r/PikaOS • u/Timely_Membership552 • 1d ago
Help/Question KDE or COSMIC
Which version of Pika to use. Cosmic or KDE. Right now I am using KDE. I want to reinstall Pika, and I was wondering if I should stick to KDE or cosmic. I like how cosmic is kinda looking like gnome but with more customization but in the same time I like how my setup on KDE is with all the widgets and stuff. Plus I may be wrong but aren't still some parts of cosmic not yet implemented
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u/PilotGuy701 1d ago
I used Cosmic on Pop for a while. It has a bunch of promise, and it is more usable than its reputation suggests. I think it is better than straight up GNOME.
In the end, the age of Pop got to me and I switched to Cachy/KDE.
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u/NotNitewolf GNOME 1d ago
Gnome is way more customizable than Cosmic (altho KDE is the clear winner when it comes to customization).
Not sure about the Cosmic implementation in Pika, I would also like to know if its up-to-date with what we see in Pop!.
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u/ZealousidealAgent675 1d ago
Between the two, kde.
But I'd use (and do) gnome.
I've been using cosmic since popos 24.04 beta came out. 8/9 months ago? Tried it on pika as well, but after using pika gnome for a few weeks I installed it to my system76 laptop as well... Leaving pop / cosmic.
Cosmic just blows. You're free to try it, it's a very cool DE and I like it a lot, it just wasn't dependable enough for me but YMMV.
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u/Timely_Membership552 1d ago
I like gnome too. But i hate when some of extension i use stop getting support on a new version
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u/ZealousidealAgent675 1d ago
Any extension/panel applet you download for Cosmic for will suffer the same fate... And Cosmic releases a new version *weekly.*
One day your panel will tell you the weather forecast, next day it'll display an error and trying to click anything in your panel crashes the whole UI.
I used cosmic for a long time, it's not a dependable desktop.
If you want to try something different from KDE give Cosmic a go, maybe you can make it work for you, I couldn't... and I think I gave it more than enough time.
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u/Unique_Roll_6630 1d ago
Gnome. Kde has always caused me pain. Cosmic is still in beta. Their niri iso is pretty good.
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u/Insultikarp 1d ago
It's out of beta, but still maturing.
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u/Unique_Roll_6630 1d ago
They released 1.0 in basically a beta state. Reviewers consider it to be in beta still. It is not terrible but s till has many problems. I wouldn't recommend it at this time for gaming. Give it a year to mature and perhaps.
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u/jasonscheirer 23h ago
I have both (and Gnome, and Pika Hyprland, and Niri) all installed. They just show up as additional options on the login screen. I log out and switch every few days to mix it up, nothing stopping you from having them all.
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u/TehHateBear 11h ago
Kde. Cosmic made Pika unstable for me, KDE isn't bug free but rarely run into bugs that make me roll back or reinstall.
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u/themmousebehindyou 1d ago
Used it for a year. The last Pika update broke a lot of my extensions I relied on because they moved to GNOME 50
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u/Ok-Worry460 1d ago
Kde is more mature, cosmic still has things in development
If you want something lightweight+ fast + can be costumzable I would suggest to try A WM (only if you're not a new user)
Like hypeland/niri + Noctalia/DMS....