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    [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

    I stuck an Arc theme on it and that modernized it a lot.

    To me, Cinnamon sits somewhere between the extremes of Gnome and KDE.

    Gnome is an Android launcher with a concussion. Every major update is a list of things it can't do anymore. Hopefully by Gnome 52 the system won't even POST let alone boot. Every utility is a blank window with an empty menu up in the top bar that does as little of its job as it can, apparently in service to some "blank is beautiful" aesthetic.

    KDE feels like the control panel of a nuclear power plant, LOADS of crap everywhere. Widgets and wodgets and panels and sidebars where does it end? Every utility is an incorrectly sized window completely crammed full of drop downs, radio buttons and text fields with several tabs and sub-menus with lots of options, because what if esoteric use case?

    Cinnamon is a middle ground in between; they have a "most users, most of the time" approach so that UIs are understandable and digestible, and usually let you do what you want to do, without being uselessly blank or obsessively crowded.

    Cinnamon doesn't need therapy, Gnome and KDE do.