kde… it may be the most used desktop, likely due to it being “windowsy-like” but that does not mean it is the best desktop (and on top of that, DE’s are often -luckily- a personal preference).
How about the fact that it has Wayland support and an unbeatable list of useful built-in features?
https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/ymeskc/what_do_you_like_about_kde_plasma/
Or the fact that is has KDE Connect which works natively / best with it?
Or the fact hat it comes by default on so many devices?
if you like eyecandy, deepin’s DDE and solus’ Budgie are 2 great choices, but i find myself always returning to the clean cinnamon environment with plank.
I don’t care much about eyecandy as I care about Wayland support, as I want the best privacy + security and he best scaling + multi-monitor + multi-GPU support, per-screen refresh-rate and 10-bit colors support!
The under the hood improvements are much more important to me.
But also the fact that the best file manager on Linux (Dolphin) and the best document viewer on Linux + Windows (Okular) is made by KDE too and integrates very well with Plasma.
Also the fact that the best BitTorrent client (Qbittorrent), that I use for 7-8 years, integrates very well as it’s based on Qt too.
With color management and HDR support coming in Plasma 6, there are also under the hood improvements which I want to have as I waited for years for them.
that being said, why would one DE be more “gaming compatible” than another? i mean, it is the OS and libraries that count, not the DE itself.
At thought the same at the beginning, but it seems that’s not the case as I see everything a Linux Mint problem post on this subreddit.
And besides that, stuff like stuff like direct scanout (for fullscreen windows) and DRM leasing (for Vr) I think are important for games too.
And I think HDR support also as I heard some games support that too.
That’s ok!
But I guess you don’t need to share files in your local network, connect to servers, use KDE Connect, use MKV files with embedded posters, mount .ISO files, etc.
Maybe, but I don’t think Valve chose KDE Plasma for Steam Deck’s desktop mode just because of its resemblance to Windows as we can say that other DEs that come by default with a traditional layout like Cinnamon, MATE, XFCE also resembles Windows, yet they were not chosen.
Same with Tuxedo computers who decided to use KDE Plasma and also become a sponsor of KDE organization who could’ve chosen another DE.
I heard. In a few years.
I bet implementing color management and HDR suppor will take them another 10 years since they have started so late with Wayland support.
I never knew that X can allow different refresh rates per monitor.
This is Okular, with its main features:
https://okular.kde.org/
If Transmission is the best for you, that’s ok, I respect that.
It’s just the fact that when I look at the connected peer list, most people use Qbitttorrent and uTorrent.