KoulDE I Use Plasma?

📆 06 Mar 2026 18:20 UTC +00:00 📕 288 words ⏳ 2 min.
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I have been a Linux (sorry GNU/Linux) user for a good few years now, I believe I first installed Linux on a device in 2021. And I have been enjoying every second of that time.

And after a couple of years floating and jumping between window managers and desktop environments, I feel like I’ve come full circle once again. That’s because I have gone back to KDE Plasma.

The History

My first Linux “distro” was KDE Neon where I spent a couple of months using it, before moving over to Kubuntu. The beginning of my Linux life was on Plasma. Since then, I have been all over the place; from i3, BSPWM, QTile, dwm, Gnome, Cinnamon, Hyprland, Niri, Sway, and pretty much every other window manager and desktop environment. I found myself working well with Tiling Window Managers, but there was always something in me that felt like I wanted more. Alongside a couple of small issues that sometimes got on my nerves.

New-Old Me

As of a couple of days ago, I have reinstalled ˋplasmaˋ and am using that. I am enjoying it (I always say that).

You may be asking why, and you would be interested to know the answer.

I just get a certain feeling when using a full desktop environment that you don’t get with tiling window managers, but there is also a little part of my mind that wants to using a tiling window manager, so I might sit on this for a while and have a little play around with some cool tilers.

But for now, Plasma is my home, maybe temporarily, maybe permanently, only time will tell. That’s it for now, I’ll catch you in the next one, BYEEE!!!