[arch-general] [OT?] Which is most future-proof desktop environment?

[Magnus Therning]

Moritz Bunkus writes:

> Hey,
>
>> More generally, what do you mean by "work-flow", and how have DEs like
>> KDE and Gnome broken "the work-flow" in the past?
>
> By being buggy and lacking features. When I switched to Plasma 5 several
> things that I regularly used stopped working, among them:
>
> - Plasmas calendar widget (the one opened from the tray) did not contain
>   week numbers anymore. I often consulted that widget when scheduling
>   meetings with other people. I had to switch to other calendars, and
>   this feature hasn't come back yet.
>
> - Pressing Ctrl+Space in konsole registered as Space (in Emacs this is
>   an essential combination as it sets the mark). This has been fixed since.
>
> - Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Space in konsole registers as Ctrl+Space (in Emasc
>   Ctrl+Alt+Space is mark-sexp, one that I regularly use in all kinds of
>   modes). This hasn't been fixed yet.
>
> Those three are just from the top of my hat and required changes in my
> way of doing things. The first one is only annoying, the second one
> forced me to work with a different terminal emulator for the time being
> though, and the last one requires workarounds that I have to actively
> think about to use. I'd rather have done without any of those.

Ok, makes sense.  Personally I've not come across anything in new
releases of Gnome that has been even close to that irritating.

/M

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