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This intrigued me: > (GNOME, Plasma and Sway), two of which aren't even complete Which ones are you referring to as non complete? I think it's pretty obvious

This intrigued me: > (GNOME, Plasma and Sway), two of which aren't even complete Which ones are you referring to as non complete? I think it's pretty obvious for Plasma, but the other...?

smoldesu 5y ago
I tried Sway a few months ago and it's still missing rudimentary features like screenshotting and tray icons. I'm not sure if the situation has improved yet, but if Sway is trying to be a drop-in replacement for i3 then they've still got work to do.
- boudin 5y ago
  Screenshots works in Sway, it has been there for years. Tray icons as well (it depends of the bar you use though, but it works with the included bar swaybar and waybar). you can use grim + slurp for screenshots https://github.com/emersion/grim https://github.com/emersion/grim but Flameshot works as well (for example). Edit: you should have a look at the wiki: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/Useful-add-ons-for-sway https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/Useful-add-ons-for-sway
  - smoldesu 5y ago
    I seem to have missed that, thank you. The distro I was using didn't come with any of that stuff, and me being on an Nvidia card I didn't stick around long enough to read the wiki.
- craftkiller 5y ago
  Sway has had support for both of those for years. Tray: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/releases/tag/0.14.0 https://github.com/swaywm/sway/releases/tag/0.14.0 Screenshot: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/releases/tag/0.10 https://github.com/swaywm/sway/releases/tag/0.10
dleslie 5y ago
Gnome 3 is so bad that it drove my family members, who I had managed to switch to Linux painlessly over ten years ago, back to using Windows. It's just an awful, painfully dim UX. The Tyranny of the Designer is on full display. With HiDPI finally getting mature in MATE I may be able to convince them to return. But I suspect the nightmare that is Snap will keep them away.
- smoldesu 5y ago
  With extensions it was possible to get a functional desktop up and running, but nothing short of a hassle. GNOME 40 is just a desolate wasteland of poor design decisions by comparison, if your family thought GNOME 3 was bad, they'd be flabbergasted by the newer releases.
  - bcrl 5y ago
    Guess what happens when you reimplement everything from scratch again every few years? Functionality is lost and never regained. Just one more rewrite and it'll all be awesome, right?

This intrigued me: > (GNOME, Plasma and Sway), two of which aren't even complete Which ones are you referring to as non complete? I think it's pretty obvious for Plasma, but the other...?

smoldesu 5y ago

I tried Sway a few months ago and it's still missing rudimentary features like screenshotting and tray icons. I'm not sure if the situation has improved yet, but if Sway is trying to be a drop-in replacement for i3 then they've still got work to do.

boudin 5y ago
Screenshots works in Sway, it has been there for years. Tray icons as well (it depends of the bar you use though, but it works with the included bar swaybar and waybar). you can use grim + slurp for screenshots https://github.com/emersion/grim https://github.com/emersion/grim but Flameshot works as well (for example). Edit: you should have a look at the wiki: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/Useful-add-ons-for-sway https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/Useful-add-ons-for-sway
- smoldesu 5y ago
  I seem to have missed that, thank you. The distro I was using didn't come with any of that stuff, and me being on an Nvidia card I didn't stick around long enough to read the wiki.
craftkiller 5y ago
Sway has had support for both of those for years. Tray: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/releases/tag/0.14.0 https://github.com/swaywm/sway/releases/tag/0.14.0 Screenshot: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/releases/tag/0.10 https://github.com/swaywm/sway/releases/tag/0.10

dleslie 5y ago

Gnome 3 is so bad that it drove my family members, who I had managed to switch to Linux painlessly over ten years ago, back to using Windows. It's just an awful, painfully dim UX. The Tyranny of the Designer is on full display. With HiDPI finally getting mature in MATE I may be able to convince them to return. But I suspect the nightmare that is Snap will keep them away.

smoldesu 5y ago
With extensions it was possible to get a functional desktop up and running, but nothing short of a hassle. GNOME 40 is just a desolate wasteland of poor design decisions by comparison, if your family thought GNOME 3 was bad, they'd be flabbergasted by the newer releases.
- bcrl 5y ago
  Guess what happens when you reimplement everything from scratch again every few years? Functionality is lost and never regained. Just one more rewrite and it'll all be awesome, right?