I imagine it's due to the default apps not being changed when you switch between the environments. For example it's probably still using GNOME's Files application in KDE instead of Dolphin (or maybe vice versa). You should still be able to manually launch the "correct" app in each case, but of course you'll have to know which is which. There's no actual problems created by having both installed, but most people don't because of this and other annoyances.
I use GNOME. KDE is nice in that it allows you to customize everything, but if I want that degree of control I'd rather use a fully customized window manager setup (sway is generally my go-to).
GNOME is also designed to be used in a keyboard-centric workflow, which I prefer. It's a nice comfy default for when I want the option to use my computer "lazily", i.e. just kicking back mostly using the mouse to browse the web, but still has enough power-user functionality to make zipping around without touching the mouse feel good.
I also just like their defaults a lot. If you start to install a bunch of third party extensions etc it starts to get messy and degrade the point of the whole unified vision, and at that point you're better off with KDE IMO.
It's also worth noting that I don't really like the default Mac OS UX -- while I can see why people say "KDE is like Windows, GNOME is like Mac," it's really only a surface level comparison that mostly ends at "KDE uses a taskbar and GNOME has a dock".
I already addressed your complaints about the look; it's all for functionality and technical features which you clearly do not need. You don't get to expose a rich feature set without complicating the UI.
Literally how? If you're talking about the toolbars, it looks like literally any text editor. If you're talking about the text, that's probably because you're not used to looking at monospace rendered text. It's much better when you're editing anything technical. If you don't need advanced features you don't need N++.
I don't think this is generally true at a higher rate than for any other software. Multi-billion dollar companies will have more polished UX, but step outside of the major flagship apps and things quickly degrade. Even the best in the business have plenty of problems, you can't design a perfect UX that will please all users.
I've been using MPV instead of VLC for a few years now. I find it has more consistent support for a wider variety of files, though controlling it is a little harder and often requires you to look up keybinds (which to be fair I did all the time for VLC too).
Yeah I definitely prefer vim bindings over emacs. Though as other commenters have mentioned, it's totally possible to use vim bindings with emacs. I've never tried it but if the other features attract you it might be worth trying.
Oh thanks for reminding me of my hot take: Rogue One is a thoroughly mediocre and boring movie that fails to give any of its characters personality or development. The only reason it has any acclaim is that it's a "dark" plot in an otherwise saccharine franchise, and if the Star Wars set dressing was removed the whole movie would fall over like a potemkin village.
I do think it's better than several of the main movies, but that's not saying much... And I'd probably rather rewatch those trainwrecks because at least they're entertaining.
Then why is this headline weirdly biased to sound like all the community members are blaming pedestrians, instead of that only being two quotes from a more nuanced conversation?
It sounds like the only problem is that you can't edit a graph in a template, is that true? Any chance you can post the file, or perhaps just the graph section of the file? If it's rendering properly in LibreOffice then I suspect someone can figure out how to edit it.