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I can't stand Gnome. I don't like how they dumped the desktop or the app menu, or really most of their decisions lately. From what I've seen they're trying to c
by ethin 11mo ago
I can't stand Gnome. I don't like how they dumped the desktop or the app menu, or really most of their decisions lately. From what I've seen they're trying to cater to some amorphous "new user" instead of just creating a good desktop environment. What is this "new user"? Nobody knows! Well, other than the Gnome developers, I guess. The sad thing is that attempting to cater to "new users" is just... Entirely unnecessary: you can put someone who's never used Linux in their entire lives in front of an XFCE desktop environment and they'll most likely figure it out quite quickly with little help from you. I think that this similarly applies to Mate or KDE as well.
My dislike with Gnome comes from the fact that I need extensions for what I would consider primitive things. Like an app menu instead of the dashboard/app launcher thing they have going. Or the fact that features like minimize are just... Gone. And when you complain, your just either told to do it some very counterintuitive way or to go get an extension. I would get an extension for something truly unique or something that extends the environment far beyond what anyone would expect, but an extension just to minimize a window? Nah, no thanks.
- tristan957 11mo agoI'm not a new Linux user, and I use GNOME. I've done stints on KDE, Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce, and Budgie. I personally find GNOME to be the best experience. I'm just stating that GNOME also caters to people with a decade+ of Linux desktop experience.
- WD-42 11mo agoDo you really think a desktop needs to be stuck on the 30 year old start menu, task bar, desktop icons paradigm forever? It's fine if you want to stick to that, but the rest of us have found that using a mouse for everything isn't the most efficient way to work with our computer. I think in the case where you want GNOME to work more like windows 95 installing a few extensions is a completely reasonable ask. The fact that you can is still a plus.
- ethin 11mo agoBut I don't use the mouse, I use the keyboard primarily. And yes, evolution is fine when it's actually needed. But trying to get rid of Minimize and all that because workspaces exist? Going in the trajectory Gnome is doing feels like Gnome is making the same mistake Microsoft made with windows 8.
- mid-kid 11mo agoYou have never tried to teach kids, smartphone-natives, to use a desktop, have you? The "new user" demographic has shifted from "been taught how to use windows" to "has maybe used an ipad". The classic start menu/task bar approach just isn't as approachable as you think.
- senko 11mo ago> I can't stand Gnome. [...] Nah, no thanks. Good thing there are many other Linux desktop environments to choose: you already mentioned XFCE, Mate and KDE! I personally like Gnome, I'm happy with out-of-the-box experience (zero extensions), and I'm glad they don't try to be everything to everyone.