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KDE cannot be modified by extensions in the same way GNOME can. This is a fact. The problem is the extension needed to be written. They are trivial to vibe now. You can make them do whatever you want.

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> KDE cannot be modified by extensions in the same way GNOME can.

I was pretty sure that was false. I did a quick check and found

https://develop.kde.org/docs/plasma/scripting/

https://develop.kde.org/docs/plasma/kwin/

https://develop.kde.org/docs/plasma/krunner/

Yes, you can do some light scripting or create your own plugins for specific apps (krunner). This is not near what you get with gnome extensions, which allow you to essentially execute arbitrary code in the shell’s main process.

The shell got a lot of hate for being written in gjs, but you won’t get that kind of functionality from a shell written in a compiled language.

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