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Re:On the Graying of Gnome by bayindirh on Sunday December 20, 2020 @04:20PM (#25489625)
I personally use KDE and XFCE every day. While KDE is very nice, it reflects the spirit of the Linux very well. Extremely customizable, extremely extensible. When everything settles down, it's a productivity monster, and I love it.

On the other hand, XFCE is much more approachable and usable for a newcomer. It's not intimidating. It's not infinite. It's more resource friendly and straightforward. For a newcomer I recommend GNOME or XFCE. When they're seasoned enough, they automatically gravitate towards KDE most of the time.

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Re:On the Graying of Gnome by still_grokking on Sunday December 20, 2020 @10:22PM (#25491851)
> XFCE ... It's more resource friendly

Not any more since the switch to GTK3. Plasma is more lightweight since than.

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Re:On the Graying of Gnome by rrdharan on Sunday December 20, 2020 @07:15PM (#25490866)
Why do you use both every day?
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Re:On the Graying of Gnome by bayindirh on Monday December 21, 2020 @12:53AM (#25492454)
My office laptop and personal desktop runs KDE while my office desktop runs XFCE.

I like to use different things. Keeps my mind open.

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