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Aside from being based on Fedora 39 now, KDE is now the official desktop environment replacing GNOME. The reasons why are in the article.

The GNOME version of Nobara still exists, but it's going to be the vanilla version shipped without any extensions (probably because many of them broke after moving to Fedora 39)

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[–] jcrabapple@infosec.pub 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've always experienced weird annoying bugs, and I much prefer the UX and minimalism of gnome. It's better for productivity. I don't just use my desktop for gaming.

[–] 8Bitz0@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This is my complaint as well. KDE certainly has advantages and neat design ideas, but I always come across some major bugs that make my device unusable.

Definitely not saying GNOME doesn’t have bugs as well though.

[–] jcrabapple@infosec.pub 2 points 10 months ago

Everything has bugs of course but I personally don't notice as many in Gnome and I just like the overall UX and workflow better.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Well, Nobara is a gaming-oriented distribution and as the changelog outlines, does Plasma currently offer technological benefits. As is the case with everything, this isn't set in stone and might change at some point but right now the main target audience for paid development work for Gnome are corporate users where for Plasma it's being Desktop Mode for Steam Deck.