KDE

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Why hackers recommend it

“I had such a great time with KDE, and decided to promote it from just being on my "Linux PC" to all computers I own.”
tapoxi, 2026-06-16original comment ↗
“After that I changed to KDE 3 which was a major milestone at the time.”
sgt, 2026-04-15original comment ↗
“I love KDE <3”
wolvoleo, 2026-04-09original comment ↗
“I moved from ctwm to kde because they accepted a patch that allowed me to maintain some modifier/mouse shortcuts I had configured in twm.”
drewg123, 2025-12-07original comment ↗

What hackers criticize

“Moved to lxde because kde got too complex and hard to deal with”
drewg123, 2025-12-07original comment ↗

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