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Funny how it doesn't matter anymore. Gnome has been quite good for more than 10 years but nobody really care because the web browser has become the Desktop Env
by sunshine-o 1y ago
Funny how it doesn't matter anymore.
Gnome has been quite good for more than 10 years but nobody really care because the web browser has become the Desktop Environment. I haven't notices any change in the last 10-15 years.
and power users will use i3, sway or hyprland anyway.
The Gnome people create drama about irrelevant things to get attention like "the danger in theming apps", some minor UI changes or the stronger dependency on systemd but few people care.
What I would worry more about in term of adoption across Unixes is Wayland, it seems the OpenBSD and FreeBSD people are not warm to it.
- panick21_ 1y agoGnome without extensions is pretty terrible. Missing some just basic stuff that you really can't just not have. Most distros add that stuff back in. But then the extensions aren't stable at all, its honestly a bit of a mess. And in terms of performance its ok, but not exactly great. I still use Gnome but mostly just because I'm used to it and hoping Cosmic will mature. Gnome isn't bad, but they made a lot of dumb decisions that are just unnecessary. And they have been a disaster for Wayland development.
- subjectsigma 1y ago> Gnome has been quite good for more than 10 years I know there’s no accounting for taste, but GNOME Shell has to be the worst desktop environment I’ve ever used, and man I’ve used a lot of different ones
- sunshine-o 1y agoYeah let me put it in context. I was exited and used Gnome 1.2 back in 2000 (?) It was fun but not serious compared to let's say the MS Windows 2000 desktop. Progressing in the Gnome 2 serie it became a more serious project and something that could compete with the MS Windows desktop. Both are full of annoyances...