Gnome has been the best looking desktop for about 5 years now, with OS X in second place. KDE and Windows (after 7) are so far below that they’re a category of their own.
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There’s many things to not like with Gnome, but they’ve got the user interface figured out. Contrast is correct both in light mode and dark mode. Readability is excellent. Margins and paddings are consistent across the board. Buttons, checkboxes and other gizmos look exactly as they should, with subtle shadows and 3D effects. Border radiuses are consistent and not to large.
Icons are not great, but that’s the same on all desktop environments now. OS X had great icons, but that age is over.
And since they have all the important basics correct, it is trivial to fix any short comings in the UI. The team deserves praise for what they’ve achieved.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45289528
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45289773
Sebenarnya saya gak suka sih banding-bandingin teknologi atau benda atau apapun lah, tapi saya setuju sama user ini dan bisa dibilang jarang banget yang setuju di kalangan pengguna Linux, jadi bisa dibilang ini unpopular opinion, ya gak unpopular banget, tapi cukup langka.
Di dunia Linux, memang paling besar komunitas desktop Gnome dan KDE, dan saya rasa salah satu komen di thread itu menggambarkan dengan baik dimana Gnome itu untuk developer yang punya hobi atau sense design, jadi bisa lebih menghargai UI yang bagus memanjakan mata, dimana KDE itu full power user developer, dimana lebih suka fitur lengkap dan bisa dikontrol.
Perhatikan keduanya menggunakan tipe “developer” karena ya untuk level user biasa apalagi designer mungkin agak kureng, tapi ya saya tipe Gnome.