undefined | Better HN

0 pointsEnPissant4mo ago0 comments

KDE plasma is the best DE that exists right now (once you configure it to mimic gnome 2).

0 comments

4 comments · 2 top-level

17186274404mo ago· 2 in thread

> once you configure it to mimic gnome 2

Why is it better than Gnome 2 then? This is what I prefer (it's called Mate now).

I was a Mate user for ages. It's great. Unfortunately, the lack of development is starting to show. For example, no fractional scaling for 4k monitors.

I've configured KDE Plasma to look almost identical to Mate (the defaults are similar to Windows, nice, but I prefer the Mate layout):

- top panel / bottom panel

- desktop switcher bottom right

- task bar on bottom

- desktop button bottom left

- clock top right

- app indicators top right

- app icon launchers on top bar

- app menu top left

It's not just layout, either. Gnome can be configured to do much of this, but it just feels terrible. Task bars can't be dragged to re-order. Desktop switchers just have numbers instead of contents. Animations are slow and annoying. Etc. Etc.

17186274404mo ago

> For example, no fractional scaling for 4k monitors.

I don't have a 4K monitor, but what does `xrandr --output HDMI1 --scale 0.8x0.8` do? I have a 1024x768 monitor and do to all the useless whitespace in modern programs, I scale into the opposite direction.

But I agree Gnome lost the plot completely, and sadly Gtk too. Which is a pity, because I prefer GTK+ to Qt, but they deprecated so much useful Widgets and the alternative given is 'just don't do that'.

1 more reply

shiroiuma4mo ago

Gnome 1 had the best design of all the Gnome versions.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse