I have been using kubuntu for many years and I love the KDE desktop environment and even if I switch to arch I will continue to use it. 
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Welcome to the KDE Discuss Forum.
An answer to you question isnāt easy but, yes, my preferred Desktop Environment is KDE Plasma ā with the caveat that, a Linux distribution which provides a rolling KDE Plasma version support is more comfortable than one which updates slowly with dreams of Long Term Support ā which the KDE folks no longer support.
The world is moving faster and faster ā KDE Plasma also ā¦ 
> kinfo
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20260217
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.23.0
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 6.19.2-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 Ć AMD Ryzen 5 8600G w/ Radeon 760M Graphics
Memory: 34 GB of RAM (32.8 GB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon 760M Graphics
>
> dolphin --version
dolphin 25.12.2
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we are currently experience a higher than normal call volume over the release of plasma 6.6, but my experience on the Kubutnu LTS track has been rock solid with none of these issues currently being discussed here.
things will settle out as the bug reports roll in and i expect by the time my LTS track gets to plasma 6 things will be as smooth for me as they are right now.
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I always use kubuntu LTS. tās always more stable and reliable for me. Gaming has become super accessible on Linux. I remember having to use Wine back in the day for even the simplest of games. Glad to see proton is finally allowing a click-and-play experience. What are your thoughts on gaming on linux? Have you had good experiences? I would love to hear your thoughts.
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iāve installed several games from the native .deb steam package and they all work just as well (or better) than they work worked in windows.
but they do require being reinstalled onto a linux partition, rather than trying to get proton to run your windows install from an NTFS partitionā¦ i keep mine on a separate ext4 partition from my /home so they donāt get caught in my daily backups.
when migrating my EliteDangerous game, there were certain log files and bindings that i needed to copy from the windows install to the proton install but it wasnāt difficult to find the right folders once you identified the game ID.
as long as your game is listed in protondb.com as silver or better, you should should not have much of an issue.
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I have been using KDE for more 20 years now. I have tried different Desktops OSs once in a while, but always come back. Most of all, Linux & KDE allow me far more flexibility for tweaking it to my needs than anything else I tried, while still beeing reliable and full of features.
On Gaming: I mostly play games that have a native linux version (using steam). And sometimes old stuff via fs-uae or dosbox. Sadly, several native linux versions of games are not well done and will cease to function after a few years (some examples: DeusEx MD, Half-Life Alyx, Lords of Xulima). Thanks to proton I can at least play the windows version (or games without a linux release) without any problems
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I run Fedora 43 KDE Plasma 6.6.0, using the latest Plasma version for a couple of days now. I love it except for one thing: Somehow it lost contrast ? / sharpness ?. Most of the Fonts are a lighter colour of grey.
Arch and Plasma go together, in the words of John C. Reilly, ālike cocaine and waffles.ā
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Iām very postively impressed with the full capability of this alpha version. From a usability standpoint, itās been all but indistinguishable from my long experience with Kubuntu. Flatpaks have been available for all the apps I use, and installation was easy-peasey. My only speed bump was not being able to figure out shared folders for virt-manager, but Iāve got an adequate workaround using ssh.
Itās so solid-seeming that Iām tempted to move it to (home/personal) production use, though I think Iāll wait at least until the goal to shrink OS updates to a reasonable size is achieved.
Clearly, the folks assembling this distro know what yāall are doing. Kudos!
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I am running Linux for 6 month on desktop now, but I was falling in love with KDE 10 years ago when I tried Linux for the first time. Back these days Gaming was just not ready and even my hours on trying to fix things end up in better results of my most played game back these days, but still not playable enough. So I delayed my switch. These days installing games are mostly straight forward, thanks to WINE team, Valves refinements and other communities to remove Steam dependencies (most games are bought DRM-free without Steam). Anyway, back to KDE:
I am running it on Debian 13, so it is not the most up to date version, but I also do not need to deal a lot with regressions. On the other hand there are a lot of minor bugs in all edges and corners. I hope the higher donations will help KDE to get polished in the upcoming years. Nevertheless it is the best desktop experience I ever had. I prefer bugs over restrictions. I am little bit worry about two new design decisions that are made (I mentioned elsewhere), but overall I see a lot of improvements coming over the next years.
A lot of KDE applications are pretty cool. Dolphin, Kate and Konsole are my most used ones. kdeconnect, kdenlive and KolourPaint could need some improvements. I am using kdenlive for over 10 years and in general it is good. Krita will may replace some GIMP-tasks, because GIMP is very inefficient on some tasks I really need often. I also can imagine to fully replace GIMP, but that depends on how Krita will fit into my use case. Once Neochat is be full-featured I probably will drop Element.
As browser I am using LibreWolf, since it is the better Firefox. I donāt see any alternative right now and hope for Servo-Engine in future. The best browser that will build on top of Servo will have the change to become my new main browser (as long as required extensions are available). But we are probably at least 10 years away from this.
On phone KDE could not convince me. Sorry KDE, but GNOME is much better at this place. And I say this as a person who even hates using GNOME in a VM environment. KDE also has no convergent applications.
At the end KDE does not need to convince me everywhere. KDE is awesome for all these things I am using and also for those that are used by other people than me. But it still requires refinements around the edges.
This is very likely Making sure you're not a bot! . Apparently it even affects Windows, too. Thereās a workaround listed in there.
Iāve applied the workaround to KDE Linux so no AMD users need to suffer from it anymore.
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The issue responsible isnāt actually āMaking sure youāre not a bot!ā. Thatās just the āpreviewā that Discourse displays because it canāt bypass the linked websiteās anti-bot protection to retrieve the title of the issue.
The actual issue you see when you click the link is a driver bug, raised in AMDās Gitlab repo.
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Currently I use several operating systems like Fedora and Arch Linux-based, so KDE Plasma performs well in its most up-to-date version, as do the kernels. The performance is considerable and there are no bugs.
Even the Plasma developers would not make this claim 
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At least in my experience, there isnāt.
Absolutely brilliant. Iām hooked, and I mean it.
It just works. Itās fast. Itās smooth. On my miserable laptop.
Maybe some app crashes sometimes, but thatās very rare. I donāt care.
I use a very simple setup:
- Darkly (Flat design ah..) + Klassy (Traffic-light window buttons
) - Tint windows with accent colour (very slight)
- Inter for UI font (I personally think itās boring but itās the best for readability on my screen)
This customisation more than works for me!
P.S. out of all these, the one that sold me to Plasma was its responsiveness. It āfeelsā fast. It āfeelsā smooth. The animations are just fluid and have zero frame lag. Especially after the Wayland port.
Huge respect to each and every person behind this progress.
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Try to report those, or let the crash auto-reporter do it. It might over time make those rarer and rarer and will help devs making progress 
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Iāve been using KDE for a looooong time. The interface feels natural, and I love how easy it is to customize to my liking. My current favorite combo is KDE Plasma on openSUSE TW. I find it rock-solid and an absolute joy to use.
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Welcome to the forum!
Thank you! 
Iām glad to be here!
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