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A question for GNOME/KDE users
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this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2026
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I like gnome because it’s a very clean, slick, and minimalist interface. it stays out of my way so I can use the tools I need to use. It’s very like macOS (in the way that KDE is like Windows). I also like its extensions.
I have also seen what’s coming up in GNOME 51, and I like the direction they’re going.
As far as I’m concerned, a DE should be a thin layer between me and my apps. In my experience, KDE is just “too much“.
As a Win10 end-of-support refugee, I ended up on Fedora Workstation which uses GNOME as the DE and I have really enjoyed how clean and functional it is for me. I guess I just don't care enough about extensions and customization to want to use anything else so the common complaints about GNOME don't affect me.
In sharp contrast, when I demo'd the KDE version of Fedora using a LiveOS on USB, I immediately disliked it and stuck with Workstation. I have been daily-driving Windows based operating systems since 1995, and grew up in an exclusively Apple/Mac household; so having experienced all three, Linux with GNOME has been the coziest option and meets 100% of my needs.
I can appreciate that others have strong opinions on this, but I don't have any issue going between Win11 at work and Fedora Workstation at home and it just makes me love my Linux system even more.
TL/DR: I despise MicroSlop and their persistent enshittification of their products and user experience; Linux with GNOME allows me to experience something simplified and clean that looks nothing like what MS offers.
My home server runs fedora workstation. 👍