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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Made the switch to KDE (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago by GFGJewbacca@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I tried GNOME for all but three minutes until I found out that you could be scrolling along with your mouse wheel and oop, a slider suddenly appears under your cursor, steals focus, and now your mouse wheel is moving the slider before you can notice where it used to be.

What an awful default choice for UI/UX behavior.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

That has never happened to me in the many years I've been using Gnome.

[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I used Gnome for half an hour when I noticed I can three-finger-swipe left/right to switch workspaces and swipe up/down to open and close the overview. I'll never use anything else on my laptop!

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

That is not a UX choice, not default behaviour, and has not happened to me ever, after a decade+ of use.