The Good And Bad of KDE Plasma ...

Great video 🔥. You really covered problems with Plasma but I would like to add that some things you made mention of, specifically the hotkeys are based on your familiarity with GNOME and are not considered problems for users with long term usage of Plasma.

My biggest issue was the kde animations. They just don't feel as smooth as gnome or cinnamon to me...

And have kvantum stuff under appearance settings. To need a completely different app for transparency settings is stupid.

A long time ago, I could break KDE in 10 minutes or less but just tweaking the settings.

I've never tried it since.


But I don't like Gnome either. Budgie, Cinnamon, and XFCE are nice though.

The number #1 problem of KDE is performance. Still. Those people who claimed that KDE is nowadays comparable to Xfce in performance... Nothing could be further from the truth.

The theming is Plasma is broken and doesnt work correctly most of the time.

I've always thought about what you say, and I believe that the settings section should be "super easy" by default and let's say we can have a "toggle button" called "Super Powers" (title is debatable) wich gives us access to all the features we know so that more experienced users can tweak their desktop however they want, I think it would be a little more friendly for "new users", I also think that if we want to improve the end user experience and get new users For our community there needs to be a simpler way to set customizations..

What distro was you using in your video also what distro would you recommend for gaming on KDE ? - I am thinking fedora kde but unsure as Fedora mainly a gnome distro there again I could be wrong as I linux noob :)

how do you get rounded widgets?

Plasma 6, Plasma 6, Plasma 6

I think I ever use discover, I just always use dnf from the command line

Can a 2013 MacBook Air with 4 GB of RAM (And an Intel CPU) handle the latest KDE? I know I can always test it with a live USB drive but I haven't even bought the MacBook yet.

I love KDE Plasma, it really makes Linux feel like MY linux. I do have to say apps wise I'm 50/50 with Gnome. Simple is sometimes better but it depends on the app. Gnome calculator is the best VS kcalc but Krita is better than GIMP in my mind.

Plasma feels old and unpolished to me. I stopped using it last year. I was using it for 5 years before I stopped using it.

The best thing about KDE Plasma is that it can mimic the Windows 7's awesome look. That's why it's my DE of choice for a Gaming PC. It reminds me of the good old times.

Which application launcher did You use?