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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It is a fairly minor release for gnome. The problem with KDE is that it has so many features that it is harder to use and setup. It also doesn't have a focus on stability.

[–] 01011@monero.town 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

KDE has been very stable for years.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago

That's not my experience. I've had bugs

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Certainly not what I've experienced. But it's definitely a lot better than it was 2 years ago.

[–] 01011@monero.town 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I use it daily on three devices running two different distros (void and arch). It's been as stable as xfce.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I believe you. It's just far from my experience.

[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

They've also had to spend several cycles rearchitecting the codebase and reducing duplicated efforts.

Plasma 6's future seems very bright. Especially if they keep improving Breeze especially if they keep focusing on sane defaults and a simple unified and consistent style.