoned , its origins were very archer but they are no longer compatible since Chakra became independent from Arch
Just one question: why is DEB + KDE a bad idea?
In my very personal experience, Kubuntu is simply unstable, heavy, overconsuming, so it becomes a poor choice.
Debian is much better yes, but still at least I don't like it… I see the KISS principle and Rolling Release as a better option, and Debian doesn't offer this. It happens that KDE releases updates more frequently than Gnome, so having RR is beneficial to us.
Have you ever tried Aptosid? Nope. So how are you sure Debian can't be Rolling? But also, I update my Testing every day. Doesn't that feel like Rolling? Ahh, maybe I don't have the latest versions of the packages, it may be, but with moving to Sid or Experimental I have 😛
I already mentioned this to you one day, I repeated it to you another ... and I do it again now.
Let's do the following ... you use the Sid and Experimental Debian repos, I still use my Arch repos, we'll see who gets the new versions first, and above all, we'll see who has more instability 😉
Maybe I don't have the latest before you (although it would be necessary to prove)However, I'm sure I won't get unexpected Bash errors and things like that. As I was saying to nano, I'm just waiting for one day, one good day, Arch to load your system or worse, your data and then there I will be seeing 2 things:
1- The same as with Ubuntu, which was your ideal distro (for which it killed) until it didn't work for you.
2- See you with the face of a pissed-off kid that you put on when things go wrong ...
And that's when I'm going to die of laughter .. 😛
Ahh by the way, I forgot to comment to you. How many platforms are Arch packages packaged for? It is impossible that in Debian you can have all the latest at the moment, when you have to maintain so many architectures .. Remember that Debian not only supports i686 and amd64 ..
How many platforms does it support? ... uff, as I said before, the idea is not to make a Debian VS Arch far from it, let's not start with the usual comparisons ... I just don't answer this 🙂
Right @elav Arch has the newest but most stable, @Salto here is an article made by me about Chakra: http://linuxblogx6.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/chakra-dulce-y-amado-chakra-kde-a-su-maxio-explendor/
Sergio Esau Arambula Duran:
I have tried Arch. I know how it works but I have my doubts. When a package comes out, declared by its developer as Stable, it does not mean that it is completely stable, because I highly doubt that it has been tested on all types of Hardware. Simple example, when Xorg 7 came out as stable, a lot of users had problems.
Did you try version 11.04? From there they have improved a lot in terms of speed and consumption 😀
Archlinux I see it very difficult to install and seeing how the drivers are installed in that distribution I also see it complicated D:… That's why I prefer Kubuntu installs everything at once and bluntly 🙂
Yep, I tried it ... actually I tested the beta of 11.10 😀
The thing that strikes me the most is Muon Suite, it really is a fundamental aspect that Kubuntu (as well as KDE + Debian) always lacked. Still ... I noticed it unstable (both 11.04 and 11.10 beta, this second is obvious), it didn't feel as fluid as I'm used to 🙂
@elav do not be dismissive and as I said Arch is super stable, just like Chakra
@salto that is why I say use Chakra, it is a stable rolling distro like arch but it is easy to use and install XD that is the most ercano that a beginner user can be from Arch
Who said such a thing?
I read the comments but I don't understand what they call customizable? Change icons, fonts, colors? Or what?
Another thing. I saw the screenshoots of the official website and I didn't like them very much 🙁 is there a nice website to see good settings?
I'm sticking with Xfce, Gnome 2.3 and I'm giving Gnome-Shell another chance.
KDE has always seemed very cumbersome to me, with a lot of cholesterol 😉 and I do not like it visually, on the other hand, in the variety is the taste and I find it ineffective to spend time and lines in confronting one environment with another, if we ultimately choose based on our subjectivities despite all the technical arguments we make.
Greetings community.
Gaara, thanks for the article, it is enriching for me because I have never used KDE. Of course, I cannot miss an unforgivable mistake in the second paragraph of the translation; an error on which I have already left comments:
"Although recently, there were some changes."
How did they "have"? There was! "There were some changes." The "there is" of existence is impersonal, it is not necessary to pluralize it: there are changes, there were changes, there would be changes, there were changes, there will be changes, there are changes, there are changes, etc.
hehe ready, corrected 🙂
Is that when it is translated quickly and a little crazy, these things happen hehehe….
I recently migrated, I am lucky with a kubuntu that is improving and that has made things easier for me, the kubuntu community is very friendly and a very stable KDE that makes me feel very comfortable and I learn new things every day. Regarding the other options for me they are great and super easy to use, but it does not have that "eye candy" that KDE has, all of them have nothing to envy to commercial alternatives.
I freak out with my kde + arch ... with that I say it all ...
By the way ... thanks for adding my comment in the forum to this post ... (and if in the post you take away the r from ppsalarma to leave it in ppsalama I could chulear by showing the post to my poor friends hasefrocheros ...
Salu2 and congratulations on the blog and the forum (it's my daily must-read)
Thank you.
The same happens to me ... Arch + KDE just great 😀
hehe I already fixed your nick, sorry 🙂
Nothing, a pleasure to really read you ...
Chakra + KDE the maximum
heyyyyyyy… thankssssssssssssss.
Thanks for the article; I always use Gnome, so I will be encouraged to try KDE
At all, it is not my intention to evangelize much less (as elav just told me here in person hahahaha), I just wanted to share the opinion / criteria of some users of our community 🙂
KDE is what a linux user demands, an environment with very good native applications and configurable according to the user's taste.
I love KDE but I don't use it because my Acer Aspire One goes with fans that looks like a Boeing 747 xD
Still I throw as much of Qt as I can into Openbox! 😉
Well, I'm the weird one, I always use Lxde and it's certainly mine (I don't care being on a pentium IV or a more modern one), yes, it doesn't hurt to try them all and of course read so many impressions / experiences of linuxers .Greetings and thanks for sharing
Kde consumes a lot.
But it is very nice, it is not recommended for low-performance machines.
Gnome 3
They stayed with the idea, and cannot improve it.
Unity
Very good, just lacking stability
Cinnamon
The best of today on desktops still in beta.
Xfce
In my view it is missing. I can't find it finished.
My favorite desktop: for its customization possibilities, ease of use and integration with its native applications. I would only blame it that it is not a bit lighter, but I still love it ...
Hold on to KDE and Chakra!
yes Chakra + KDE rocks 🙂
I just went back to Chakra after being in Ubuntu for convenience, what made me come back was how the Unity dash home will be, but if I love Unity, if I did not change it, I could reinstall it but until 13.10
I was a convinced Gnomer, until Unity came along. I went to LMDE, and Gnome 3 arrived. I changed to its version with KDE, and here I stay 🙂
Hello, you know, I am curious what programs are used in gnome and in kde, it would be good to touch on this topic, currently I use gnome 2, and I have used kde in the roast but it was not always stable, maybe out of ignorance I left it, xfce I have not tried it like that that I do not think.
The point I want to get to is that instead of comparing or witnessing any of them, it would be good to make a topic where someone like me or worse than me can see the good and the bad of them and know which one suits him better, For example, I like to write, watch movies, the Internet and listen to music, and since I share files with the win I use both partitions, I hope to understand me. thanks
Any KDE program can be installed on Gnome and vice versa.
KDE is the best, the Qt programs are much better, apart from being easier to customize
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