It’s certainly the former. KDE comes with Dolphin as default which looks pretty nice, but I prefer others. Last October we were discussing file managers in this forum:
I then pointed out that my personal favourite was krusader
So, when I say, I like KDE, it’s for a variety of reasons:
- It combines great looks with the ability to fine-tune almost any aspect of its looks and behaviour.
- Most properties can be changed easily through menus whilst you still have the option to edit config files manually for an even deeper level of control.
- It is very mature, stable and rather efficient when it comes to using resources.
- It comes with a lot of handy tools preinstalled, like KDEConnect which makes interaction between your mobile and your Linux computer a piece of cake.
- It was, in my view, the first successful attempt to create a Linux desktop suitable for not-too-techy users.
- Its developers’ contribution to the FOSS universe has been incredible:
- It greatly popularized Trolltech’s Qt framework which finally made the development of well-looking and modern X11 apps a real thing.
- Its very own rendering machine KHTML for the then default web-browser and file manager Konqueror became the base for webkit which then became the core for all modern browsers’ except Firefox’s rendering engines.