# Thinking about switching from windows to Linux? Read This

# Why I switched?
So around 3 months ago I switched to Linux from Windows 10. I have a very low end PC so Windows 10 was lagging a lot so I thought to switch to Linux. 
I then installed ubuntu (because it very beginner friendly) on it in dualboot mode. 

# Time for a little change
I definitely ran a lot better than windows. But after some time, It's UI also seemed a bit boring to me. So the I installed the KDE PLasma desktop environment on top of it. And I just loved it.

# KDE 😍
KDE has a lot of features and is very customizable

* **Very user friendly**
If you are coming from windows then this would feel a little similar.

* **Customisation**
Literally everything in the UI is customizable. From the UI theme to the title bar for application windows. You can even change the splash screen, lock screen, font, emoji, icons , cursors etc with just few clicks. Its plasma store has a lot of these packs. 
I'm personally using [Noctis Round Theme](https://store.kde.org/p/1610056/)
![https://store.kde.org/p/1610056/](https://cdn.pling.com/img/a/c/8/1/c169b0d27fe37ac054c0ecc971307d4586b2d982589e95be8948d04a5b80d23d9ab5.png)
![beautiful](https://media.giphy.com/media/it6W8D4FfvaPC/giphy.gif)

* **Keyboard Shortcuts**
KDE has a lot of useful kde shortcuts. And if you want some other shorcuts, you can even add them manually. Like I assigned <kbd>Start</kbd> + <kbd>v</kbd> to open clipboard history just like windows. 
Adding keyboard shorcuts is very simple in KDE

* **Addons** 
Plasma store has a lot of addons that you can download and apply. 
You can even change your default application launcher (a.k.a. Start menu) to a completely different one. 
![Normal Menu](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/vomy389uzd3cui9qj6np.png)
![Full Screen Menu](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/8sngeowyi4jwxja1e74y.png)
And there many many other menu's in the plasma store. Some even resembling Windows 11. 
And there are many other addons for window effects, blur effects, closing animations etc. 
![addons preview](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/vp20dlxa4875q40awt8s.gif)
There are so many addons in the plasma store, & many of them are incredible. 
I am using a lot of them & the best part, my PC still runs far better on KDE than on Windows 🤣.

![Impressive](https://media.giphy.com/media/eKNrUbDJuFuaQ1A37p/giphy.gif)

* **System Wide Search:**

KDE has KRunner, which is a system wide search & its much faster than  Window's search. 
And guess what, you can download addons to extend it functionality. 
![fast](https://media.giphy.com/media/SW3PNayoSGXao/giphy.gif)

There are many other features in KDE that I like. 

## **Conclusion:**
I just love KDE Plasma & its a great alternative for Windows. 
I am not switching back to Windows anytime soon. 
So if you want to switch from Windows, try KDE plasma.