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> The Gnome desktop churn was a bit of a headache ... lately I just use XFCE and call it a day Yeah, the desktop roller coaster is fun for a year or two, but e
by coldpie 1y ago
> The Gnome desktop churn was a bit of a headache ... lately I just use XFCE and call it a day
Yeah, the desktop roller coaster is fun for a year or two, but eventually you get tired of constantly being jerked around for no reason so you switch to XFCE and everything just works and stays the same for decades. The PC desktop is a solved problem, and XFCE is the solution.
- porridgeraisin 1y agoYep. I did the same thing. Went through the usual dance of trying out gnome, hit the extension breakage(there's been many of them over the years I can't even tell you which one it was) and I moved to KDE. They changed a whole bunch of crap in one of the releases and everything moved around... Oh and latte dock broke. A bunch of other crap broke every now and then as well. Mind you this was all before they both moved to wayland. I moved to XFCE soon after and it's great. I found a random plugin with last commit 7 years ago and it works Just Fine today. I set up my desktop 3y ago and it works the exact same way today. I know all the screens I use by heart. It's great. Although I must say, I'm a sucker for animations and background blur and wobbly windows especially. Loved KDE for that. I wish I could have XFCE's stability + animations. Ah well.
- SequoiaHope 1y agoI stayed on the gnome train and it’s always interesting how it changes and sometimes makes no sense and sometimes it gets worse in ways that matter or are just annoying but mostly I like it. It works for me and I don’t have any interest in other window managers. It’s cute!