I actually like Gnome. I like the way it looks and I have no problems with UX. I also don't feel the need to use any extensions.
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Compiz, XFCE, and GNOME <40 (now Cinnamon and MATE) proved quality UI design 15+ years ago.
It is actually insulting to Linux desktop that the default DE on the top distros don't even have minimize and expand buttons by default, and that any extra features require DE plugins.
GNOME 40+ is like Wayland. Years of development for practically no real user improvements. Every update shows off features DEs had over a decade ago.
GNOME 47's first listed big change is accent colors. wtf??????? What the f*** do you think we've been using GTK and Qt for???????
At least with KDE, the ram usage is justified. GNOME eats system resources just to give you a shitty ChomeOS UI that feels just as cheap.
The moment XFCE ports to Wayland, I'll happily swap Compiz for Wayfire and use my computer like a normal person.
As long as I can still customize Gnome with some extensions for improved focus, it'll stay my DE of choice.
GNOME peaked with 2 which is why I prefer MATE.
Gnome has the best kbm experience out of the box
But this meme doesn’t make sense because Gnome is also really high in the accessibility community
It's always wild to me how these hateposts climb to the top, when all the complaints can be boiled down to "I don't like the design choices"
Have you tried... Just not using it? No one's forcing you to use it. Have you tried using a different DE instead?
True to some extent, and I do this, but some aspects are unavoidable. For example the GTK save/open dialogue is used by Firefox, and it sucks (why can't I type the fucking path in?). There aren't good and popular alternative browsers that use Qt or any other toolkit with a decent dialogue.
Thankfully Gnome is ridiculously customisable. The native experience is shit, but installing a few extensions fixes all the issues I had with it at least.
5 minutes with extension manager in Bazzite and i had Gnome exactly how i wanted it. I also haven't used Gnome in like 20 years.
Old gnome is nostalgic to me, because my first venture into Linux was Fedora Core 4. I was still using Win98 at the time, and gnome 2.10 felt so modern in comparison, with rounded corners and soft gradients.
Coming back to Linux after having not touched it for a very, very long time I tried gnome again and I just do not like it at all. It's weird looking. Maybe too modern for me, i don't know.
It's a fine DE... But boy making appindicator/KStatus an un-officially-supported extension is dumb
I prefer gnome. It feels like Linux to me. I don’t want a windows clone like every other DE
Hint: :q!
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