Klassik Revives the KDE 3 Desktop on Modern Plasma 6(linuxiac.com)
11 pointsby turrini8 hours ago2 comments
  • searealist3 hours ago
    Unlike modern Gnome, KDE Plasma is _really_ good. In fact, you can configure it to almost perfectly mirror Gnome 2.

    That being said, this is really cool, and brings back a lot of memories.

    • throwa3562622 hours ago
      My only problem with modern gnome is that it is a bit too opinionated. Their design team may decide to remove something people use every day just because it doesnt fit their vision of how a computer should be used.

      Otherwise is it a great DE. It is good looking and runs extremely smooth and I prefer it to macos and windows 11 every day of the week.

      KDE on the other hand, for some reason feels to me like going back to windows 98.

      • flohofwoean hour ago
        > KDE on the other hand, for some reason feels to me like going back to windows 98.

        ...which tbh is a good thing, because the Windows desktop of that time was pretty much the peak of the desktop UI paradigm, with actual research going into the UX instead of 'whims and vibes' like today (I would pick Win2k though since it had a much more solid technological foundation than Win95/98).

        KDE has found its own way since it was a mere Windows desktop copy though (e.g. it's much better now - even more visually consistent - than both modern Windows and macOS). But unlike GNOME, KDE never abandondend what made it great.

        • PorciiVorbescan hour ago
          >...which tbh is a good thing, because the Windows desktop of that time was pretty much the peak of the desktop UI paradigm

          Nostalgia of old out of touch PC users(of which I am one; old I mean, not out of touch ;-)).

          I doubt people under 25 years old today have the same attraction to desktop UIs from before they were born and think that's the ideal usability goal for daily driving today.

          • searealist33 minutes ago
            What other desktop environment doesn't have a dock or taskbar?

            Age has nothing to do with it. Gnome 3 is just bad.

      • searealist2 hours ago
        You can configure KDE Plasma to be nearly identical to Gnome 2 / Mate.

        It's great.

  • jauntywundrkind6 hours ago
    KDE 3 was on DCOP, which would be fascinating to try to revive too. Unlike DBus where the programmer has to implement a DBus world, iirc every app was basically wired for automation from the start via DCOP, that it was just baked in. That would be fascinating to see.

    I do really appreciate Klassik here though in general. There's so much nostalgia work for recreating or preserving various old systems. It's a noble tribute to see classic linux desktops also paid that honor.