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Gnome 40 got massively improved speed. Gnome 41 got better battery management. You can play most top games on Linux now thanks to proton. Some operating syst

Gnome 40 got massively improved speed. Gnome 41 got better battery management. You can play most top games on Linux now thanks to proton. Some operating systems are improving every release, but they are found in the Linux world now. The suckers are the one who bought into the mac or Windows ecosystem and believed all the shit about privacy and security.

smoldesu 5y ago
I think GNOME 40 was notable more for the regressions it mainlined. It's pretty subjective on the visual side of things, but objectively they did remove quite a bit of GNOME functionality in exchange for... slightly more consistent themes? I use Linux too, but GNOME is a pretty bad example of iterative improvement IMO. Ever since they ditched the "Unity" interface, most people agree that it's gone downhill.
- chungy 5y ago
  GNOME never had a Unity interface. That was Unity; Canonical later developed a bunch of extensions to replicate Unity in GNOME for the default Ubuntu desktop.
- petepete 5y ago
  Unity had nothing to do with the GNOME project, it was built by Canonical for Ubuntu. GNOME has been moving in the right direction for a long time in my opinion, their concentration on making it easier for developers is really starting to pay off too.
  - smoldesu 5y ago
    How have they been making it easier on developers? I frankly think the GNOME documentation went heavily downhill after the release of 40, and their insistence on linking libdwaita makes it even harder for me to write GTK apps that function properly on GNOME. Everything about the transition feels like it was intended to push developers away, to me. I'd be interested to hear your input on it, though.
    - petepete 5y ago
      Well, the move to GitLab was huge. Plus the fact you can download Builder and have something up and running in a matter of minutes. Y4s, it was all possible before but it's so much easier now. Just look at the smallish but beautifully polished apps that have appeared over the last year or two, Apostrophe, Shortwave, Fragments, Polari, Contrast, Cozy, Obfuscate, etc.

smoldesu 5y ago

I think GNOME 40 was notable more for the regressions it mainlined. It's pretty subjective on the visual side of things, but objectively they did remove quite a bit of GNOME functionality in exchange for... slightly more consistent themes? I use Linux too, but GNOME is a pretty bad example of iterative improvement IMO. Ever since they ditched the "Unity" interface, most people agree that it's gone downhill.

chungy 5y ago
GNOME never had a Unity interface. That was Unity; Canonical later developed a bunch of extensions to replicate Unity in GNOME for the default Ubuntu desktop.
petepete 5y ago
Unity had nothing to do with the GNOME project, it was built by Canonical for Ubuntu. GNOME has been moving in the right direction for a long time in my opinion, their concentration on making it easier for developers is really starting to pay off too.
- smoldesu 5y ago
  How have they been making it easier on developers? I frankly think the GNOME documentation went heavily downhill after the release of 40, and their insistence on linking libdwaita makes it even harder for me to write GTK apps that function properly on GNOME. Everything about the transition feels like it was intended to push developers away, to me. I'd be interested to hear your input on it, though.
  - petepete 5y ago
    Well, the move to GitLab was huge. Plus the fact you can download Builder and have something up and running in a matter of minutes. Y4s, it was all possible before but it's so much easier now. Just look at the smallish but beautifully polished apps that have appeared over the last year or two, Apostrophe, Shortwave, Fragments, Polari, Contrast, Cozy, Obfuscate, etc.