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Do you use Gnome or KDE Plasma? (self.linux)

submitted 1 week ago by bpt11 to c/[email protected]

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I'm relatively new to the linux space, I was introduced by the steam deck which uses kde, and it's pretty similar to windows in terms of how it works so that's the DE i'd be leaning towards when I eventually switch. I've never used gnome so i'm not sure if it'd be worth using I guess?

So I'm just looking for some input from the community, do you use Gnome or Plasma, why do you use it, and what's kind of like a pros and cons kinda thing between the two?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Unless you're barely meeting the minimum specs for a game, on a properly configured system any impact on game performance between the two should be a rounding error.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

But that's the theory, when I run games on GNOME the games and desktop itself looks laggy, on KDE 4 I still noticed some lag while with KDE 5 I feel almost like playing on i3wm, with 3iwm you can run many games faster and with less lag than many Windows users (my Windows friends normally have more issues than me). While KDE 5 is my second-best option, there is no third for me. Or i3wm or KDE for gaming. And normally my PC specs stands higher than the recommended on many games (also new ones). If you can test it and provide some feedback would be great.