it's simplified to a fault. it is also too complex to a fault. basically when you want to do something it does get in the way.
Lobotomizing Gnome
11–20 of 224 posts
Re: Lobotomizing Gnome
#12If I was actively using Linux on the desktop still -as I was for well over a decade- this would have been extremely useful. I always shied away from Gnome as far too heavy for my tastes, and used a custom built FVWM config. Since my workflow also consisted of mainly a web browsers, a mail client (now subsumed by the web browser), and many, many terminals, I really just wanted a single click to start a terminal, and Ctrl-Alt-{direction} to move virtual desktops which I devoted to a single task at a time.
For the last few years I've been using Windows 8/10. It started as a work software requirement, but as of Windows 10, Microsoft has figured out how to make Windows feel fairly minimal most of the time. As long as I have a browser and PuTTY, I'm pretty content. I'm doing my best to ignore what I assume are some privacy concerns I'll have to deal with at some point in the near future, but for the time being I'm able to deal with the cognitive dissonance.
Re: Lobotomizing Gnome
#13Open-source desktops are never perfect for anyone, but everyone expects them to be. For everyone who says they are too bloated, someone else says they are too spartan. That's probably why there are so many of them. I would expect working on Gnome (or KDE or Cinnamon or Mate or XFCE or LXDE, the list goes on) to be a thankless task. You try to please everybody and yet please nobody. The imperfections of Linux desktops…
I tried to switch to Linux for philosophical and customization reasons. Found it nearly impossible to configure stuff reliably and such it wont crash in new interesting ways. For example: Create a new keyboard layout and have it appear in KDE keyboard settings. Good luck. Input Manager for macOS: done.
But then try to get the shoulder buttons of a Logitech MX518 to work in the web browser on Mac OS X. That's a task that might take hours. Or try to let the Home and End keys of an external keyboard behave the same way in the terminal and in any other UI text box. There's a lot of configuration required.
Re: Lobotomizing Gnome
#14...or you can just use Mate and save yourself a lot of these troubles.
Re: Lobotomizing Gnome
#15If you want something this simple just use sway...
Re: Lobotomizing Gnome
#16I recently came back to running Linux on the desktop after using Mac OS for a decade or so, and while the article is interesting from a technical point of view, it seems like a lot of work with little reward considering that the needed apps are a command prompt, a text editor and a browser.
I'll just stick with my standard Debian Gnome desktop. It works well, doesn't get in my way, and i can spare the ~0.5GB RAM for running evolution, tracker, plugins etc.
Re: Lobotomizing Gnome
#17I recently switched to Linux (from Windows 10 - forced upgrade took 45' in the middle of an extremely important moment) Debian netinstall + Mate desktop (Gnome 2/3 extension?) I expected to switch back within a week. Surprisingly, I love it. After a few tweaks and Nvidia drivers installed, it's way better than I expected. Super fast, minimal, and no annoyances. Linux desktop really has improved in the last 20 years,…
Wait ~6 months, and you will encounter a case where simple package update will cost you more than that 45 minutes ;)
Re: Lobotomizing Gnome
#18I recently switched to Linux (from Windows 10 - forced upgrade took 45' in the middle of an extremely important moment) Debian netinstall + Mate desktop (Gnome 2/3 extension?) I expected to switch back within a week. Surprisingly, I love it. After a few tweaks and Nvidia drivers installed, it's way better than I expected. Super fast, minimal, and no annoyances. Linux desktop really has improved in the last 20 years,…
Mate is what Gnome 2 was like but with obviously modern things added in since its based off Gtk3 like Gnome 3 is basically.
I personally use KDE it gives me a 'full blown desktop' feel and surprisingly uses way less RAM than if I ran Windows 10 directly.
Re: Lobotomizing Gnome
#19It is a bit of controversal article. There is need for 2 applications a terminal and a browser. Why do you need gnome for that?
Right, mwm would do perfectly and it’s what 25 years old now?
Just getting back into Motif myself, love it.
Re: Lobotomizing Gnome
#20I recently switched to Linux (from Windows 10 - forced upgrade took 45' in the middle of an extremely important moment) Debian netinstall + Mate desktop (Gnome 2/3 extension?) I expected to switch back within a week. Surprisingly, I love it. After a few tweaks and Nvidia drivers installed, it's way better than I expected. Super fast, minimal, and no annoyances. Linux desktop really has improved in the last 20 years,…
Wait ~6 months, and you will encounter a case where simple package update will cost you more than that 45 minutes ;)
Maybe, but it's never going to force you to reboot to install some shovelware that you don't want and can't opt out of.