[forvelin]

who does even compete with Gnome ? it is the de facto default desktop in almost all notable distros.

it just works, though it is far less customizable compared to KDE, it is far more stable -still only compared to KDE..

[tpxl]

> it just works

For some definition of works, like a folder with 300 videos loading for 15 seconds and image viewer unable to open 150MB images.

I prefer how Gnome works compared to KDE, but I can't get past the ridiculous performance issues.

[vbezhenar]

Your use-cases are hardly average. I don't think I ever encountered 150MB image or folder with 300 videos. I don't even use nautilus outside of the very niche cases. I'm using Chromium or Terminal or VScode or Idea 99% of time. My GNOME is just a shell switching windows. Whatever file managers, image viewers or other stuff bundled with GNOME matters little for me, I can easily replace them. I don't even understand the concept of DE, this is just wasted work to maintain those apps. They even develop their own browser...

[flohofwoe]

> it is far more stable -still only compared to KDE

Citation needed ;) I haven't seen any 'instability' in KDE since I switched from GNOME, and performance/snappiness of KDE is actually better.

[DoctorOW]

Performance/stability on KDE used to be a lot worse IMO. Your opinion on KDE depends on when you last checked.

[wizee]

KDE 6 is quite stable in my experience and faster/more efficient than Gnome too.