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Gnome isn't the main DE of bazzite either though
Oh, just let him have his hissy fit.
TIL not liking something is a hissy fit. Thank you for this educational comment.
While I don't know the term hissy fit, switching distributions just because the default of a user-changeable setting is different is definitively a bit over the top.
They still have a gnome ISO, but you're going to throw it out because it isnt the "official" version. That sounds like a hissy fit.
The non-official KDE previous version was fine, since the point of the distro is the backend optimizations for gaming and editing. Its not what DE leads point since you can add whatever Fedora has in the repos, which is pretty much everything.
Speaking on Bazzite, KDE is our default to match SteamOS, but we put more effort into the GNOME release if anything due to us trying to maintain feature parity with Valve's KDE, including being able to right click and add to steam, use the desktop nested, enable VRR, add custom themes based on the ones Valve shipped, and add the steam deck wallpapers ported to GNOME.
That being said, GE's points about GNOME are very real, and they have a lot of catching to do in regards to gaming. KDE has DRM Leasing, VRR and HDR right now.
I see that now. It's cool I'll just dual boot Nobara KDE and Fedora Silverblue or something.