I've been feeling guilty for not switching to KDE for years now, because I hate fiddling with desktops. I like the defaults to be boring, and basically to be Windows XP. KDE always struck me as annoying, but 1) MATE is bad and buggy, Caja most of all; and 2) as a Redhat and a Gnome hater, I really have no right to still be using it.

Is there an easy way to get the Windows XP/Gnome 2 experience out of KDE?

It would be magic if there were a Debian package called "I don't care about my desktop, it takes me months to change the wallpaper from the default."

I do not care about beauty, I only care about stability (i.e. my desktop from 30 years ago.) If I could get WinXP out of XFCE, I would switch to that, but my attempts have been disappointing ergonomically. All of the webcruft and sparkle in Cinnamon is also very offputting, although I've been happy to recommend it to others who don't have the same irritation triggers as me.

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LargoLasskhyfv 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Hrrm. 'Beauty' is in the eyes of the beholder. Regarding XP I can't stand its default look, which can only be called 'teletubbified' or 'Fisher-priced'. Switched back to classic Win2000 appearance it's more bearable, but the colors are still fugly.

The general handling is OK, though I tended to put the taskbar to the top.

I think it's possible to easily reach something ergonomic and unobtrusive with actual Plasma/KDE, without distracting Bling! Bling!, while still being easy on the eyes.

The keywords are 'Breeze'(light) for the widget style, window decorations, and icons.

If you'd take the time to go through the settings, there are several options to tone all animations, wobbling and such down. Not at one single place, but not more than a hand full or a dozen, either.

'Start menu'-> System -> System Settings -> Quick Settings

It's all available from there, or whereever Bizarrian reordered it to be in their menus ;->

> uptime 22:57:54 up 94 days, 8:58, 1 user, load average: 0,22, 0,37, 0,41

Do this once, even if it takes time, and be done with it.

Instead of arranging with constant irritations.

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thyristan 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

IceWM hasn't changed in more than a decade. ;)

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LargoLasskhyfv 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

If you mean the general way of using it, and stability, yes.

But it is not stale, there have been a few releases in the last years, last one only about a month ago.

One new feature they introduced was 'tabbed windows'.

	▲	thyristan 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		That's what I meant. There are no breaking changes. My config works the same as back then. I can use new features, but nothing forces me to use them, no "designer" decides I have to work differently after this update.

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pessimizer 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I think you might have got me. Never tried it, going to try it now.