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it's mostly the UX - I really like the way Gnome gets out of your way and still is very, very slick. Plus, if you dont like certain things - you can customize
by sandGorgon 13y ago
it's mostly the UX - I really like the way Gnome gets out of your way and still is very, very slick.
Plus, if you dont like certain things - you can customize it within seconds using extensions.gnome.org (for example - https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/15/alternatetab/ https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/15/alternatetab/ )
I think all the design decision by Unity are a bit jarring for me - including all the left-window-close-maximize things.
BTW, if you follow my script, Unity is not really wiped out, but certain heavy applications (like Nautilus/Gedit) are replaced by lightweight alternatives (like Nemo/Geany).
P.S. were you not surprised by the weird way Nautilus groups icons now ?
- girvo 13y agoI'm totally with you on most of your post... But how is Gedit "heavy"?
- johnchristopher 13y agoOn my atom n280 geany is really snappy while gedit is slow when moving around and bringing out menus.
- sandGorgon 13y agoI'm not sure what was happening, but I used to have many gedit processes running in the background. Geany is much, much lighter for me. Same with Nautilus.
- leaveyou 13y agoI noticed Nautilus moved a menu I rarely used from toolbar into the main menu but that does not bother me much (actually "Show hidden files" is more accessible now) and they added back "backspace = up directory" feature which for me is great. I think we are lucky to have so many GUI alternatives while still being able to reuse the best tools GNU/Linux can offer. And what's great is they are evolving even if slowly and backtracking (like backspace in Nautilus :)).
- systematical 13y agoAgreed. It gets out of your way and looks good.