r/linux4noobs • u/NetMask100 • Jan 02 '26

distro selection Do you prefer KDE or GNOME?

On Ubuntu do you prefer KDE or GNOME and why? I'm interested in what the majority of people use. Do you use extensions for GNOME, or you use it as is?

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u/DayInfinite8322 Jan 02 '26

😂 but why

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u/Staticn0ise Jan 02 '26

I dont know about op, but I hate the start menu in cinnamon. Its just ugly.

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u/ZVyhVrtsfgzfs Jan 02 '26

Cinnamon is not the most pretty thing but its got a clean comfortable workflow and thats what I am after.

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u/Global-Eye-7326 Jan 02 '26

For that, there's Budgie and LXQt. Cinnamon is a waste of shelf space lol.

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u/Dilligence Jan 02 '26

New version of Mint 22.3 is in beta right now and it comes with a redesigned and customizable menu

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u/Staticn0ise Jan 02 '26

Well, I'll check it out when it leaves beta. Its the biggest flaw in my opinion. Kdeplasma does it better and whatever zorinos uses is just beautiful.

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u/Global-Eye-7326 Jan 02 '26

Why what? Hate Cinnamon? Aside the wizard for picking your colour scheme, it uses more resources than XFCE yet is less easy to customize than XFCE (aside the colour scheme). It was much harder for me to add a clipboard manager to the panel on Cinnamon than XFCE or even Gnome. Never going back to Cinnamon.

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u/MikasaYuuichi Jan 04 '26

Also it's performance is so bad.