Comment by IshKebab

1 day ago

I agree. Yet another "Linux is great! The only issues I had were A, B, C, D, E...".

I also use every OS and Windows 11 is still the most hassle free and reliable (at least if you install the IoT version using Rufus). I still have to use X because Wayland has a couple of remaining issues. Also most distros inexplicably use Gnome despite KDE being significantly better. Why?

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sagarm  36 minutes ago

I prefer Gnome. There's hardly any visual clutter, and it can be controlled primarily by keyboard (which I prefer). Every other environment, even MacOS, just has so much noise.

mixmastamyk  1 day ago

"Windows is great… you only need to… install the IoT version using Rufus"

Oh and tweak 24 settings with these powershell scripts, and better run them after every update to ensure they weren't changed back on purpose. Otherwise, totally hassle free.

  • Krssst  20 hours ago

    LTSC IoT version has the bullshit stripped out so it's a viable OS. Also, it's not sold to regular people, only companies can buy it for some reason.

  • IshKebab  1 day ago

    Nope. I tweaked one setting via the GUI (to get the taskbar back to the left where it rightfully belongs). Literally everything else I've left as-is. The IoT edition doesn't come with any bloatware and Rufus does a couple of other tweaks automatically.

lunar_rover  1 day ago

KDE 5 wasn't much better than GNOME 3, it's the main reason behind GNOME default I think. It's only til KDE 6 they got back up on their feet and solved the most egregious design issues, many more still linger.

GNOME/Red Hat for a long time is the only one even trying to figure out a solution for some of the longstanding issues like application distribution and sandboxing. Those rant articles about GNOME unfortunately went nowhere since the other desktops were all stuck. KDE Discover eventually supported Flatpak which was advocated by GNOME for years, SteamOS using Flatpak ended up being the decisive push.

GNOME having better enterprise support can be another factor.

  • cromka  20 hours ago

    I find Gnome way more visually appealing as well. Saying this as a KDE developer, too.