I’m Switching from Xfce to KDE on Arch Linux

I’m Switching from Xfce to KDE on Arch Linux

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Hobby Egee

Hey Hobbyists! I’ve been running vanilla Arch Linux since last year but I’ve cycled through a number of GTK desktops. After a buggy experience with Xfce, I decided to switch back to Qt land.

My days of reinstalling and distro-hopping are over. Just regular ole Arch Linux is so good, I’ve all but dropped my aspirations to develop Hobby Linux. I’ll talk about that another time…

Xfce 4.20 was very buggy for me

I don’t know what exactly the issue was but the desktop in Xfce 4.20 simply stopped working. It happened after plugging my TV in via HDMI. Another annoyance is having to enable “presentation mode” to disable Xfce’s screen saving features while watching a movie. On every other desktop, VLC being full-screened is enough.

Switching to KDE Plasma was truly the right move.

Update to 6.3 was flawless

3 responses to “I’m Switching from Xfce to KDE on Arch Linux”

  1. Fratm Avatar
    Fratm

    @egee But the real question, wayland or xorg?

    1. Hobby Egee

      I’m good with either, honestly. I will admit that I’ve never not had an issue with a Wayland session..

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      1. Fratm Avatar
        Fratm

        @egee For me wayland is soooo close, but little things here and there always send me back to X11. I'm rooting for wayland tho, I think its the right path, just not ready yet for me.

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