KDE Desktop Recommendations

Comments in this cluster praise the KDE desktop environment, recommend it over GNOME and as a Windows alternative, and suggest distros like KDE Neon for its customizability, stability, and modern improvements.

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KDE3 DE OSS kalpadesktop.org IMO V3 www.kde F16 ABI GNU kde desktop gnome mint linux distros xfce launcher lts x11

Sample Comments

GoOnThenDoTell Jul 11, 2020 View on HN

KDE on the other hand, is real nice these days

deno Jul 27, 2016 View on HN

Give KDE a try!https://neon.kde.org/

skeletal88 May 16, 2024 View on HN

Would be great, KDE is the way to go, gnome is trying to force it's ideason the users too much

shrimp_emoji Feb 18, 2022 View on HN

Use KDE. It's superior to Windows's DE in several ways and inferior in none.

PcChip Oct 5, 2022 View on HN

If you think gnome is good, wait till you see KDE

soliton4 Feb 14, 2023 View on HN

i am using kde neon and have a similar impression

Thev00d00 Jan 15, 2023 View on HN

You should try a modern KDE 5 it's polished and it's as good as the end of V3 era.

Saline9515 Jan 12, 2026 View on HN

Thanks for the heads up! I'll try Ubunutu with KDE then :-)

trotsky Mar 6, 2011 View on HN

KDE 4.5+ has really come into its own, I highly suggest trying it out - I've been using it as my desktop for over a year now, and I've never looked back. One not very strong point is the KDE 4 application launcher, I'd suggest using a dock like cairo or you can configure the old gnome like launcher behavior to be default. I'm not sure how kubuntu looks, but fedora 14 and opensuse 11.4 both provide great kde experiences.

arunc Mar 28, 2014 View on HN

KDE is a sane switch. Completely customizable.