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tom42 ,
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A question with no right answer, because it is a matter of taste and habits.

Both are very much sophisticated desktop environments which very useful defaults. Neither Gnome nor Plasma are too complicated for beginners and can be customized easily. If you want to you can go very deep into the customization too.

Grangle1 ,

GNOME is more different from Windows, which means that users will have to put more effort in to get used to the UI, but it doesn’t have as many complicated settings or customizability for EVERYTHING that Plasma does, so it can be less confusing in that sense. I switched to primarily using Plasma a couple years ago and I’m probably with Plasma to stay, but personally I think GNOME might be better for Linux beginners. Though if you really want a beginner-friendly DE, go for Cinnamon.

narc0tic_bird ,

Certainly Plasma if you’re coming from Windows, unless we’re considering pre-customized GNOME variants like for example Ubuntu uses.

Sure, KDE can be more complex in terms of configuration and customizability, but the default configuration is already good for most users.

Beginners using vanilla GNOME will quickly miss features like a minimize button and certainly tray icons.

fionnafire ,
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I started with gnome then moved to plasma, that’s probably a good way for beginners to go

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