Why Is KDE So Buggy?

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Published on January 29, 2017 7:35:19 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6mZGBEV7aY

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Why is KDE perceived to be so buggy and slow? In my opinion the answer is simple - Software Development is hard.

KDE isn't a desktop environment - it's an entire framework. Built on the shoulders of *another* framework called QT. Within the KDE framework is a desktop environment called Plasma Desktop (also called Plasma Workspaces).

Each application within the KDE framework relies on other applications, libraries, and sub-frameworks both within the parent KDE framework, but also other frameworks such at MLT and FFMPEG for Kdenlive. These tightly-coupled dependencies create a very difficult to test infrastructure that adds to the buggy-nature of KDE.

There's a concept in Object Oriented programming called Encapsulation in which (among other things) properties and methods of an object are self-contained or "hidden" from other objects. A side effect of this practice helps to prevent dependency hell as seen in most KDE applications.
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