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Fedora proposal to change default desktop to KDE
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this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2024
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Can someone ELI5 why this even matters/is such a big deal? Does the default DE have its tentacles so deep in the distro that it can't be changed by users to suit their preferences?
I run i3 on Debian, and...well, actually, there is no "and," I just installed the WM I wanted and that was it. And as I recall the installer asked what DE/WM I wanted to install anyway.
It matters since a top 3 distro will identify with KDE Plasma desktop. This is not very common.