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Re:Plasma Bigscreen – 10-foot interface for KDE plasma by dddgghhbbfblk on Friday March 06, 2026 @08:47PM (#47283558)
I recently installed Fedora with KDE Plasma on a new computer and I can't say I feel the same way. The UI is still clunky (eg the file explorer is clunky) and I'm running into minor bugs pretty regularly. Windows will be sized incorrectly after a restore sometimes (failing to take into account the bar I added at the top), switching between multiple windows of the same program and a separate program seems non-deterministic, random UI components occasionally crash and restart.

I don't want to be negative for the sake of it but I constantly read these really positive comments about Linux on the desktop (in general or in specifics) and it gave me a false impression of what to expect. Not the first time I've fallen for this either over the years.

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Re:Plasma Bigscreen – 10-foot interface for KDE plasma by WD-42 on Friday March 06, 2026 @09:35PM (#47283869)
There’s a reason GNOME is the default for most of the major distributions.
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Re:Plasma Bigscreen – 10-foot interface for KDE plasma by 306bobby on Saturday March 07, 2026 @08:45AM (#47287593)
I've had twice the issues with GNOME as I have with KDE or Cinnamon

I think it all really depends on the wants and workflows of the user

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Re:Plasma Bigscreen – 10-foot interface for KDE plasma by Narushia on Saturday March 07, 2026 @01:30PM (#47290187)
Obviously. Now think of the wants and workflows of your average user and is starts to make sense.
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Re:Plasma Bigscreen – 10-foot interface for KDE plasma by alpaca128 on Saturday March 07, 2026 @06:02AM (#47286476)
It's rare to see a perfectly stable desktop UI in general. Even on my Mac and iPhone minor bugs are almost a daily occurrence. But KDE especially is a combination of huge scope and limited resources, whenever I used it there was always something obviously unpolished.
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Re:Plasma Bigscreen – 10-foot interface for KDE plasma by GreenWatermelon on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @02:02AM (#47319538)
And I much prefer "unpolished due to resource constraints" to the outright malice that is windows.
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