Fedora have an official KDE spin, which you'll probably prefer. It's a great DE.
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Cheers! I’ll download and try KDE.
Just installed, it did run an update to Fedora overall, 6.15 something which has a bug with AMD currently, grey flickering etc so had to drop down a version. Prefer this to Gnome, just have to have a play with it now.
Just installed, it did run an update to Fedora overall, 6.15 something which has a bug with AMD currently, grey flickering etc so had to drop down a version. Prefer this to Gnome, just have to have a play with it now.
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I recently (about 4 weeks ago?) took the plunge and ditched Windows and I couldn't be happier. I went with Arch because I like the barebones approach and started with Hyprland which was great, but it has some issues when it comes to full screen apps like gaming. While games themselves run amazingly, trying to get to windows that launch behind the game window is nigh-on impossible, or when I tried it would freak the game window out completely. Some games would launch completely off screen with no way to get them back.
I've been using KDE Plasma for the last few days and (with some tweaking on keybinds) it's actually really nice, and I might stay here. My only issue is setting up noise reduction for my mic as both my wife and myself are behind one-another and my mic picks up her voice a lot when we're in Discord calls together, but I'm still tweaking EasyEffects (and considering buying an external mic instead of using my headset one)
I'm genuinely surprised at the gaming performance of Linux - so far every game beats Windows from an FPS and no-stuttering perspective. Very happy.
I've been using KDE Plasma for the last few days and (with some tweaking on keybinds) it's actually really nice, and I might stay here. My only issue is setting up noise reduction for my mic as both my wife and myself are behind one-another and my mic picks up her voice a lot when we're in Discord calls together, but I'm still tweaking EasyEffects (and considering buying an external mic instead of using my headset one)
I'm genuinely surprised at the gaming performance of Linux - so far every game beats Windows from an FPS and no-stuttering perspective. Very happy.
After being quite impressed by MacOS on a recenty acquired MBA.....I rather impusively wiped my desktop of Windows 11 last weekend and put KDE Neon on it. It's Ubuntu LTS with the latest KDE version.
KDE Plasma 6.4 was a bit buggy at first, particularly on waking from sleep. I've just installed 6.4.1 so hopefully that'll improve.
I'm generally impressed with the fact most stuff works fine. My DAC, Usb-C Hub, webcam etc. The USB mic I'm using seems to be a bit of a PITA....but I can live without it for now.
KDE is very nice, keeps out of my way.
Only thing that does bug is that copy and pasting seems quite inconsistent.....Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V just don't work a lot of the time.
KDE Plasma 6.4 was a bit buggy at first, particularly on waking from sleep. I've just installed 6.4.1 so hopefully that'll improve.
I'm generally impressed with the fact most stuff works fine. My DAC, Usb-C Hub, webcam etc. The USB mic I'm using seems to be a bit of a PITA....but I can live without it for now.
KDE is very nice, keeps out of my way.
Only thing that does bug is that copy and pasting seems quite inconsistent.....Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V just don't work a lot of the time.
I found that waking with Plasma was problematic so I disabled the auto-suspend. Launching from a shutdown is fast enough anyway.
I haven't had any copy-paste issues outside of images though. If I take a screenshot with Spectacle and use Copy, it goes into the clipboard but won't paste into all applications. They'll paste into, say Google Image Search, but not Discord (consistently, sometimes it does).
Touch wood, 6.4.1 seems to have sorted the occasional issues I'd had, been solid since installing it.
First time using Mint lately. It's fine, like any Ubuntu LTS based distro really. I would say that Mint is probably easier to use coming from Windows, though.
I've never really used any Linux desktops before, my OS of choice is debian server. I wanted to mess around with AI stuff with my 5090 and figured itw ould be easier to dual boot, I was going to go Ubuntu LTS, but I always pick that if I have to use a desktop, figured I'd try something slightly different. Turns out it's not all that different.
I've never really used any Linux desktops before, my OS of choice is debian server. I wanted to mess around with AI stuff with my 5090 and figured itw ould be easier to dual boot, I was going to go Ubuntu LTS, but I always pick that if I have to use a desktop, figured I'd try something slightly different. Turns out it's not all that different.
I've narrowed down the "images not pasting from Spectacle" issue to when I screenshot full screen apps. It's no big deal though really, just means I Meta+E, go to screenshots and drag it.
I have zero regrets about the leap
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Why did you try KDE over GNOME? GNOME is more similar to MacOS than KDE.
I mean, they’re all just windowing systems, they all work broadly the same. KDE plasma 6.4 is really good.
Sorry to quote myself, but nearly two years ago I wrote in this very thread about this weird error with Arch and trying to download Balena-etcher from the AUR (via Yay). Funnily enough I run into this article on FOSS today; The Curious Case of AUR Updates Fetching 30 GB of Data for Electron. And looking at Balena-etcher on the AUR; it has a dependency on Electron.
Seems like mystery solved, in that I probably experienced a similar bug.
In terms of since then I have retried Arch again, but have stayed on Fedora as my daily driver. Still really happy on the Gnome version. Tempted to try the KDE one day when I can get my gaming PC off Windows 11 (not quite there).
Arch can be a lot of work especially if packages from the AUR go screwy, the different spins of it (CachyOS/EndeavourOS) are usually designed around taking the drudgery out of actually running Arch 
(no-one shoot me 
, and it is never wrong for long in it's defence)
On topic, currently I'm liking PikaOS again, I work with Ubuntu Server on a daily basis and a "leisure" OS which is directly transferable just makes stuff easier (both are Debian based). It's worth looking at if you want something more cutting edge and gaming friendly, maybe as a natural progression to Ubuntu/Mint for some.
Edit - Esoteric 2 month old, but very informative review of PikaOS (i'd in all probability move to it on my main PC if I could be bothered/had an issue) -
(no-one shoot me , and it is never wrong for long in it's defence)On topic, currently I'm liking PikaOS again, I work with Ubuntu Server on a daily basis and a "leisure" OS which is directly transferable just makes stuff easier (both are Debian based). It's worth looking at if you want something more cutting edge and gaming friendly, maybe as a natural progression to Ubuntu/Mint for some.
Edit - Esoteric 2 month old, but very informative review of PikaOS (i'd in all probability move to it on my main PC if I could be bothered/had an issue) -
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Yep. It wasn't a deal-breaker, but it does add to the fact that Arch can just be more work in general. Particularly as the AUR is often raised as one of Arch's strong points. I'm not someone that installs a huge amount of programs so between Fedora's RPMs and Flatpaks (flathub) I'm pretty covered for any programs I want. And that would be true of other distros too. It's just useful to solve a minor mystery that didn't really matter much in the world.
The itsfoss site is a wonderful resource for these sort of tips and guides though.
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I installed the KDE version of Fedora a few days ago and have been very impressed with it so far. I was previously using Arch and, whilst I totally get the appeal of having total control over every aspect of your system, it grew tiresome for me over time. Other people handling a lot of that busywork for me is nice, and a few things that I could never get working right on Arch were there out of the box on Fedora. The older I get, the less I care about tinkering with my OS and just want it to get out of my way.
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Fedora 42 KDE is now is a really decent state, but it was an absolute dumpsterfire when it first came out (especially compared to 41)
That can happen occasionally with any distro, especially a (b)leading edge one. I tend to hold off on upgrading a month or so just to let the major kinks be ironed out. I've used Fedora since Fedora Core 1 in 2003, and it's definitely improved since then!