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I'm *pretty* sure that's incorrect, GNOME has almost a decade on top of KDE, however KDE has made massive strides in UX (especially in the last year; give or take). Entirely anecdotal here, but I've definitely seen a rise in KDE users and not as much GNOME usage

Then again, I haven't used a DE since 2020 so I've missed a lot of market stats
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Tim 4mo ago 💬 1

Kde came out one year after Gnome. Gnome was like 1998 and KDE was 1999. I think I was running WindowMaker back then..lol

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blkbird 4mo ago 💬 1

Ah, we had a slight disconnect. The KDE *organisation* was formed in 1996, but the Plasma desktop wasn't until 2008, while GNOME's initial release was in 1999.

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blkbird 4mo ago

After double checking, the GNOME Project launched in 1997 while KDE was 1996. Plasma released in '08 and GNOME DE was '99, so near enough a decade on KDE, despite KDE being founded first