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[–] TheMadnessKing@lemdro.id 11 points 2 years ago

Plasma 6 has been shaping up to real nice. Excited to try it when it launches in Feb.

Kudos to the entire team for doing so much of the leg work.

[–] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

I’m so stocked with it! Cant wait for fedora 40 to ship it

[–] beta_tester@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

The only thing that keeps my laptop on GNOME is the damn beautiful overview. It's also the only reason I show it to interested people instead of KDE.

KDE has an overview now too! It's mapped to Super+W by default. And they're continuing to make it fancier in Plasma 6.

[–] iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I'm moving to KDE I think. After using gnome forever.

I really love gnomes clean simple de. But to me (beginner/novice) gnome vs KDE is like iOS vs android. Gnome for work and KDE for a desktop that represents my soul haha.

[–] stella@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

desktop that represents my soul haha.

As someone who makes their KDE look as much like Windows 7 as possible, this hit home for me 🥹.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Gnome looks better but kde is more functional... I can even run Jetbrains apps in kde without them being blurred in 4k 144hz, but gnome can't.

[–] beta_tester@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

Try to autoconnect to a vpn in GNOME, you can't do it in the settings. I love KDE, I just wish it was a bit more beautiful sometimes.

[–] richardisaguy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ngl, I kinda deslike the new task indicator

[–] stella@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Maybe it's just me, but I love KDE5 so much I'm just not looking forward to 6.

[–] magikmw@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Post says it's ready as a daily driver. I want to help with bug reporting, is it good enough to replace current fedora plasma or should I wait for a beta?

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Well, it's pre-alpha so expect a lot of problems