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This week in KDE: Final Plasma 6.1 polishing and new features for 6.2 (pointieststick.com)

submitted 1 month ago by MazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

6.1 isn't out yet, and I can't wait for 6.2 already.

[–] queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Genuinely feels great to be hopeful about some parts of technology/software like this. I eagerly look forward to an update from KDE and sometimes GNOME.

Compare that to Google, Microsoft, any other public big tech, I start to just question why I'm not living in the forest as a new member of a Bigfoot extended family.

[–] SeekPie@lemm.ee 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Every update on Google or MS: Oh god please no.

Every update on FOSS apps, Linux: Give me more daddy.

[–] kurumin@linux.community 1 points 4 weeks ago

Gnome updates are like god playing dice.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 weeks ago

Hey KDE Team: 😘 ❤️ Please don't ever change!

[–] spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm weirdly excited about password-less lockscreens.

[–] Pete90@feddit.de 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

How would that work? I couldn't find it in that post.

[–] spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

I have seen it mentioned elsewhere, such as https://www.phoronix.com/news/Plasma-6.1-Last-Minute-Features.

[–] Sneptaur@pawb.social 4 points 4 weeks ago

Oh good. 6.1 seems to fix the only bugs that have personally bothered me. I’m stoked!

[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 3 points 4 weeks ago

Was hoping to see a fix for the right click menu randomly deciding to open as a window.

[–] archy@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Hey, we worked at your airport for 4 months last year

[+] ani@endlesstalk.org -42 points 1 month ago (8 children)

KDE is the best desktop environment. KDE is proof GNOME is a fricking hot garbage

[–] Onlytanner@lemmy.world 80 points 1 month ago (3 children)

While I love KDE, why do we have to have this mentality? I don't care how much of a joke it is or not, just let people use what they want to use. I've never used GNOME and I'm not about to start commenting about it but I do know there are a ton of people who use it and love it as much as I love KDE. It's like the whole Android vs iPhone debate; who fucking cares?

[–] iusearchbtw@lemm.ee 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Tribalism is fun

[–] Onlytanner@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

IMO being part of a community and watching a project evolve is fun, e.g. using Plasma over the years and seeing it grow. I just don't get the point of bashing another project on the merits of "it's not the thing I use so it's inherently bad". Different strokes for different folks I suppose.

[–] lessthanluigi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

username checks out

[–] toothpaste_sandwich@feddit.nl 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

While there's something to be said for Android vs iPhone from an ideological standpoint, that also doesn't apply for KDE and Gnome, both of which are OSS, bay-bee

[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 4 points 4 weeks ago

I'd argue there are two ideologies.

Gnome focuses on design and user interaction, then features.

Plasma focuses on configuration and modularity, then design.

It does seem like they are starting to converge though. With gnome focusing on more features, and Plasma focusing more on design and consistency.

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 weeks ago

theyre just farming engagement. lukewarm takes are the lifeblood of good ecosystems but generally ignored on social web.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's not garbage and if anything, it makes plasma better by being a bit of competition and offering simplicity.

I think it's more similar to the mac idea of simplicity, but there isn't much new features.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 weeks ago

Gnome is way better that Mac OS

[–] Father_Redbeard@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 weeks ago

What a garbage take. Use what you want, homie.

[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In my opinion the title of best desktop is a tie between Plasma, GNOME, and NsCDE. They are all amazing in their own ways and I switch between them all the time.

(Hyprland would be in there if the developer wasn't a jerk but I'm not willing to use it anymore because he is stupid)

[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm out of the loop what happened

[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Assuming you mean the hyprland guy, he was just being a transphobic jerk to people in his discord server

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why tho? I mean I love KDE and it's my daily driver DE but I also like Gnome it's modern sleek and actually original from other DE which is just Windows Explorer/Mac DE that's also include KDE

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 3 points 4 weeks ago

I can be mistaken, but maybe he does not mean the quality and usability of Gnome desktop environment itself. I had to guess if I say he means the way it is organized and the decisions are made, which is totally different from the more free approach of KDE. Maybe I am reading too much into it, but that is what I think, maybe because that is the problems I personally have.

[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Gnome is way more put together than Plasma 6 at this point in time. Its rock solid reliable.

I keep gnome as my stable laptop setup, and Plasma as my tinkering with games setup. This outlines both of their strengths individually.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Gnome is amazing, you have no idea what you're talking about.

You're probably too dumb to realise this, but people like you put people off of the projects they aggressively simp for.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 4 weeks ago

I can't use KDE for anything that requires stability and ease of use. It isn't bad but gnome and KDE slightly different use cases.