Look! No ads!
Take back control. Choose Plasma.
https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/
(Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128640/microsoft-windows-11-start-menu-ads-app-recommendations)
@[email protected] @[email protected] I’m using that exact desktop environment on the Debian 12 machine that hosts my instance
It miss all the different fullscreen popups about choosing edge, Windows Update reboot now or i will do it anyway things.
@[email protected] @[email protected] Maybe you should add an (removable) app showing adds linke Windows, so people coming from MS Windows feel more “at home” – later they can remove the ads and even be more happier then ever!
@[email protected] @[email protected]
Well, the MS Windows default wallpaper is a lot better. This one looks like someone vomited paint on my screen…@[email protected] @[email protected]
I clicked on the kde.org link and
I have no idea what plasma is
total fail when a website doesn’t hit you in the head with a 2x4 telling you what it is about
typical
see the this great website, dead for many years but still relevant
http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/does-my-web-site-suck/does-my-web-site-suck-checklist-part-one.htmlPlasma is KDE which is a Linux desktop environment
@failedLyndonLaRouchite @[email protected] @[email protected] KDE has been around for roughly 25 years, theirs is not the failure we should be talking about but yours. GTMF. 🤣
Or you’re just trolling.
@bitterseeds
Please tell me. Is Windows 11 page any better?@bitterseeds
Whopse. Replied to the wrong comment.
@kde
To add to what the other person said, I think it’s a PEBKAC problem. I’ve only used Linux occasionally, but that website was very clear to me.
I’d still depend on someone else telling me if I should use Gnome or KDE, but I wouldn’t expect KDE to compare themselves to another option.
Head of the site: KDE is a Desktop. Right below that it has section displays for Launcher, Notification Tray, etc. Willfull ignorance is the fault of the user, not the site.
What do you mean?
The site immediately presents Plasma, explains what it is and gives you buttons to learn more.
I have no idea what plasma is
“The next generation desktop for Linux”
It’s literally right bellow the “Plasma” as the only visible text before you scroll.
IMO, that site isn’t good. But it really doesn’t have this problem you are complaining about.
@failedLyndonLaRouchite
Please tell me. Is Windows 11 page any better?
KDE slaps. Easily the best desktop experience of any option.
@[email protected] @[email protected]
Here are the percentages for Linux usage from January 2023 to March 2024 :
January 2023: 2.91%
February 2023: 2.94%
March 2023: 2.85%
April 2023: 2.83%
May 2023: 2.7%
June 2023: 3.07%
July 2023: 3.12%
August 2023: 3.18%
September 2023: 3.02%
October 2023: 2.92%
November 2023: 3.22%
December 2023: 3.82%
January 2024: 3.77%
February 2024: 4.03%
March 2024: 4.05%Indeed, this trend doesn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon !
The figures for open source for the months of February and March 2024.
@nlsmart @kde @[email protected] Steam deck :archlinux: :kde: is a major factor for this growth :D
And people say Linux has a small market share.
@[email protected] @[email protected] Also no spyware and bloat. and all the source code freely available… Million times better. 💙
Me love some KDE Plasma.
@[email protected] @[email protected] I would love to use something like Plasma, but there is no equivalent of windows-rs for me to write my own tiling window manager on top of the DE in a sane language 🙃
Looks nice. Can you modify a lot of things?
That was the thing that drew me toward KDE, super configurable. It seems like gnome tries to hide advanced stuff for users or just not offer it. That and it’s beautiful and full-featured.
That sounds great. I had to use several apps to modify gnome into something that works for me. I don’t want to change my workflow just because a UI designer came up with something new.
To a genuinely disturbing and annoying degree.
The default customization is ~windows levels, but radical Linux desktops have some completely insane shit going on, customizing things you didnt even notice existing in truly weird ways. Anybody want to post some?
It’s Linux, and KDE at that. Yes you can customize pretty much everything.
You can customize shit you didn’t even know existed.
The amount that you can customize is actually insane.
If you tinker at all, you would be floored at why you didn’t use it before.
It’s also really easy to move from Windows to a KDE distro
I’ve been a Windows user for 30 years and switched to Fedora 40 (kde spin) 2 weeks ago. Can confirm the switch was easy. It’s been a long time since I had that much fun with my computer.
@[email protected] @[email protected] look no ads is a crazy selling point
Crazy that it is a selling point, but here we are!
@[email protected] @[email protected] If Windows 12 copies the floating Taskbar/panel I’d laugh at how much Windows 11 and later ripped off from KDE Plasma and how poorly it was done! 😂
@triskelion @[email protected] @[email protected] Yep. Sounds about right! 😂
@[email protected] @[email protected] I thought Windows already had ads in the start menu ever since Windows 8 and Windows 10.
@[email protected] @[email protected] also no telemetry data! Unless yopu choose so, I did but only a little.
Love ♥ my KDE environment.Unless you literally opt in!
Opt in??! Before you know it, you’re going to suggest that we start to respect our users!!
Protect our children from this monstrosity!
@Allero what I, said 🙂. I did opt in, but only on tier 2 or 3 of 8 or so. Idk exactly what I selected.
Just highlighted :) Tracking is opt-in, not opt-out, which is super cool and makes me actually wanna share that data. Just decided to switch from level 3 to level 4 out of 5.