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I just reinstalled Namib Linux KDE "arch based" and I have to say KDE is a clusterfuck to setup. I finally after hours got it setup including a spinning cube for multiple 3D desktops. I thought since I've been using linux for years it would be easier than the last time 3 years ago. I was wrong. No desktop icons and not just fill in checkboxes like xfce to have home and shit on there, so lame. They should mark this for intermediate users since the icons on the desktop I found accidentally by dragging them from dolphin and then it said create link. Would it be so hard to leave a text file on the desktop to explain this. Also I started firefox 3 times and it disappeared and I found out I needed to add a widget for open programs to be seen on the panel, how is this not a thing to have in the install. It took me a while to find the fucking widget because they have a title but no fucking explaination or popup to tell you anything. Hell I uninstalled a few programs and the help stopped working because the uninstalled removed a file needed for the help to work. So no internet and no help file and I had to figure this shit out for myself. I reinstalled the help and it still didn't work. I just on a feeling restarted the system and it froze and wouldn't reboot so I gave it a hard shutdown and the help worked. No system message a reboot would be needed for this to work a big fail or then kde developement team. They have overlooked obvious blunders in the install and don't seem to have a clue that it would be better to do some basic shit for user convenience. Hell there is no way to make the system tray icons bigger they are 16x16 and how the fuck is a 4k user supposed to use this since if you increase the panel size the icons form new rows and even stack vertically which is fucking useless, dumb fucks in this setup. They keep adding special effects and have gaping errors in the basic user interfaces and ability to customize the desktop the way they want. At least xfce lets you just move the stuff where ever you want on the taskbar and the tray icons can be easily increased in size. Sure xfce is short a bit on looks but in functionality it's head and shoulders above KDE.

I just reinstalled Namib Linux KDE "arch based" and I have to say KDE is a clusterfuck to setup. I finally after hours got it setup including a spinning cube for multiple 3D desktops. I thought since I've been using linux for years it would be easier than the last time 3 years ago. I was wrong. No desktop icons and not just fill in checkboxes like xfce to have home and shit on there, so lame. They should mark this for intermediate users since the icons on the desktop I found accidentally by dragging them from dolphin and then it said create link. Would it be so hard to leave a text file on the desktop to explain this. Also I started firefox 3 times and it disappeared and I found out I needed to add a widget for open programs to be seen on the panel, how is this not a thing to have in the install. It took me a while to find the fucking widget because they have a title but no fucking explaination or popup to tell you anything. Hell I uninstalled a few programs and the help stopped working because the uninstalled removed a file needed for the help to work. So no internet and no help file and I had to figure this shit out for myself. I reinstalled the help and it still didn't work. I just on a feeling restarted the system and it froze and wouldn't reboot so I gave it a hard shutdown and the help worked. No system message a reboot would be needed for this to work a big fail or then kde developement team. They have overlooked obvious blunders in the install and don't seem to have a clue that it would be better to do some basic shit for user convenience. Hell there is no way to make the system tray icons bigger they are 16x16 and how the fuck is a 4k user supposed to use this since if you increase the panel size the icons form new rows and even stack vertically which is fucking useless, dumb fucks in this setup. They keep adding special effects and have gaping errors in the basic user interfaces and ability to customize the desktop the way they want. At least xfce lets you just move the stuff where ever you want on the taskbar and the tray icons can be easily increased in size. Sure xfce is short a bit on looks but in functionality it's head and shoulders above KDE.

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I hear you there. You can get lost for days in the far from obvious interface features and actually break things that take research to get back. For starting I would for sure go with XFCE with a little bit of tweaking. All of the tools that come with it are great and have no LIB depends. I actually use thunar and screenshooter on my tiled WM boxes just for that fact.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

I love thunar but I would love it more with dual or quad pane. My favorite file browser was a windows program that didn't even install, you put it in a folder and made a shortcut. It's named Qdir and its a 4 pane file manager that remembers your last directory and setting for each pane when you restart. I back then had my porn directory on one pane "just being honest here", my music folder in another, downloads, and anime video's on the 4th so there was no clicking to get them open and the best part that tabbed sucks for is that you could cut move your cursor a foot and paste, no clicking the wrong tab or any extra bullshit.

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I use Midnight Commander all the time unless I have to deal with USB thumb drives or SDcards. Good stuff.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

that's the thing, all my content is on my usb drives which there are 4 of them so it is useless since if I want to watch an anime I have to open smplayer then file open then do it that way. I always have thunar open with a tab or two open. When I was using nemo always open with 2 directories open.