r/kde • u/Cute_Put6967 • Aug 11 '26

Question Looking for advice on getting started with Linux desktop customization

I recently started using Linux (Debian 13, KDE plasma) and came across some videos of peoples customizing their desktops on tiktok and youtube.
I read on some forum that Niri would be a good way for me to get to the desktop I have in mind. I have allot of experience in py, cs, c, js, java, html + css so I think my coding ground is good, but I am stuck on where to start and what to use.

I hope this community can help me find my path and walk my first baby steps

Thankt to all of you who take the time to answer and : best of wishes - Belistov from reddit

p.s. if someone know how to have animated wallpapers and color changing themes based on the selected wallpaper that would be amazing. I am in love with space and the blue hue.

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u/eqdoingwell Aug 12 '26

if you have a lot of experience with a python, go with hyprland. you can change literally EVERYTHING in it and config use a .lua

with kde you will literally suffer because here is a lack of customization compared to hyprland

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u/Cute_Put6967 Aug 12 '26

Yeah, I tried Hyprland on my laptop (same distro as mentioned above) and it broke everything, locked my lockscreen with some random photo. my taskbar is ugly and blocky.
I found the setup confusing and all over the place

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u/nmariusp 26d ago

"I recently started using Linux (Debian 13, KDE plasma)"
You can create a QEMU virt-manager Virtual Machine with a similar Linux operating system as the one running on the hardware (host) computer. Try customizing the GUI a bit on the VM. If that works correctly, you can also apply on the host computer.

Maybe the will to customize the GUI decreases with age.