XFCE vs KDE

[Valtam]

You have to know the history of KDE to understand that phrasing. Google is your friend

[tikiti]

You have to know the history of KDE to understand that phrasing. Google is your friend

O Great Sir! Would thy be kind enough to share the secret? Would save me some time! 

[Valtam]

You want me to go over the entire history of KDE for you?

[tikiti]

You want me to go over the entire history of KDE for you?

Entire history isn't needed O Great Sir! A short summary will suffice. I thanketh thou.

[TheDead]

Well, I don't think you can find a nicer KDE timeline than this :
https://timeline.kde.org/
Happy reading!
Edit : Typos... again... *sob*.

[tikiti]

Well, I don't thing you can find a nicer KDE timeline than this :
https://timeline.kde.org/
Happy reading!

Thanks! Good doge!

[trinidad]

Just some followup. Well I've been using Kubuntu LTS for a few weeks now, and not to bear any bad news, but generally Linux Lite 4.8 hits the AMD 4core CPU a little harder than Kubuntu does on the same machine. This could be a kernel and/or firmware difference however. LL is on 4,15.0-88 while Kubuntu is on 5.3.0-40. RAM use is relatively comparable though LL spikes higher with some applications, and goes up and down quicker, while Kubuntu stays about the same without any big spikes though averaging a little higher. Another default application included with Kubuntu worth mentioning as being user friendly for beginners/Windows refugees is vaults, a slick little file encryption tool. All in all I'd have to say that Kubuntu has a very polished DE, that in my opinion is currently the most Windows 10 like Linux I have used.

TC 

[az2020]

I've always liked KDE because it (the look/feel) reminds me of OS/2 (which I was a big fan of). KDE used to be synonymous with "large." But, I played with it a year ago, and again recently. It's surprisingly small, in the MX Linux, Linux Lite, Lubuntu territory. KDE has a lot of settings that can be changed. I found that turning off the eye-candy animations and stuff puts it down in the same realm as these distros. (With that stuff enabled, it's not "large.").

I've been wanting to make Neon KDE my desktop for awhile, or Kubuntu. One thing that turned me off a little was Neon forces you to save your wifi password in a "vault" (or something). I already use Keypass. I felt uncomfortable setting up yet another tool like that, and having another passphrase, etc. There was no way I could see to opt out. That was Neon. I don't think experience that with Kubuntu. But, I've forgotten.

[Moltke]

I'm sold to KDE's plasma desktop! I've been using it for over 2 months or so and so far it's been a pleasant experience. I've used XFCE from the day 1 I started using Linux, but I have to say that plasma is such a great DE. I logged to XFCE few days ago and realized how much clicking I do in comparison with plasma where I barely use the mouse since I've configure it in a way that I can do pretty much everything wthout it. I'm not saying I'm leaving xfce for good since I like it being simple and smart but truth is that with plasma my wokflow's improved a lot. Regarding software I think there's really not much difference since I'm using pretty much the same ones I use in xfce; chromium, clementine, vlc, claws-mail and haven't noticed any boost in performance.
Specific KDE vs XFCE4 software, well that's really a total different story.
dolphin vs thunar; I think both are great file managers and both do have some unique features to make life much easier.
panels; I think plasma wins here; windows' buttons place and behave more "cleanly", maybe that's not the right word but can't think of any other to better describe it.
menu; again, I think plasma wins here: plasma menu search features are way far much more advanced than those of xfce which are quite limited to say the least.
konsole vs xfce4-terminal; this is just like dolphin vs thunar, they both are great tools with unique features to help users get the job done efficienly. However, I do find xfce's to be more friendly when it comes to set it up, at least for the first use; even if users have never used a terminal they'll find it easy to configure, I think.
kwin vs xfwm4; again, plasma wins here: kwin offers much more control over windows, i.e configure the keyboard to do whatever you can think of; raise, hide, switch between, open, close and more. Also, it appears to improve graphics performance by using opengl while xfwm4 uses xrender.

Well, I just wanted to share some of my experience so far with plasma. IMHO, I think KDE's plama desktop will be such a great addition to Linux Lite and will make it even better; more appealing to its target audience being more windows-like UI as well as to others.  Also, If I may say so, will make LL a big contender in the distro universe, which it is already; top 20 ALWAYS at distrowatch, which isn't a small thing when you think how others go up and down week after week while LL remains there among the top 20 distros, not that it matters that much but then, let's all be honest, it kind of does.
 

[az2020]

IMHO, I think KDE's plama desktop will be such a great addition to Linux Lite and will make it even better; more appealing to its target audience being more windows-like UI as well as to others. 

I agree. I just switched from MX Linux 18.3 to Kubuntu 19.10. (I just got a couple new laptops and couldn't get MX 19 or 19.1 to install on them. I didn't work at it too much since I was planning to hop to something else anyway. I was planning to use Peppermint for awhile. But, their lead author/creator passed away in January, and they're struggling to fill those shoes. So, I thought I'd try KDE for awhile. I've always wanted to. Longer than Peppermint.).

It's really surprising how small KDE's memory usage is. Especially if you turn off the animations in "appearance." It's down around Linux Lite, Lubuntu. (It's based on qt, like Lubuntu's desktop).

I'm not in love with the start menu. It feels a little clunky the way you have to click menu items to drill deeper. I like how Linux Lite (and MX, other Xfce desktops) expand as you hover over a menu item.). It feels tedious that way. It has a lot of settings which could also feel tedious at first. But, now it's nice to have all that. It's very well organized.

It sounds like the is a rebellion among Xfce's fans. I guess Xfce is making some changes they don't like. So, that would be good to have a choice with Linux Lite. That might appeal to people. (I don't know how Jerry does it all.).