My Grouse with KDE Desktop

My Grouse with KDE Desktop

My Grouse with KDE Desktop are numerous, to say the least.

This is comparison to Debian, Gnome

I can list 20 but would limit to 10.

1. It boot Menu is messy

All what I need is the in partition where it is installed.

2. Its booting is pretty slow.

I have 4 other instances, including Two Debians, Netrunner and MX Linux.

3. Installing alternative user is clumsy.

Finding the setting is difficult. 

4. Finding the package manager is difficult.

In fact it does not have one proper.

If Synaptic Package manager is not there one is at a loss.

5. Having installed AbiWord, my primary Word Processor, finding where it is, was a rigmarole.

6. Abiword looks strange when file is opened.

page setting go haywire.

7. KDE installed under Debian looks neat

Wayland instance not X11

But desktop is empty.

One has to go to the all application and look for the application and one has to click on to the desktop individually.

8. There is almost nothing on the bottom panel.

One has to drag and drop into the application panel.

9. I need only about 12 application in my desktop.

Gnome does it nicely.

I know where the other applications reside.

its customization is painful.

10. Finding a particular application in Flatpack Software is humanly impossible.

One need to know all the categories by heart.

In Gnome if I forget an application all I need to do is type the first letter of the application and browse in the list.

I would type R in Synaptic and find Revolt for example.

11. I think guys who talks high of KDE has never used any other desktop.

For example if I run Enlightenment Desktop, it modifies everything and I cannot go back to Gnome proper. 

Logging out is also difficult.

I logged in with it and when it started asking me various questions  I hit Ctl+Alt+ F1 to exit.

In that respect KDE is a reasonable desktop.

12. My advice is learn to use several desktops and settle down with one for long term use.

Gnome desktop is natural for me but KDE (I started with KDE of Mandrake) is almost foreign.

These are the things I am going to include in my book of "Linux Essentials".

It is coming out nice but I am currently updating my piece on "Mini Desktop Computers".

13. Updating takes hell of a lot of time.