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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 3 points 6 days ago

Good question! I feel like Plasma generally crams more into the UI than Gnome. Context menus, global menus, desktop icons, the system tray, etc., there's so much space being utilized. When you have limited screen real estate, having more at your fingertips matters (for the way I do things). Additionally, you can set the power button to open the shutdown overlay, which I don't think is something Gnome has; it's a button within easy reach on my laptop, so that functionality makes sense.

Some people have said that gesture support is also better on Plasma, and while I don't tend to need it currently, it's something I might want someday. So while I agree that Gnome seems like it should be more suited, I find it's actually the opposite for the way I do things!