Been using for over 20 years now. KDE is really the best. Consistent between releases, stable, infinitely customizable, but works great out of the box with features you'd expect and often years ahead of the commercial competition in terms of new features. Every moment I spend in macos or windows for work is pure torture.

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pimeys 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I used the betas, KDE 1-3, skipped 4 an 5, and I'm now back on the 6 train. It's really nice, and I try to use something else every now and then and I'm back in KDE a few weeks after.

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k0morebi 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't remember the earliest version I used, but I vividly remember kde 3.5 and 4 because the transition was really rough. Major regressions and highly disruptive at first, but it laid the groundwork for modern kde and haven't had anything like that since. I jumped ship to gnome out of spite but was back to kde in short order.

	▲	pimeys 29 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		My earliest memories with KDE was how I was not able to install it because with RedHat 5.0 you needed to download the source code and all the libraries and build it all by yourself. I asked in the Linux IRC channel some help, gave my root account to a helpful user and very quickly learned about computer security.

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cogman10 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

5 was a bit rough at the start, but really was pretty nice by the time 6 came around.

6 has been great. If you are a windows or mac user, it's very close to that experience and very familiar.

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pimeys 3 hours ago | parent [-]

What I really like right now with 6 is the updates: you kind of don't even notice. Things just work better and faster. Your system works the same as yesterday, updates are not a biggie at all.

Can't say the same of Windows or Mac OS.

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yonatan8070 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I love reading "This week in KDE" on KDE's blog, it's just a cool list of small incremental imrpovements each week, along with credit to MR authors.

I really enjoy that it showcases all the work that goes into making a desktop actually good, even the small things you bearly notice, things like "When a grouped Task Manager task is flashing to get your attention, opening its group popup now reveals which specific window wanted attention. (Christoph Wolk, plasma-desktop MR #4225)"

A change doesn't need to be big and flashy and make headlines, even small changes deserve to be showcased and credited

	▲	wolki 3 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Thanks! And yes, a lot of work goes into the small things.

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cogman10 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Oh for sure. Putting KDE linux on some old hardware and it feels like a brand new computer. Updating from windows 8->10->11 on the other hand was always punishing.

It's crazy how slow and bloated windows has become over the years.