Stable? Good? Bad? Annoying? Is it beginner friendly? Should I try KDE or Gnome?

I’ve only used Mint and SteamOS and from what I understand KDE should be similar to SteamOS Desktop mode because that is KDE based, right?

I don’t plan to distro hop any time soon, but I’m just curious if I ever get a new laptop I might try it to take advantage of it supposedly being descent at performance optimisation

  • catter [comrade/them, she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I’ve been using it for a year with no issues. It just works for me, though as ashinadash stated, it’s released a couple updates that have caused failure to boot (I just have not personally been affected). I’m like a moderately techy person, not sure I’d hand it off to someone who isn’t a little comfortable fiddling with the console. KDE has been great for me 😊

    Only thing that hasn’t worked is my racing wheel, but that might just be a skill issue lol.

    • Dort_Owl [they/them, any]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Hmmm yeah I’ve been spoiled by Mint and SteamOS being easy to update/configure/etc, I might have to learn how to use the terminal with a bit more confidence (konsole? /console?)