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During the first impressions of said distro, what feature surprised you the most?

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[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I think KDE is doing the heavy lifting of being like Windows. As a long time Windows user who would every now and then try Ubuntu and hate it, it was Gnome that really turned me off. KDE is so much nicer, IMO.

[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago

I agree. It's not that I expect Linux to be like windows. It's not and that's a good thing. I'm just thinking for when I encounter people and they ask me, "Hey, I was thinking about trying a Linux. What should I do? Which one should I pick?"

I'm going to recommend Kubuntu.

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I'd argue it's the other way around. Windows is doing the heavy lifting of being like KDE and when they try to do something themselves everybody hates it.