I resisted KDE for years because of the 'it's too bloated' meme, but I finally tried it with a new Kubuntu install and my computer isn't a piece of shit. I am so impressed. This is the most complete desktop computing experience possible on GNU/Linux that I've experienced. It's responsive, not ugly (in regards to Plasma anyway), intuitive, just werks and most importantly it's perfectly useable for productive day to day computing.
It's perfect.
Why doesn't everyone use KDE now?
It's still bloated compared to all other DEs except maybe Unity.
plasma is nice, but man, that thing is bloated to shit
but if your computer isn't total shit then that's a non-issue. I used to resist the entire DE because of the bloat but my computer is running this as fast as anything.
KDE 5 is legitimately good. It's a shame that they'll throw out everything in a few years to make KDE 6 from scratch.
>he doesn't even have a transparent distributor-icon
NOT going to make it.
Why does it have to use more resources than necessary? That's just lazy programming.
No, bloat makes me feel physically sick. Source on wallpaper?
KDE master race
KDE masterrace checking in. It's the only DE that could handle my laptops hdpi screen nicely.
KDE is best
You could literally google the text to find it user.
It's unbearably ugly. Like literally every little detail looks so amateurish that I don't even know where to start.
Yes, but in shit res.
Just like any other DE.
xfce is the superior DE. You're making a mistake
>Install KDE Neon
>Turn off most of the visual effects
>Under 500mb RAM usage
Yeah, sure, bloated.
500mb RAM usage for your DE and you think thats okay?
500 MB RAM is okay, poorfag
lol poorfag, 32 GB RAM is basically standard on Sup Forums now
@OP: I don't use KDE because I'm not a freetard/poorfag
KDE is fine if you don't mind the interface looking like it was designed by fisher price.
For the machine it's running on, yeah.
He said under 500mb dumbass
Fed up of dumb users upgrading their machines to stupid specs just because they can't be bother to actually think about what they're running and how they can easily improve performance.
I like it, but it's still buggy.
Apparently there's a bug floating around with it not remembering the volume you set so every time a new sound is played it jacks it to 100 and blows out my ears.
It's not more than necessary, it uses resources to make nice flashy effects and smooth navigation and productivity features.
You should look at GNOME.
>Think about what they are running
I know exactly what I am running. Take your half assed poorfag WM garbage back to 1990
KDE and Kubuntu are popular, but you don't hear about it here since the arch/gentoo/etc neets, desktop thread autists, et al. have all day to spam the board and make their opinions seem the loudest.
Yeah, KDE is underrated here. People call it bloated because they can't think of any real criticisms. It's the only DE that feels complete and puts functionality first. You can disable the file indexer, which arguably the only bloated part. While GNOME apps are becoming more and more basic and unsuitable for real work (like gedit,) KDE apps are powerful and often best-in-class (like Okular and Krita.) Also, the file picker has thumbnails.
This can be fixed by disabling the PulseAudio "feature" that allows application volume to be louder than the primary volume.
>kde 5
>not aesthetic kde 4
Thumbnails in file picker!
Seriously?
Breeze >>> Oxygen
Oxygen looks really dated now.
Ah yes, those droves of people who went i7 and 16GB RAM for KDE with some of the visual effects turned on. How could I forget.