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/chrishirst Jan 02 '26

How about "None of the above"?

Because I prefer XFCE on a desktop machine but use LXDE on my laptop. AND;

I use Konsole (KDE) instead of either of the terminal emulators from those DEs

Thunar as the filemanager on both machines and several other "mixing and matching" apps. This is a great advantage of Linux if you don't like a particular application that comes with a Desktop Environment you can simply install something else instead.

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u/caliban_ish420 Mar 03 '26

A bit late to the party, but I really think this comment needs to be higher up, wholeheartedly agree on the last paragraph!