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   CrudeSausage to rbowman   
   Re: Gentoo Linux: $10K community donatio   
   27 Jan 26 22:22:41   
   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 27 Jan 2026 20:12:46 GMT, rbowman wrote:   
      
   > On 27 Jan 2026 13:43:27 GMT, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >   
   >> Those are simpler, but they aren't faster. KDE's code is so optimized   
   >> that there is little difference between it and Cinnamon nowadays.   
   >> However, the interface is definitely a lot busier than the alternative,   
   >> and it might frighten a lot of people who don't feel the need to have   
   >> so much information right in front of them at all times.   
   >   
   > ???  If anything LM 22.3's start menu is busier than either of my KDE   
   > boxes. Until I start a program it's just the wallpaper since the panel   
   > autohides on all three.   
   >   
   > Yeah, you can made KDE look like an adolescent incel's fever dream but   
   > that's not what comes out of the box.   
      
   It's alright out of the box, but even then it might intimidate a few   
   people. I know that if I presented it as is to my mother, especially since   
   I'm sick of her pressing the wrong thing and requiring my help, she would   
   probably just stop using the computer altogether because everything   
   appears so complicated.   
      
      
      
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