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This might be correct for you, but incorrect for most of the people. Linux desktop experience may suck even if it does not suck for you particularly.

telesoft 4y ago
Well it's true for me too. The first thing I do when I get a new laptop is try out windows (it's pre-installed) and of course I want to like it but it just doesn't compare to GNOME3... I always end up going back to Linux. And I have used both extensively and adapted to both work-flows and I'd say GNOME3 is superior once you adapt to it. No you don't need a minimize or maximize button, they are actually useless in the GNOME work-flow, and unnecessary on windows too.
- zingplex 4y ago
  Could you explain the Gnome workflow and how it doesn't necessitate the use of minimizing and maximizing Windows?
  - kaba0 4y ago
    Not parent, but I personally put relevant (few) windows on the same desktop and switch between them with a 3-finger swipe (which is faster/smoother than what OSX have, which is unbearably slow). On a given desktop I change a window by either swiping up with 3 fingers for a fast overview window, or just press Super. Compared to OSX, this view is not that overcrowded (due to easily having more desktops), so I can actually find what I’m looking for, and they also have icons (try having multiple browsers open in osx and finding the one you want). Super+~, which is the same as in OSX is also great for switching between multiple windows of the same program.
    - em-bee 4y ago
      OSX can have multiple desktops too. in fact the way i arrange windows on gnome vs OSX is pretty much the same.
      - kaba0 4y ago
        I know, but the desktops there doesn’t grow dynamically. That’s a huge difference (though I’m sure there is an extension/setting for that)
  - em-bee 4y ago
    i keep most windows in fullscreen and use the expose function or how it's called that shows all windows in reduced size to switch. sometimes i put two or three windows side by side if i need to see them at the same time. i also make use of multiple workspaces/desktops to arrange windows that are related to each other. so i use the maximize function but never feel the need to minimize windows unless it's a window that i don't need to reopen ever.
- 7speter 4y ago
  From what I’ve seen of desktop environments that try to emulate gnome 3 (and what I vaguely remember of toying around ubuntu ~10 years ago), wasn’t gnome a bit of an attempt to look and feel like Windows?
  - kaba0 4y ago
    I don’t see it. If anything, the new windows is a huge gnome copy.

telesoft 4y ago

Well it's true for me too. The first thing I do when I get a new laptop is try out windows (it's pre-installed) and of course I want to like it but it just doesn't compare to GNOME3... I always end up going back to Linux. And I have used both extensively and adapted to both work-flows and I'd say GNOME3 is superior once you adapt to it. No you don't need a minimize or maximize button, they are actually useless in the GNOME work-flow, and unnecessary on windows too.

zingplex 4y ago
Could you explain the Gnome workflow and how it doesn't necessitate the use of minimizing and maximizing Windows?
- kaba0 4y ago
  Not parent, but I personally put relevant (few) windows on the same desktop and switch between them with a 3-finger swipe (which is faster/smoother than what OSX have, which is unbearably slow). On a given desktop I change a window by either swiping up with 3 fingers for a fast overview window, or just press Super. Compared to OSX, this view is not that overcrowded (due to easily having more desktops), so I can actually find what I’m looking for, and they also have icons (try having multiple browsers open in osx and finding the one you want). Super+~, which is the same as in OSX is also great for switching between multiple windows of the same program.
  - em-bee 4y ago
    OSX can have multiple desktops too. in fact the way i arrange windows on gnome vs OSX is pretty much the same.
    - kaba0 4y ago
      I know, but the desktops there doesn’t grow dynamically. That’s a huge difference (though I’m sure there is an extension/setting for that)
- em-bee 4y ago
  i keep most windows in fullscreen and use the expose function or how it's called that shows all windows in reduced size to switch. sometimes i put two or three windows side by side if i need to see them at the same time. i also make use of multiple workspaces/desktops to arrange windows that are related to each other. so i use the maximize function but never feel the need to minimize windows unless it's a window that i don't need to reopen ever.
7speter 4y ago
From what I’ve seen of desktop environments that try to emulate gnome 3 (and what I vaguely remember of toying around ubuntu ~10 years ago), wasn’t gnome a bit of an attempt to look and feel like Windows?
- kaba0 4y ago
  I don’t see it. If anything, the new windows is a huge gnome copy.