I left GNOME for COSMIC, tried KDE next, and only one felt right in the end
I left GNOME for COSMIC, tried KDE next, and only one felt right in the end
https://www.makeuseof.com/i-left-gnome-for-cosmic-tried-kde-next-and-only-one-felt-right-in-the-end/
Publish Date: 2026-05-03 14:00:00
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Desktop environments can make or break your overall Linux experience, irrespective of the variant you’re going to use. Personal preferences matter, and this is the very same conundrum I ran into when I decided to stick to Arch Linux.
With so many options available, keeping track of it all can be quite a mess. I tried out a total of three desktop environments — GNOME, COSMIC and KDE Plasma, and after extensively playing around with all three, I think that I finally have a winner, even if it also has its own share of quirks.
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I replaced GNOME with the new COSMIC, and it feels like the future of Linux
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