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    [–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 71 points 14 hours ago (5 children)

    Desktop environment, and OS in general is just something you eventually find one you like, and there's no need to change. It's GNOME for me, it just works in a way that doesn't get on my way and that's all it needs to be

    [–] apftwb@lemmy.world 21 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
    [–] Bluefruit@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

    That gave me a good laugh. Gnome doesnt feel right to me at all man. To each his own.

    But yea, sicko fr

    [–] eli@lemmy.world 20 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

    And I absolutely hate Gnome. But thank god we have over a dozen DEs to choose from. One of the great things about Linux is user choice.

    [–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 12 hours ago

    Exactly. You can install your beloved distro with just what software you want there, because it's your fucking device

    [–] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

    I like gnome on my older gaming desktop. It's a 2080 ti so when i installed plasma was not super stable on nvidia but I wouldn't change it, arc menu + dash panel and I'm all set. I prefer kde on the laptop though. All the extra bells and whistles feel more useful on a laptop (no mouse).

    [–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago

    That's funny, because I started using GNOME on my laptop because it seemed to fit the workflow on it better. Eventually I swapped to GNOME on desktop too

    [–] MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works 33 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

    This guy has a preference that differs from mine! Get him! /s

    Yeah idk, I tried Pop with GNOME and just wasn't feeling it. Switched to Mint Cinnamon and it's a little more intuitive for me. I'm just a general user, gonna game if/when costs come down enough to build a desktop to replace my 2015 laptop. By then, I'm sure another distro will be a better fit for me. There are options for a reason.

    [–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 4 hours ago

    mint/cinnamon was definitely the best i found until i checked out kde neon. mint still has a better package ecosystem but in neon everything feels slickly designed.

    [–] rainbowbunny@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

    Do you have to run GNOME with PopOS? I was thinking of trying PopOS

    [–] anytimesoon@piefed.social 1 points 37 minutes ago

    Pop now uses cosmic

    [–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 8 points 14 hours ago

    DEs from one distro to another can feel different too, idk what it is about Manjaro but it feels so much more responsive than KDE's own distro. So I think it's worth trying our different distros even with the same desktop environment