KDE vs. Gnome Design Philosophies (2017)

I'm curious is anyone else feels like I do about these things. I've used linux off and on over the years, various distros, various GUIs, sometimes KDE based, sometimes Gnome, sometimes others. I've never noticed any differences that seem substantive. It just seems like a random walk around the usual gui design space. Which I think makes sense as there isn't really a whole lot to do there.

Is it just me? Do other people feel strongly about any of these differences?

Re: KDE vs. Gnome Design Philosophies (2017)

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Post by lelanthran » Thu, Mar 25, 2021, 2:27 PM UTC

I dislike comparisons like this; it's very easy to cherry pick the worst examples of A and the best examples of B.

For example, why didn't they compare the file-chooser dialog? Is the gnome one still unable to display a list of thumbnails, and instead require the user to click on each file to show a preview? Good luck if you are looking for a single image in a directory that has more than 50 or so.

That's a common, daily need all users have - pick a file in a dialog, and yet the last time I used Gnome it was broken and had been that way for decades.

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Post by lallysingh » Thu, Mar 25, 2021, 2:33 PM UTC

Does anyone know what KDE activities actually are? Is there a concrete description somewhere?

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Post by kmarc » Thu, Mar 25, 2021, 2:35 PM UTC

I found it interesting that they compare CD burning software and a music player. In 2017 I am not sure how relevant these software were...

I myself haven't used CDs for around 10 years now. And apart from my love of ncmpp, I would also suppose the majority of desktop users would listen to music from a streamer service.

I'd rather had a look on the Settings / configuration dialogs, file pickers (as it's been mentioned already) and other stuff that are relevant (and were relevant in 2017)

Re: KDE vs. Gnome Design Philosophies (2017)

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Post by EdwardDiego » Thu, Mar 25, 2021, 2:35 PM UTC

gameswithgo wrote: post #5

I'm curious is anyone else feels like I do about these things. I've used linux off and on over the years, various distros, various GUIs, sometimes KDE based, sometimes Gnome, sometimes others. I've never noticed any differences that seem substantive. It just seems like a random walk around the usual gui design space. Which I think makes sense as there isn't really a whole lot to do there. Is it just me? Do other peop…

I'm in the same boat. Switched from Gnome on Pop_OS to KDE on Arch Linux and well, they both work, I guess?

I mean, I'm using Linux to work, so as long as I can pull up a terminal, run Zoom, run my browser, and run IDEA, I'm sorted, I'm not overly fussed about what the MP3 players look like, I can just open Spotify in a browser if I need tunes.

Re: KDE vs. Gnome Design Philosophies (2017)

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Post by mikece » Thu, Mar 25, 2021, 2:39 PM UTC

Is it really still an either/or choice between KDE and Gnome? I'm not a Linux expert but I thought there were more options than just these two. The article seems like it presents a false dichotomy.