Klassik Revives the KDE 3 Desktop on Modern Plasma 6

https://linuxiac.com/klassik-revives-the-kde-3-desktop-on-modern-plasma-6/

Comments

searealistSep 28, 2026, 6:10 AM
Unlike modern Gnome, KDE Plasma is _really_ good. In fact, you can configure it to almost perfectly mirror Gnome 2.

That being said, this is really cool, and brings back a lot of memories.

throwa356262Sep 28, 2026, 6:51 AM
My only problem with modern gnome is that it is a bit too opinionated. Their design team may decide to remove something people use every day just because it doesnt fit their vision of how a computer should be used.

Otherwise is it a great DE. It is good looking and runs extremely smooth and I prefer it to macos and windows 11 every day of the week.

KDE on the other hand, for some reason feels to me like going back to windows 98.

searealistSep 28, 2026, 7:16 AM
You can configure KDE Plasma to be nearly identical to Gnome 2 / Mate.

It's great.

jauntywundrkindSep 28, 2026, 3:19 AM
KDE 3 was on DCOP, which would be fascinating to try to revive too. Unlike DBus where the programmer has to implement a DBus world, iirc every app was basically wired for automation from the start via DCOP, that it was just baked in. That would be fascinating to see.

I do really appreciate Klassik here though in general. There's so much nostalgia work for recreating or preserving various old systems. It's a noble tribute to see classic linux desktops also paid that honor.