Post #2198426

2025-04-25 08:05 UTC

As a KDE Plasma user, I was always jealous of some of the nicer GNOME apps. Recently I realised that I don&#39;t need to be. I can run GNOME apps on KDE Plasma just fine! Sure, they look a little different, but they work just as they would on GNOME. 🗳️ Do you mix apps from different desktops? (If no option applies to you, please comment instead) #Linux #DesktopLinux #LinuxDesktop #GNOME #KDE #Plasma #LinuxApps #AskFedi #Poll

Replies (11)

@fabiscafe@mstdn.social 2025-04-25 08:20

@fell@ma.fellr.net Let me quote someone from a telegram group: By installing GNOME apps on KDE Plasma you will make KDE apps look alien, not GNOME apps.

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@malbyx@a.junimo.party 2025-04-25 09:20

@fell@ma.fellr.net where is the "I'm a beginner user and don't know what those words mean" option?

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@raptor85@mastodon.gamedev.place 2025-04-25 13:20

@fell@ma.fellr.net I use xfce4 and run whatever apps I feel like.

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@admin@mastodon.slightlycyberpunk.com 2025-04-25 14:36

@fell@ma.fellr.net used to do KDE on the laptop and Gnome on the media PC but both of them went to hell over the past few years so now I run Enlightenment everywhere -- and I should have made that switch even earlier because it's SO GOOD! :)

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@kuulman@social.tchncs.de 2025-04-25 14:42

@fell@ma.fellr.net I'm Sway user and use whatever app fills my need. Iced (or is it Smithay?) is also very nice.

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@demoographics@wikis.world 2025-04-25 16:28

@fell@ma.fellr.net I use fvwm as my window manager, and an assortment of apps on top (though, to be honest, mostly emacs and firefox :) )

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@aryston@floss.social 2025-04-25 17:55

@fell@ma.fellr.net you can use both. Especially nowadays when overwhelming majority of people mostly live in their favourite web browser.

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@claireon@dice.camp 2025-04-25 20:09

@fell@ma.fellr.net I use GNOME and mostly stick to GNOME apps, but Krita is too good to not use.

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@mdione@en.osm.town 2025-04-25 12:44

@fell@ma.fellr.net let's start with #Firefox, which doesn't user neither GTK nor QT. I used to use gaim until kopete became usable. Azureus for torrents (java). I was using simplescan (GTK) until I found skanpage (and got no real advantage). I use Qt apps I developed myself, which technically are not KDE. I uset to use gkrellm, but not anymore. Etc, etc.

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@proficiency@mastodon.social 2025-04-26 20:06

@fell@ma.fellr.net voted for using gnome and gnome apps, I like Libadwaita design language a lot and I'm borderline obsessive in terms of design cohesiveness. I feel like GNOME Apps and its developer just get it when in terms of UX design.

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@bdf2121cc3334b35b6ecda66e471@mastodon.social 2025-05-02 08:29

@fell@ma.fellr.net I'm endlessly frustrated when a Gnome app doesn't let me use my KDE system titlebars. I just want my keep-above and pin buttons.

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