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[-] MasterNerd@lemm.ee 213 points 2 years ago

Kinda weird that they're calling it an OS, but ig they're just trying to cater to the windows audience

[-] killerinstinct101@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago

KDE neon is what they're selling

[-] glibg10b@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago

Selling as in advertising, I might add. Neon is free

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[-] GustavoM@lemmy.world 186 points 2 years ago

"But can Linux install things via a single .exe file? HAHAH EAT IT NERD!"

- 10'ish years ago past me, before discovering the magical wonders of the package manager

[-] RQG@lemmy.world 67 points 2 years ago

I found since people are used to app stores, I've had a much easier time convincing people to try out Linux. My mom even said that she always wished her windows PC had a proper app store.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think it's still important to explain the key difference between an "app store" and a package repository: the latter isn't a "store" because everything is free.

[-] RQG@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago

True but it helps get the concept across so much.

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[-] embed_me@programming.dev 48 points 2 years ago

With app images it's easier than installing. Although the chmod step will deter the typical windows user

[-] Kierunkowy74@kbin.social 33 points 2 years ago

What chmod step?

When I clicked on new app image, the OS told me, that program /name of app/ will be launched, I clicked "Continue" and it runs! No meddling with "chmod" or anything like that.

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[-] glibg10b@lemmy.ml 147 points 2 years ago

Windows 11 takes your money, gives you ads, sells your information and ignores your bug reports and feature requests

KDE is free, ad-free and open to contribution

I think we have a clear winner here

[-] desconectado@lemm.ee 38 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

But can it run proprietary software used in the industry? From Excel to Photoshop, if you are in a collaborative professional environment, you can't run away from those, and don't tell me you can use the alternatives in Linux, because no, you can't. This is not linux fault, but it's still an issue you can't handwave.

I love linux, but you can't expect people to adopt it just because it's objectively better than windows.

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[-] ultra@feddit.ro 23 points 2 years ago

Not to mention free as in freedom.

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[-] Franzia 100 points 2 years ago

Linux is the modern OS and windows is just a bunch of old shitty technology in a trench suit.

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[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 67 points 2 years ago

Plasma is not a system, but I see how they didnt want to confuse people here

[-] oce@jlai.lu 38 points 2 years ago

It is a desktop environment system.

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[-] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.world 61 points 2 years ago

Microsoft will probably never truly catch up with KDE

[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 years ago

Plasma 6 is approaching fast

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[-] BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml 57 points 2 years ago

In the newest windows, it is even possible to hover the volume icon and change it with the mouse wheel!!!

[-] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 33 points 2 years ago

Does clicking on it open the mixer, or still the useless menu which should be accessible with a right click instead?

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[-] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago

KDE had that pretty much since the invention of the mouse wheel.

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[-] const_void@lemmy.ml 36 points 2 years ago

KDE is the best desktop environment.

[-] Synthead@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago

To be fair, forcing a bunch of software on the machine users own was never a good move, and in my opinion, not a new normal.

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[-] Titou@feddit.de 27 points 2 years ago

not a kde user but huge respect to them

[-] heygooberman@lemmy.today 26 points 2 years ago

It's not my primary driver, but I would gladly choose KDE over Windows.

[-] MaxPower@feddit.de 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah like they (the Windows sheeple) celebrated a CLI package manager as if it was their best invention since sliced bread. Every Linux user was like yaaawwwn... "finally"

[-] MudMan@kbin.social 47 points 2 years ago

Who in the world celebrated that?

Like, I get the self-reinforcing bubble that Linux communities exist in and all, but... nobody did that.

The vast majority of Windows users are random people that never touch anything beyond the Start menu in their entire computing lives. What segment of the Windows userbase is out there celebrating any features, let alone command line anything? This is not a thing. At least not in numbers large enough to matter.

Sorry, I try not to get involved in these arguments. Frankly, grown adults taking sides on operating systems of all things like it's Sega vs Nintendo in a 90s playground seems very strange but I don't begrudge people finding communities wherever. It's just... you know, come on.

[-] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 2 years ago

As someone who needs to do initial installs on computers with 10-20, I celebrated. It is much easier to type names of the programs and the manager do anything instead of manually downloading installers. But turned out WinGet is really badly done.

As for preferences, for some this is actually Nintendo vs Sega unfortunetly. But don't underestimate moral decitions too.

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[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 years ago

I came back to KDE after a long absence because I never liked it back in the day (I found it ugly and bloated). I was really surprised by how good it has become. It's now my favourite desktop environment on Linux, and I'm looking forward to version 6. So to any other oldies still avoiding KDE because of how it used to be, it's worth another look.

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[-] RuikkaaPrus@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 years ago

Fully based

[-] jayandp@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago

What's the current reliable KDE Distro? I've been rolling with Kububtu for a while now, but Ubuntu's Snap mandate has been getting annoying.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I have been enjoying OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. It's a rolling distro unlike the Ubuntu and Debian derivatives, but the updates hardly ever cause problems and it's very easy to roll them back if they do. It also gives you a choice between X11 and Wayland, and Wayland is working well for me on Intel graphics.

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[-] yoz@aussie.zone 18 points 2 years ago

What's plasma ? Is it a browser? Sorry, I dont understand computers

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 years ago

Unlike Windows and MacOS, the Linux ecosystem is a lot more modular. For example, graphical user interfaces. There are a few types, ranging from ruthlessly simple tiling window managers to more complex desktop environments that more closely resemble the Windows or MacOS experience.

Linux users may take their pick between about a dozen desktop environments (DEs), including Gnome, Cinnamon, Mate, xfce and LXQT.

KDE (once standing for Kool Desktop Environment, now merely KDE) is a community/organization that produces open source software. They made Krita, a raster art program, KDENLIVE, a video editor, and many other such utilities. They also make the Plasma desktop environment, which is often referred to simply as "KDE" by distro maintainers. For example, you might download Fedora GNOME or Fedora KDE.

KDE Neon is an operating system maintained by KDE which features the Plasma desktop.

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[-] kshade@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

KDE nerds: Is there a way to get a normal app launch indicator (cursor with a loading icon/hourglass) instead of either nothing or the little hopping icons that don't animate right?

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