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>...and creating a new distro (with a bad case of NIH) that no one asked for Eh, after suffering through many Gnome We-Know-Best design decisions, I would be h

>...and creating a new distro (with a bad case of NIH) that no one asked for Eh, after suffering through many Gnome We-Know-Best design decisions, I would be happy for a new entrant in the space that was user focused on creating the best possible experience. An immensely tall order, but I think the demand is there.

Mikeb85 4y ago
IMO Gnome IS the best user experience. And KDE is always there if you want more customization. I'm not necessarily against a new distro and new desktop but it does seem like they're abandoning hardware for no apparent reason...
- lproven 4y ago
  > IMO Gnome IS the best user experience. I laughed out loud at that. In fact TBH I didn't just laugh, I guffawed. Thanks for the entertainment. :-D
  - Mikeb85 4y ago
    So do you prefer the Linux DE that looks and acts like Windows Vista or one of the 10 that looks and acts like Gnome 2?
    - lproven 4y ago
      I described some of my feelings on the matter fairly recently here: https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/17/linux_desktop_feature/ https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/17/linux_desktop_feature... My personal preference, and what I'm writing on right now, is Unity. I am also very fond of the ROX Desktop. What would I really like to see? Well, barring attempts to just rip up everything and start again for no good reason, I think there would be a lot of mileage in recreating some of the classic UIs of the past that many people have loved. * Classic MacOS was a sublime UI, with a lot of subtle non-obvious features. In its way it was far more polished than Mac OS X, even now. * OS/2 2.x's Workplace Shell was not one of my personal favourites, but it had some excellent design features, and was loved by many. * I have an Amiga but I never was a big fan back in the day, but a good solid modern Amiga Workbench clone would have some mileage, and as I said in the article, there are already FOSS implementations, just not for xNix. * GEM is FOSS now. Why not recreate DR's multitasking GEM/X on Linux, or any of the late-era multitasking GEM desktops from the Atari ST, such as Thing or TeraDesk? One of my favourite UIs is undergoing a pretty good re-implementation effort, in the form of NeXTspace: https://github.com/trunkmaster/nextspace https://github.com/trunkmaster/nextspace There are more than half a dozen non-Windows-like desktop metaphors. Is that enough for you or shall I find some more? :-)

Mikeb85 4y ago

IMO Gnome IS the best user experience. And KDE is always there if you want more customization. I'm not necessarily against a new distro and new desktop but it does seem like they're abandoning hardware for no apparent reason...

lproven 4y ago
> IMO Gnome IS the best user experience. I laughed out loud at that. In fact TBH I didn't just laugh, I guffawed. Thanks for the entertainment. :-D
- Mikeb85 4y ago
  So do you prefer the Linux DE that looks and acts like Windows Vista or one of the 10 that looks and acts like Gnome 2?
  - lproven 4y ago
    I described some of my feelings on the matter fairly recently here: https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/17/linux_desktop_feature/ https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/17/linux_desktop_feature... My personal preference, and what I'm writing on right now, is Unity. I am also very fond of the ROX Desktop. What would I really like to see? Well, barring attempts to just rip up everything and start again for no good reason, I think there would be a lot of mileage in recreating some of the classic UIs of the past that many people have loved. * Classic MacOS was a sublime UI, with a lot of subtle non-obvious features. In its way it was far more polished than Mac OS X, even now. * OS/2 2.x's Workplace Shell was not one of my personal favourites, but it had some excellent design features, and was loved by many. * I have an Amiga but I never was a big fan back in the day, but a good solid modern Amiga Workbench clone would have some mileage, and as I said in the article, there are already FOSS implementations, just not for xNix. * GEM is FOSS now. Why not recreate DR's multitasking GEM/X on Linux, or any of the late-era multitasking GEM desktops from the Atari ST, such as Thing or TeraDesk? One of my favourite UIs is undergoing a pretty good re-implementation effort, in the form of NeXTspace: https://github.com/trunkmaster/nextspace https://github.com/trunkmaster/nextspace There are more than half a dozen non-Windows-like desktop metaphors. Is that enough for you or shall I find some more? :-)