I resisted KDE for years because of the 'it's too bloated'

It's still bloated compared to all other DEs except maybe Unity.

plasma is nice, but man, that thing is bloated to shit

>>56183055
but if your computer isn't total shit then that's a non-issue. I used to resist the entire DE because of the bloat but my computer is running this as fast as anything.

KDE 5 is legitimately good. It's a shame that they'll throw out everything in a few years to make KDE 6 from scratch.

>>56183009
>he doesn't even have a transparent distributor-icon
NOT going to make it.

>>56183126
Why does it have to use more resources than necessary? That's just lazy programming.

>>56183126
No, bloat makes me feel physically sick. Source on wallpaper?

>>56183009
KDE master race

KDE masterrace checking in. It's the only DE that could handle my laptops hdpi screen nicely.

KDE is best

>>56184863
You could literally google the text to find it anon.

>>56183009
It's unbearably ugly. Like literally every little detail looks so amateurish that I don't even know where to start.

>>56185443
Yes, but in shit res.

>>56185516
Just like any other DE.

>>56183009
xfce is the superior DE. You're making a mistake

>Install KDE Neon
>Turn off most of the visual effects
>Under 500mb RAM usage

Yeah, sure, bloated.

>>56185744

500mb RAM usage for your DE and you think thats okay?

>>56185837
500 MB RAM is okay, poorfag

>>56185837
lol poorfag, 32 GB RAM is basically standard on /g/ now
@OP: I don't use KDE because I'm not a freetard/poorfag

KDE is fine if you don't mind the interface looking like it was designed by fisher price.

>>56185837
For the machine it's running on, yeah.

>>56185837
He said under 500mb dumbass

>>56185866
Fed up of dumb users upgrading their machines to stupid specs just because they can't be bother to actually think about what they're running and how they can easily improve performance.

>>56183009
I like it, but it's still buggy.

Apparently there's a bug floating around with it not remembering the volume you set so every time a new sound is played it jacks it to 100 and blows out my ears.

>>56183318
It's not more than necessary, it uses resources to make nice flashy effects and smooth navigation and productivity features.

>>56185914
You should look at GNOME.

>>56185932
>Think about what they are running
I know exactly what I am running. Take your half assed poorfag WM garbage back to 1990

>>56183009
KDE and Kubuntu are popular, but you don't hear about it here since the arch/gentoo/etc neets, desktop thread autists, et al. have all day to spam the board and make their opinions seem the loudest.

>>56183009
Yeah, KDE is underrated here. People call it bloated because they can't think of any real criticisms. It's the only DE that feels complete and puts functionality first. You can disable the file indexer, which arguably the only bloated part. While GNOME apps are becoming more and more basic and unsuitable for real work (like gedit,) KDE apps are powerful and often best-in-class (like Okular and Krita.) Also, the file picker has thumbnails.

>>56185970
This can be fixed by disabling the PulseAudio "feature" that allows application volume to be louder than the primary volume.

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>kde 5
>not aesthetic kde 4

Thumbnails in file picker!

>>56187447
Seriously?

Breeze >>> Oxygen

Oxygen looks really dated now.

>>56185932
Ah yes, those droves of people who went i7 and 16GB RAM for KDE with some of the visual effects turned on. How could I forget.